The Hockey Tournament
We were in Watertown New York for 3.5 days for a Hockey Tournament this past weekend. It was alot of fun. The team landed in second place and my Drew was most amusing to watch. Her nickname on the team is Pinball P because she has no problem taking out the opposing team players while racing for the puck. I don't dare say checking as it's illegal in the league until
Pee Wee, which is still a year away. That never stopped her. Now imagine being told that the Watertown association allows checking at her level. We gave her the serious talk on the way down about clean checking. Head up, shoulders square , knees bent to absorb the shock . Well holy shit! By 2 minutes into the first period my jaw had dropped. No one was getting in her way. She tore down the ice like a mini bulldozer, stopping only for a mili-second to glance up at me in the stands and grin. One boy actually punched her and before I could react, Drew knock him right on his ass. Ohhh I was swelling with pride. They all had so much fun. Between games they were swimming in the pool or playing mini sticks in the hotel. I love watching her hanging with her boys. She is strong and confident and so happy.
The whole family went, even Jess. She was excited that Watertown had both a Hollister and Aeropostle store. We did serious damage in both. Jaden had a blast too. Most of her buddies are siblings of Drews teammates so everyone was hanging out with someone. The nights were for grownups. Silly drinking games and lots of laughs.
It wouldn't be a weekend trip without a few Sandi observations so here goes;
We were the only Canadian Team in the tournament. The other teams were all from New York
We noticed something immediately. Most of the kids from the the NY teams were fat. I'm not talking chubby, I'm talking obese. The were winded easily, their strides were short and not very effective, the didn't have the speed they needed. I was sad to see this. Observation 2 helped me understand observation 1. There was nothing but garbage there for food. Friday night, we tried
Ponderossa. We don't have Ponderossa in Canada and for that I am eternally grateful. By the time we finished, The girls had renamed it PonderGROSSA. The food was vile. One day we tried
The Cracker Barrel. No Cracker Barrel in Canada either. This was like Denny's. Everything on the menu was fried, everything. I was desperate for a piece of fruit by day 2. When we went shopping, we had observation 3. In the food court, they had 5 greasy fast food places and 1 subway. The lineup for Subway was empty. The lineup for Taco Bell was neverending. So even with choices, they chose the garbage food.
With close to 70% of the American population being overweight, they need to take a good look at the kind of garbage going down their throats. We had fun, LOTS of fun, but we looked forward to coming home and eating something... anything with a root attached.
I need to chill out a little. I have not sat still until we came back from down South. I'm now head first into busy season until at least April 30th. We'll have a small reprieve during March break
We booked a little getaway in Jay Peak Vermont for snowboarding. That will be enjoyable.
Pee Wee, which is still a year away. That never stopped her. Now imagine being told that the Watertown association allows checking at her level. We gave her the serious talk on the way down about clean checking. Head up, shoulders square , knees bent to absorb the shock . Well holy shit! By 2 minutes into the first period my jaw had dropped. No one was getting in her way. She tore down the ice like a mini bulldozer, stopping only for a mili-second to glance up at me in the stands and grin. One boy actually punched her and before I could react, Drew knock him right on his ass. Ohhh I was swelling with pride. They all had so much fun. Between games they were swimming in the pool or playing mini sticks in the hotel. I love watching her hanging with her boys. She is strong and confident and so happy.
The whole family went, even Jess. She was excited that Watertown had both a Hollister and Aeropostle store. We did serious damage in both. Jaden had a blast too. Most of her buddies are siblings of Drews teammates so everyone was hanging out with someone. The nights were for grownups. Silly drinking games and lots of laughs.
It wouldn't be a weekend trip without a few Sandi observations so here goes;
We were the only Canadian Team in the tournament. The other teams were all from New York
We noticed something immediately. Most of the kids from the the NY teams were fat. I'm not talking chubby, I'm talking obese. The were winded easily, their strides were short and not very effective, the didn't have the speed they needed. I was sad to see this. Observation 2 helped me understand observation 1. There was nothing but garbage there for food. Friday night, we tried
Ponderossa. We don't have Ponderossa in Canada and for that I am eternally grateful. By the time we finished, The girls had renamed it PonderGROSSA. The food was vile. One day we tried
The Cracker Barrel. No Cracker Barrel in Canada either. This was like Denny's. Everything on the menu was fried, everything. I was desperate for a piece of fruit by day 2. When we went shopping, we had observation 3. In the food court, they had 5 greasy fast food places and 1 subway. The lineup for Subway was empty. The lineup for Taco Bell was neverending. So even with choices, they chose the garbage food.
With close to 70% of the American population being overweight, they need to take a good look at the kind of garbage going down their throats. We had fun, LOTS of fun, but we looked forward to coming home and eating something... anything with a root attached.
I need to chill out a little. I have not sat still until we came back from down South. I'm now head first into busy season until at least April 30th. We'll have a small reprieve during March break
We booked a little getaway in Jay Peak Vermont for snowboarding. That will be enjoyable.
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