A quick blog post from Dad. Had a great mostly father-son day with Henry. Started off with a nice family workout and some fun for the kids at the CCAC Kids Club, although Henry didn’t seem too happy when I came in to pick them up… L Made up for that with a quick smoothie at the club and then a boys trip to the “orange store” to get some Christmas lights. Something kind of special about taking him through the store, just dad and son… J Hen had a great time riding up front on a flat cart that he demanded that we take so we could go look for forklifts. We did a whole lap of the store and none were anywhere to be found, soooo… drowned our sorrows splitting a quick hot dog (can’t go without getting a quick dog at the door…) Then it was off for lunch at Smash. Very tasty burgers for the boys along with a quick shake for Hammy. I can’t believe he didn’t explode at this point (!) athough we did bring back half for the Bopher who was off at a (nother…) b-day party.
After lunch we Henry reminded me that we were passing a car wash (the coin op kind since dad doesn’t go to the regular wash), and asked if we could go an rinse off the car. So stop we did and came away with a rough rinse that would need to be finished up at home. After we were done and Henry was up from naptime, he helped me rinse out the buckets, roll up the hose and then put the car away. As a special treat, I let him ride on my lap into the garage – seems like a natural behind the wheel!
After that, the whole family went for the kids FIRST try and skating. By the time we found the rink we only had 20 minutes to try and make it work, but once everybody was suited up we managed several laps of the rink. Boph and Hen each had a triangular contraption to hold onto to make sure they didn’t fall (too hard/too often). Things have changed a bit since I learned how to skate holding onto the back of a chair. They both did such a good job, Bophie really seemed to take to it right away (a natural hockey player???) Henry also did great and wound up pushing me for a ways around the rink once he got the hang of it – great especially for being only 2! Mom and dad both think there is a growing competitive streak developing with the kiddies, all good as long as they push each other forward.
As we sat there at the end taking off skates (for a while since Boph didn’t want to leave), we got a few minutes of a hockey game that started after we were done. It took me back to remembering the trip to the rink I took with my father so many years ago, I could vividly remember sitting on the other side of the glass at GPCR, watching the hockey and being asked if I thought I would want to do that? To think that led to 11 wonderful years playing such a great sport. Here is to our kiddies loving hockey!
What a great day it was…
Dad
