Time out

Yes, it's a very good thing that no one kept score (officially) during AJ's soccer games last summer. He doesn't handle losing well. Take for example his reaction when Daddy's hockey team lost during a tournament this weekend.


Those are real tears. He was so sad for Daddy. It took awhile to calm him down.

And what else did we learn at this hockey tournament? That we're very lucky to be experiencing an unseasonably warm November. If an Arctic front moved in tomorrow, we'd be horribly unprepared. I made that discovery while trying to dress the kids for an hour inside a cold ice arena.
Sydney has not mittens. AJ can't find any of his half-dozen or so hats. Neither of them has a pair of warm boots.

As for the tournament, let's just say this was not Jeff's team's finest performance. Here's Jeff watching the action from an exclusive front row seat...

...in the penalty box. He swears that it was only an accident when he tripped the other guy.