Mite-y busy

Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail... shall keep the Mite 1 Hockey Tournament from taking place. And yes, in the space of one game, it felt like we experienced all of those forms of precipitation. Okay, officially it didn't hail, but Jeff got nailed in the nose by a pretty good chunk of freezing rain, so we came close.

The big highlight for AJ? He scored his first goal* during the tournament.

*I included an asterisk because had anyone been keeping score, it wouldn't have counted. One of his teammates scored a goal, and before the ref could skate over and grab the puck, AJ shot it in again.

Sydney is being a fairly patient fan. It helps that she has a crush on one of AJ's teammates who goes to Kids Korner with her. She may not have the attention span to stand outside and cheer for her brother, but she'll stay a few minutes longer to cheer for Jace. By the second game, I let her stay inside the warming house, just as long as she stayed where I could see her through the window.

Apparently I needed to specify that I didn't want to see her licking the window.

That's Jace in the above photo, coming up behind AJ. By the time the game wrapped up, AJ's sweat pants were dripping wet.

They have one more game tomorrow before the tournament wraps up. It should be interesting to see how/if the rink survives all this precipitation.