Too cold!

Intensely competitive kid that he is, AJ tells me he much prefers being a Mite 2 compared to a Mite 1. Fair weather fan Mom that I am, I'm liking the Mite 2s more right now, too. Why? Because the Mite 2 coaches sent out an e-mail yesterday afternoon announcing last night's game was postponed due to the extreme frigid conditions (-14 degree windchill forecast at game time).

Meanwhile, Sydney's Mite 1 team had a game scheduled for the same time with the same weather conditions. And the decision for her game was... Game on!

Sydney's #6 in the white helmet.

Oh! Brrrrrr! What a miserable game-watching experience that was!

AJ made the best of it, volunteering to serve as ref.

It was all good until some little kid crashed into him and he fell, jamming a finger on the ice. At least his fingers weren't cold. Jeff had provided both kids with hand warmers. He'd also put Sydney in two pairs of socks, but apparently that wasn't enough. She stuck with it through about three quarters of the game before finally needing to come inside and warm up.

From Sydney's perspective, however, it was a good thing her game wasn't cancelled. Not because she likes playing in the cold, but because she really wanted to bring Little Bear to the hockey shack, so we could take a picture for the VIP journal.

Today's the big day: Little Bear goes back to school (All in one piece, I might add! We kept him safe from Gus for 72 hours!). The journal goes back to school. I'll be reading to her class and bringing treats this afternoon. And then my mother-of-the-VIP responsibilities are done!

Just in time for me to return to my mother-of-two-hockey-players responsibilities. I get to work another shift in the hockey shack's concession stand later this afternoon.