After seeing this blog, you will think that we are grooming Finley for the NHL...but in fact, we are pretty sure we would NEVER let Finley play hockey since it is incredibly dangerous and violent. With that being said, here goes:
Finley got a great hockey set from my parents that has players, goals, a puck, a rink mat and boards. Last week, he used his beloved magnatiles to build his own rink - complete with bleacher, benches for the extra players, and a door for his zamboni. Later, he added two penalty boxes as well.
We managed to protect this from Dagny's purposeful or accidental destruction for several days and Finley had a blast with it. It is so fun to listen to his storytelling as he plays and this was one of the few things that he would truly enjoy playing with by himself (as long as someone was nearby).
We have a pond up the street (or is it a lake) and when we drive past in the winter, we'll often see kids out skating or playing hockey since some very kind parents will have shoveled off a rectangle and dragged out some goals. Dan has taken Finley a couple of times with our little hockey sticks to walk out on the ice. Here he is trying out the ice with a tennis ball. Minutes later, the kids playing hockey nearby gave Finley his own puck!
They both had a blast and Finley thought he was pretty hot stuff. We decided that since we have a couple of rinks nearby, perhaps Finley would like to try some real skating. Last Sunday, Dan took Finley for his first ice skating experience. They only had pink skates in Finley's size, but luckily that wasn't a problem for our little guy who was too intent on skating to worry about colors. Dan snapped this photo before helping Finley around the ice using the little rail that is for new skaters.
Finley was so proud when he came off the ice, it was priceless!! Now you are really thinking that Finley will want to play pee wee hockey in a couple of years, right? Well...we got to watch the zamboni clean the ice before an adult league game while Dan returned their skates. Finley and Dagny loved watching it and after it was done, Finley enjoyed seeing some of the players come out to warm up. That was, until they starting knocking the pucks around and slamming them into the boards -- which is really quite loud. We exited with Finley covering up his ears. Perhaps, he'll choose soccer, frisbee or baseball after all.
Or maybe hockey will be a hard habit to break :)
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