Road Trip!

We had an "away" game tonight! It turned out this rink was near Acorn's house and her mom had said she was interested in seeing them play sometime, so we invited her along for the ride!

I picked all the girls up afterschool and they were bubbling and giggly before we even got outside the school. I'd packed sandwiches for supper but gave them the option of adding on some KFC popcorn chicken to round it out, OR to go for doughnuts after they ate their meal. Duh. First time mom??? TIE VOTE. we had to do both!  Everyone was quite upset as you can imagine! They had to eat their fruit & vegetables first though!

The trip went well and Murray's map memorization skills got us to the rink AN HOUR early! (got some Rick in him I think...) The kids played outside for awhile and then Honey & Lovey had to go suit up. We came inside for the start of the game but it wasn't long before the opposition took the lead. I asked Acorn if the game was as exciting as she'd expected and she said it was. Then she said it wasn't, it was MORE exciting than she'd expected. (Murray thought her standards might have been a bit low LOL) She seemed to have a good time and Sweetie was glad to have someone there to run around with when she got bored. They did a few laps of the arena to scope things out as the game went on.

Honey was working hard out there and it wasn't long before her cheeks were flaming red from all the hustling to and fro. She is all over the action and keeps up with the others pretty well now.

Lovey has a distinctive stride that even I, the worst hockey mom on the planet, can pick out a mile away. She has a sortof, la la la out for an evening stroll kind of gliding side to side saunter. You can almost hear her humming merrily on her way. She was very observant... of her fans and made sure to swing by, smile & wave frequently. I'm sure her coach understands why she can't be following that puck action all the time, it's not often your BFF comes to your game right???

Everyone had a great time and dropped off to sleep quickly when we finally got home to bed! (although Honey insisted on finishing up one last bit of homework she had before turning in!)

With Checkers coming soon, we've been working on getting things picked up, sorted out and uncluttered (well, somewhat!). This meant the tree had to come down today and is now outdoors waiting for the next bonfire! Whew! Tomorrow's project will be cleaning up the remaining needles!