Tonight was a very exciting night in this household. Rusty went to his first hockey game! It wasn't officially his first game, as he went to two of Kevin's games last year, but hey, he was only two months old so he doesn't really remember it. Tonight was a different story!
We talked to him about it all day. We told him he would be going to watch Daddy play hockey, we read him Z is for Zamboni, and we told him Nana and Papa would be coming with us. He smiled a lot, but I'm pretty sure he didn't get it.
Kev left around 7, and Rusty and I left shortly after. We picked up Nana and Papa-at which Rusty was VERY excited, of course! They are two of his absolute favorite people in the whole world! Once we got to the ice rink, he was raring to go and VERY excited.
We watched the Zamboni cleaning the ice, Rusty ran around with Papa following close behind, and finally, Daddy came out of the dressing room. What a great moment! Rusty knew it was his dad, but he was surprised by how different he looked. He kept smiling and staring, and smiling some more. It was great to see my two boys together at this big event!
The game was a good one, close, and our boys only lost by one goal. Rusty watched quite a lot of the game, mostly from Papa's arms. He enjoyed running around the rink, and the Zamboni driver even let him sit on the Zamboni, what a lucky boy! The best moment was when Daddy got a goal! Rusty even clapped (Papa said) and he especially loved giving Daddy a high five at the bench when he came off of the ice.
I really look forward to going to more games with him in the future. He did so great, and it was fun to have Nana and Papa there with us. I think he will probably grow to love hockey, just like his dad!
Awww...that's so sweet. I took my little boy last weekend to go see his daddy flying...he was mesmerized by it all, but didn't realize who was flying because we only arrived at the field shortly before they took off. But one day it will click and I think he's going to be so excited about it all!
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