Ice Hockey

Living in Vacaville where it never really gets THAT cold, and most definitely never snows, I have always found it surprising and kind of cool that there is an ice rink in town.

Just prior to Christmas break the kids came home with flyers about some fun events happening at the ice rink, including 2 days where you could try out ice hockey for free! David has long thought it would be fun to give it a try, and since he is a seasoned ice skater (he went once with his boy scout troop in November), we decided to let him give it a try.

David had a great time! Apparently they give the kids skates, a helmet and a stick. Then the instructor lines up a bunch of pucks and lets the kids just got at it for an hour. Very little instruction (none), but it's free so I guess you can't be too picky about those minor details.

When David had gone ice skating, he picked up on it quickly and did really well, so he of course expected this experience to be the same. Apparently it is harder to skate in the ice hockey skates so there was MUCH falling, but he did good with the stick and had fun getting the pucks in the goals.

The down side of this experience? David came home rather bruised up. He had huge bruises on his knees and ankles and was sore for a good few days. He even was too sore to get up into the top bunk for a couple of days! Of course if asked if he would ever want to try it again, he said yes!
Getting the hang of it!

Joe had fun braving the cold and watching David