As most of you know, Tyler loves hockey. It's getting to the point that Rick and I are thinking we may need to move to Minnesota or Canada so Ty can have his own hockey rink in the back yard. Hey, that's how most famous NHL players get started, playing on their own rinks. Don't worry because we're not pushing Tyler to be some pro player or anything like that. :-) Here are some funny hockey quirks the kid has:
He has these reference points he creates while he plays. Sometimes the reference points are to signify where the nets would go but sometimes not. The best Rick and I can figure is that he's creating playing boundaries. As I sit and type this I can see a Cheerios box neatly placed as a reference point on the floor next to the TV. Other times he uses books, video game cases, or alphabet cards as reference points.
He combines different types of sports equipment to play hockey: a toddler baseball bat for the hockey stick and a football, soccer ball, or basketball for the puck. (Although he does have a couple different hockey sticks and several pucks but I guess he likes to be creative.)
He likes to shout out different hockey team names (he knows all 32 NHL teams) and hockey players (not all of them, of course). He calls Alex Ovechkin "Oh chicken" which cracks me up. When we play on the chalk board he'll tell me different hockey teams which means he wants me to write them out.
If he's trying to play hockey in the family room and the dog isn't laying on her blanket he'll say "doggy in the corner" which translates into "The dog is in my way of playing hockey and she needs to go lay on her blanket in the corner."
He wears Rick's hockey jerseys and this is funny because the jerseys are so big on him. It looks likes he's wearing a dress. Tyler has his own toddler-sized jersey but it cannot compare to Daddy's.
Today we went to Monkey Joe's and Tyler spotted a man with a hockey shirt on. Tyler kept following him around shouting out teams: "Bruins, Ducks, Devils, Red Wings...."
The guy had a sense of humor about it, thank goodness, but Tyler would not leave him alone. So eventually we had to leave!
Man, that kid is funny.
7 years ago
3 comments:
He's got the determination and passion to make it all the way to the pros some day. I'll be the mom saying "my boys used to play hockey with Tyler in his garage back when he was 3".
That's a nice thing to say, Nicola, thank you.
way to go Tyler.
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