Official Hockey Photos

Here are Lucas's solo and team hockey photos for the 2014-2015 season.

I missed Sunday morning's game since it was at the godawful hour of 7 AM, but I woke to Marilu yelling, "Lucas's team won 5-1, and Lucas scored his first goal!" After a pause, she clarified it was the OTHER Lucas's first goal. So that was kind of mean. Whatever the case, Lucas has been playing pretty well. He's definitely giving a lot of effort, and that's all we ask.

PD Day

Lucas's school had a PD day on Friday. I've yet to figure out the exact purpose of PD days since we didn't have them when I was growing up, but it basically means the kids stay home.

It was -8 C out so we stayed inside for the most part, other than a quick walk over to the new McDonald's for lunch. Had it been later in the winter, -8 would be nothing, but since we're just getting used to those temperatures for this year, the less I have to experience them now, the better.

Our day consisted almost entirely of video games. It may not sound like the most productive use of our time, but when I think about how much fun and laughter we shared while racing cars, shooting bad guys, and playing music in Rock Band, I'm glad we did it. You don't get that kind of bonding via chores or homework.

Speaking of the latter, we may need to work on Lucas's astronomy. While discussing the solar system with him, I asked him to name the planets. He started off well enough with Earth and Mars, but I stopped him on his third "planet," Afghanistan.

Kanata 500

I just realized I haven't posted anything in about 10 days so before I go to bed, here's a picture from May. Lucas made a chalk racetrack in the street in front of our house and was showing off his handiwork.

For what it's worth, we got our first serious snowfall yesterday so the street is not quite as sunny-looking at the moment.

Kanata Coyotes

Lucas (bottom left) (edit: or right, as the case may be) poses with his hockey team, the Kanata Coyotes. In case you're wondering what is going on, Dodge sponsors teams that sew a Dodge ad on the bottom of the back of their home jerseys. Then they require a picture for proof. If you look closely, you can see the Dodge thing on the bottom of several of the kids jerseys.

For the record, Lucas's team is currently 2-1-1. Their sole female player is also the goalie, located 2 over from Lucas, and she's been kicking butt so far. The resident sniper is Walsh (middle of the back row), who leads the team with 7 goals in 4 games.

Halloween 2014

Halloween's not quite the camera frenzy it was when Lucas was 3 or 4. This year, we only took one picture of him alongside his friend Liam, who he went with for trick or treating. Can you guess who is who?

Answer: Lucas is the zombie (or whatever it's supposed to be) on the left, and Liam is Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th. No Disney princesses here, thank you very much!

Here's a closer look at this year's pumpkin, which you can see in the background in the above picture. I did the bulk of the work, but Lucas helped out. I look forward to the day I can pass the pumpkin carving task on to him.