12 Days of Christmas, Day 1: Sens vs Kings

In my homage to the iconic Christmas song, I'm going to attempt 12 posts of pictures between now and Christmas. If you do the math, you'll notice there are actually 14 days until Christmas proper. That gives me 2 days in which I can screw up and forget. Or, thinking positive, it means you'll actually get 14 days of Christmas posting goodness. We'll see how it goes.

Unlike most of the posts to come, which will be of events that are months and months old, this one includes pictures taken just last night. We surprised Lucas with an LA Kings t-shirt and tickets to the Senators vs Kings game that night (shirt and tickets were an early Christmas present thanks to Uncle Jared). I think I've mentioned it previously, but his two favorite teams are the Kings and the Chicago Blackhawks. Go figure.

We got there with plenty of time to spare and were able to take advantage of the Turnback Thursday deal of $1 hot dogs and drinks. So after scarfing down 2 hot dogs each, I had him model his new shirt, which featured his favorite player, goalie Jonathan Quick. Once again, go figure, since he doesn't play goalie. Sorry for the quality, the iPhone 4S sucks in anything other than ultra-bright conditions.

At Lucas's request, I took this picture of Quick during warmups. As you can see, we had decent seats, even though we were in the 3rd level.

During the first intermission, I bought a bacon poutine, which we shared. As I said in a related Facebook post, you can't get much more Canadian than eating poutine at a hockey game.

As luck would have it, the family of one of Lucas's hockey teammates, Matthew, had seats almost directly in front of us. Thanks to some people in that row leaving early, Lucas was able to sit with Matthew during the entire 3rd period.

It's a bit blurry, but Matthew's friend to the right was wearing an LA Kings shirt with Jonathan Quick on the back. So Lucas got along with him well.

Speaking of hockey, Lucas's team has its first tournament of the season this weekend. He's got a game tonight, two tomorrow, and then if they do well, one on Sunday. The tournament is in-town this time, but over the holidays, he's got one in Brockville, which is about an hour from here. We'll be staying over at a hotel with a bunch of other families from his team so that ought to be fun.

One last thing. You may notice Lucas's hair looks a little shorter. If so, good eye. Before the game, I brought him over for a haircut. Here are some bonus photos from the process.

See you tomorrow!