Canadian Dream

With talk of the upcoming Canadian Junior Hockey Tournament to start on Boxing Day, Rhett and Wyatt were in competitive mode. At the last family skate that the boys took part in, at one point Rhett yells out, "The Canadians have won!" This of course is accompanied by the "fist pumps" and the "bumping of chests" to denote celebration. The fact that Wyatt, three years old is just starting to skate on his own, meant that the boys went crashing to the ice following the cheers. Not to be deterred, they got back up on their skates, put their arms around each other's shoulders and started to belt out, "Oh Canada". (Wyatt always sings Oh Canada, when I start to put on his hockey skates in the change room).

It made me laugh to see their enactment of being part of the Canadian Junior Hockey Team and reminded me of the little skaters on Saturday and Sunday mornings who are out for their first year of hockey. (Just like on television, Rhett tells me.)

Following is a short clip of their last practice and scrimmage with another of the "Mighty Little Canadians" who have hit the ice for their first year of hockey.