We're not sure why he wouldn't get out of the car for the first practice - he seems to love lacrosse. When I get home from work he always want to play catch and right up until he wouldn't get out of the car on Sunday he had been constantly asking: "when i am going to be on a team?" and "when does lacrosse start?"
The lighting in the arena would not cooperate. I haven't read the manual for the camera either. It's an awesome camera and I'm sure Marla will be able to get better pictures of him when she somes to a game or practice. First game is this Saterday! The whole family is going to that one. He has one more practice before then.
My initial impression is that minor lacrosse is far better run than minor hockey. Declan is in TYKE and in hockey he was in NOVICE. Well TYKE lacrosse puts kids on teams and they play games every Saterday with referees. Novice hockey was maybe 10 minutes of intersquad games at the end of one of the weekend practices if the kids were lucky. What fun is that for a kid Declan's age who just want to play and have fun? You shouldn't put kids through practice after practice without a reward. Declan still has little understanding of the game - he rarely played the game this past year. They also put too many kids on the ice at the time for hockey - almost 60 in Declan's Novice program! Declan is on a lacrosse team with 11 kids - that's it. The lacrosse coach (Guy) also runs his practice somewhat military style which Declan really responds to well - I'm told that never happens anymore in minor hockey cause it upsets hockey parents. Halifax minor hockey must be where Sidney Crosby developed his whine.
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Declan looks even cuter in this than his hockey gear!!
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