Neil fell asleep on the way, but it was a very short nap. I'm not sure it affected how he handled things at all.
They have a great kids' area on the lower level that we spent a lot of time in. Neil kept standing in line to take his turn playing hockey. Playing hockey for him meant dragging the stick around and watching the other kids play. That area allows kids 10 and under, and Neil was in there with some pretty big kids. (Some of them were 10 year olds.) He got knocked over a few times but didn't seem upset about it and was still excited to go back in. We also tried to coach him to keep the stick down and go after the ball.
We watched the 2nd period from the kids' area. In some of the shots you can see that there's a big screen behind the hockey area.
We also went to let Neil try to shoot the puck himself, into "Sidney Crosby's dryer"
And Neil kept playing hockey.
We left at the end of the 2nd period, because we didn't think Neil would sit in the seats and unlike last season he doesn't just fall asleep anywhere anymore. If there are distractions or noise he doesn't want to be sleeping but gets cranky. Dave also put a montage of his pictures and some videos together, that was really cute! Here it is. (And you can see better what his idea of playing hockey is in some of the video clips.)
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| At the bar (of course) before the game (in Consol Energy Center) |
We watched the 1st period of play from our seats. The people in the seats next to us didn't show up until close to the end of the 1st period- just when we decided to move over and let Neil sit in his own seat. Go figure. I did get a few pictures of him in the seat during the break between the 1st and 2nd periods. Neil really seemed to watch what was going on, on the ice, but I'm not sure if he really understood what was going on.
We watched the 2nd period from the kids' area. In some of the shots you can see that there's a big screen behind the hockey area.
Oh my gosh, him playing hockey is the cutest thing ever!
ReplyDeleteThanks! He thinks he's really playing but it's hilarious to watch. As long as the big kids are gentle with him.
DeleteI love those videos. I really want to start compiling videos but I never do. I also rarely take them.
ReplyDeleteElla is past the fall asleep anywhere stage :( She won't even fall asleep on me in the living room. It has to be her room.
I think Dave took most of these videos. He tends to take more videos and I tend to take more pictures.
DeleteNeil, every once in awhile, will still fall asleep on me, but that's pretty rare at this point. So when it happens I love it. But yeah any commotion or noise and he wants to be part of the action now.