Ian has been in the learn to skate program for the last couple of years. He started out on figure skates and then graduated to hockey skates this year. Little by little he has been getting better. After the last class, he was finally able to skate forward and stop on his own. Those were the requirements to start the Learn to Play Hockey program.

He has had a set of hockey equipment for quite a while. He still needed a few things to complete his uniform. I had to find him a cup and athletic supporter that would fit him. That was no easy feat. He is so skinny that most were too big. I finally found the smallest and cutest little cup I couldn’t wait to see him in all his equipment.

He was so excited when I told him that we had signed him up! Every day for weeks he asked if it was starting. I was worried that when the day finally came he wouldn’t like it as much as he thought he would. Luckily, he loved it.

Scott took him and got him all suited up. He was a little tentative at first, but he was thrilled to be on the ice for the first time in all his gear with his stick. He still needs practice skating, but he loved the program. He got to skate with the puck and practice shooting it into the net. He fell down quite a bit, but with all the equipment, it didn’t even bother him.

Ever since I was pregnant and found out we were having a boy, I thought about the days ahead and hoped he would want to play hockey. I can’t believe that the time has flown by and he is ready to start playing. He still needs lots of ice time and plenty of practicing, but the hockey days have begun.