5th Annual MTU Hockey Weekend

We go to either Mankato or St. Cloud for a Tech Hockey game and a hotel stay with some other alumni. This year there were five little boys six and under (an 18 and 22 month old, two 4.5 year olds and a six year old). Thankfully our trip started a little after 10:30 AM Saturday morning with Adam napping on the way to St. Cloud. We ate at Chipotle and then went over to the hotel for early check in. The Holiday Inn in St. Cloud is a kids paradise. We started out with hockey. Adam received two hockey sticks for Christmas, so dad and Adam have been practicing. The boys- all 7 of them (dad's included) played hockey which meant lots of running.

After hockey probably should have been a nap again, but Adam noticed the pools. So to the kiddie pool we went. He was a little overwhelmed, but enjoyed it more this year. Then we tried to take a nap, and when that didn't happen we decided that relaxing on the bed all three of us with a show about the MTU professors who study the moose and wolves on Isle Royal was a good second choice. Adam thought the Moose were sheep, he kept saying "sheep, baaah" every time a moose came on the TV. We tried to teach him moose, but he wasn't sure.

Then it was time for dinner at the hotel. We all walked to the restaurant and it was so fun to watch the twins (they're 4.5 years old) hold Adam's hand as we walked there. They really acted like Adam was their little brother, too. It's going to be fun to have two boys.

And then the main event- Michigan Tech Husky Hockey. The game started at 7:30, so it was a little late for our Little Man. Adam was in awe the whole time we were at the game. He loved the 'bonis (Zamboni) and the hockey. He just stood there hanging on the railing almost the whole game and took it all in. Unfortunately the wrong Huskies won, but at least Tech scored first and held the lead for a period before the game fell apart. Tech lost 5-1 again this year.

Our family slept in the same hotel room- Adam in his pack 'n play. The room must have felt wrong to him, because he woke up a couple times in the night. The last time he woke us up by asking "daddy doin'? Momma doin'?" We told him sleeping and he should go back to sleep (it was 4:30 AM) and he did. That's the second time that trick has worked!

Sunday afternoon we met my parents at Lake Maria again. We went skiing while grandma and grandpa watched Adam in the warming hut. We worked up a good appetite skiing 5k and when we got back we had home made chili and cornbread. We left and grandma and grandpa went out to ski. We got home just in time to watch the Packer game. I am so happy that they won, because I have a happy husband.