I feel that I must admit something.
When I watch my little guy play hockey (well, anything for that matter), I get all boastful inside (even though I know that's a sin ;). Like I am almost intoxicated by watching him; reveling in his awesomeness. I honestly just think he is so great. How hard he works, and how excited he gets, and all his quirky little things he does that he has picked up from watching "the big guys play." I become that parent. We all know the one--the one that thinks their kid is the next coming. The good news is I am smart enough and *classy* enough to keep these thoughts on the inside (until now. but this is my online journal and I promised to keep it real. I just hope you won't judge me too hard--remember that is also a sin ;).
I bottle it all up until I can spew it onto someone who won't think I'm crazy (and who doesn't have a kid on the team). Mostly Chip, maybe the grandparents, sometimes an unsuspecting family friend. Chip and my Dad obviously are a little biased, so they always agree with me, which only fuels my prideful fire.
Now, I don't want you all to get the wrong idea about me. I do not think my kid is the best kid on the team. And I am most definitely not the parent who talks crap about other kids. I'm no hater (especially of 6 & 7 year olds). I love it when the other kids do something great. I high five the mom whose kid just scored his first goal (yup, I high fived her and I'd do it again. But I draw the line at forming the human-parent-arch for the kids to run through (thankfully I don't think they do that in hockey). I love to see all their little beaming faces when they are learning and having a good time. When they accomplish something they have been working hard to achieve.
But what I really love the most?
This Guy.
Who may or may not have slept with the game puck that the coach awarded him with after the game.Whose Mama & Daddy may or may not have stayed up late gushing about when they should have been sleeping.
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Do you think this is what Wayne Gretzky's mom thought about him when he was 6?
3 comments:
I confess I am the same way :) It is so bad too because it is Kendall with her dance, and I swear she is the best girl up there and nobody is better--lol!! No shame in it, right? I don't flaunt it or anything.
I think he is quite the studly little hockey player. He definitely has a knack for it! I think it is just exciting as parents to watch our kids succeed and feel good about themselves.
I love this. My gig was always music and the arts so when I see my kids taking up the arts with only a little prodding from me, I love it. Enjoy your little guy's work and achievements.
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