First of all, I promised to write about this guy’s hockey season, and I haven’t yet.
(I really wish his glasses were clean!)
Wanna know why?
It’s not because I don’t love him…
he’s one of my favourites.
It’s not because I wasn’t proud of him.
I was. Very proud.
No, it’s because I don’t have any pictures of his final game.
See, Emma had a big dance thing at the same time that Nathan had his last play-off game.
Dad took Nate, of course,
and I took Emma.
Therefore, no pictures.
No pictures means, apparently, no post.But, I aim to rectify that here.
I will intersperse the story with pictures of Nate playing throughout the year…. just not his final game.
See?
Okay.
So Nathan had a pretty good season.
I believe they only lost four games, all of them to Mitchell.
Then playoffs.
They beat Mitchell once, and tied them once. Meaning they put Mitchell out. Ha!! Nathan was ecstatic.
So, they were in the final round for the WOAA Novice LL Championship.
There was three teams, Wingham, Minto and Seaforth.
They played each other home and home. The team with the most points at the end, won.They played a good series.
But, so did the other teams.
It came down to the final game.
Against Wingham.
It ended in a tie, and went to overtime.
With 2 minutes left in the game, Wingham scored, and Seaforth lost the championship.
But.
And there is a but,
he got a medal for being in the finals.
And that medal?
Was the same as Quin’s.
Only, on the back it says “Finalist” instead if “Champion.”So, that eased the pain.
Nathan was happy with that. He never really expected to win anyway.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On another note.
The winner.
Is a clear cut winner.
Nobody guessed in the same vicinity.
Drum roll please.
The winner of the Tim Horton’s Gift Card is…….
“Like I told ya' - $65 plus tax”
YOGRYNCH!!!
Otherwise known as Dad.
I will bring it to you tomorrow.
Congratulations.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In other news….
I love trees.
Love them.
My house is surrounded by at least 100 year-old trees.
Pine trees.
They provide shade in the summer, a windbreak all the time, long sturdy branches for the kids tire swing,
and pine cones.
Ohhhhh, the pine cones.
I have blisters on my hands today, from raking up said pine cones.
My Great Aunt used to pay us a penny a pine cone, if we picked them up.
I think the most I ever made was $2.
Do the math. That’s 200 pine cones.Usually it was like, 75 cents, or 50 cents..
I remember thinking, “This is not at all worth it.”
I did it ‘cause I loved my Aunt, and she needed the help.
I even remember telling her once that I didn’t want the money. But she insisted, counting the nickels and pennies into my hands.I wish I had some Grand-nieces to pick up my pine cones. I’d gladly pay the 2 bucks.
And I, too, would make sure to count out all the money into their little chubby hands.
I totally remember that!! :D I remember it being a nickel a pine cone, though. ;) And, even that it got up to a quarter!
ReplyDeleteYay Dad! XD It kills me that *he* was the closest... does he secretly buy make-up??
Yay Nate! It's awesome to get a medal. :)
Wow! I didn't realize that Nathan went so far into the playoffs! Good for you, Nater! :D
ReplyDeleteI LOVE what you wrote about the pine cones and chubby hands, so cute! I got this great visual from it. You are a good writer, Heather! :)
Which Great Aunt was it? Because I do not remember anything about pine cones.
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteWas it Aunt Maggie? :\
It was indeed Aunt Maggie. You guys weren't even born yet, at this time. I think I was 6-8 yrs old. Little.
ReplyDeleteSee, you DO remember stuff when we were young. You can't say you don't.
ReplyDeleteAnd Nate is the cool-est. I'm glad his medal looked the same on the front. Helps that ego.