We started off the week with the kids going back to school on Monday after having 3 days off for snow last week. Then, on Tuesday, we got ANOTHER snow day because we were supposed to have a snowstorm all day. It ended up actually snowing steadily the entire day and by about 6 pm, it was clear that they were going to have to cancel school on Wednesday too. It was going to continue to snow until 11pm on Tuesday night, and there was no way that the roads would be recovered. Fortunately, they sent the cancellation text on Tuesday evening, so we could plan on sleeping in on Wednesday. By Wednesday, I don't think the kids were too excited to have another snow day; 5 snow days in a week is a bit much, but we made the best of it. On Wednesday, Alta and her kids came over and hung out for a few hours, which was great for ALL of us. Alta and I stayed upstairs and talked while the older kids played in the basement. By the afternoon, the roads were better, so I took Hurley to gymnastics and then came back and taught three piano lessons. Rob and Brooklen took off to Detroit to go to a Redwings game. Rob waited until the last minute to buy tickets and it ended up being a crazy fiasco, but in the end, they ended up with good seats and Brooklen's day was made. The Redwings lost, but it was the exact game that he wanted to go to and he was so excited to see his first Wings game.
On Thursday, the kids had school. I spent most of the day recovering the house. Zaya had gymnastics and I also taught two piano lessons in the afternoon. On Friday evening, the girls went to an event at a friend's church, Rob stayed home with Kaiton, and I took Brooklen to a Saginaw Spirit hockey game. All of the Midland Mites met at the game for their end-of-season celebration. We met before the game in a conference room and the coaches gave awards and said a bit about each player. Brooklen's coach mentioned that his skill level had "sky-rocketed" throughout the season and that he worked hard. During the game, Brooklen sat with his teammates. After a while, he got comfortable and was laughing and cheering with them. The cutest thing was when they started chanting, "fight, fight, fight" every few minutes.
Although we didn't get home from the Spirit game until 10pm Friday night, we had to be at the Civic Arena at 7:45 on Saturday morning. From 8:15-9:15, the boys played a round-robin and played all three Mite teams. Brooklen's team won one game and lost two. Brooklen scored 1 goal, but he was very instrumental in both defense and offense for his team. We had an hour break after his first games. We watched a bit of Ethan Menzie's game and walked around a bit. At 10:30, the boys played again. They played the #1 team first and lost. Then, they played a game for 3rd place and won! What was so cool about that game was that they actually played the team that many people thought would win the championship and they won!!! At the end of the game, they piled on top of each other and game each other big hugs. It was a great season of hockey for Brooklen. I enjoyed watching him learn and progress. It was so fun to watch him have fun and get so much better.
On Saturday afternoon, Hurley had her friend Lily come over and play. We went out back and skated in the woods for a little while. I was surprised that Kaiton actually did really well. I'm so excited to teach him to really ice skate this spring. At 3:30pm, Brooklen went over to Carter Grieman's house to play for a while. I am so glad that he has made some good friends. Later, I dropped Lily off at her house and I took the girls with me to Meijer. For dinner, we made some burritos and then put the kids to bed.
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