Not every day of hockey is a good one. And there will come a time when you have to get your reluctant hockey player on the ice. Maybe several times. I was reminded of this fact on the weekend. It was inevitable. We have been running at full steam for 6 weeks with the last […]
Archives for December 2017
How We Got Started in Hockey
Grab a cup of tea, my friends, I am here to tell you a story. This is the story of how I went from Mom to HockeyMom. Here’s how we got started in hockey. For a lot of my HockeyMom friends, their husbands played hockey. Or they watch hockey. So their kids ask to play […]
Five Signs the HockeyMom is Sick
Tis the season, my friends. The cold germs are wafting around, people at work are dropping like flies. Friends are telling horror stories of incidences of gastro. Every parent has stocked up on Purell and is passing it around like it’s the latest bit of small town gossip. It’s cold and flu time. And the […]
5 Things Found in the Bottom of the Hockey Bag
Much like my minivan, where things go to die, the hockey bag seems to be a catch all for random things. The last six weeks or so have seen us fly from one rink to the other and just basically survive. My house, van and overall mental health are living proof of the state of the schedule. The […]
Introducing Sunday Bake Day: Ginger Cookies
Y’all, this girl can bake. I may not have confidence in my hockey knowledge, or even in my parenting skills (though, let’s be honest, who here really does when it comes to that), but I know I can bake. Ginger cookies are the hands down winner in the House of Men. We spent a lot […]
