OldTimeHockey
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LittleHockeyFan said:
You could of just copied and pasted mine
haha
Kids - A thread for bragging, venting and, advice.
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You could of just copied and pasted mine
haha
LittleHockeyFan
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yeah, I'm an idiot. I replied and posted.....and THEN I saw your answer and thought 'man, I coulda just written ditto!'
LittleHockeyFan
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Bullfrog said:
it's one of the reasons this 'stay at home' mom ended up doing daycare at home for eight years, and then rejoining the work force.
OldTimeHockey
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moon111 said:
Hockey is cheaper to start, but you're looking at the same price once they start playing rep. I know my brother's final year in Midget AAA cost my parents $3500 just for registration.
My daughter played rep ringette. We live in Cambridge and each year had tournaments in Montreal, and about twice a year in the Ottawa area. Whitby was part of her regular league, so we had 3 or 4 visits per year.
I bet we spent $5k per year. Small price to pay considering she didn't have any time to get in trouble. She's 19 now and is one awesome daughter.
I bet we spent $5k per year. Small price to pay considering she didn't have any time to get in trouble. She's 19 now and is one awesome daughter.
Britishbulldog
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My son broke the glass with a slap shot the other night:
One of the coaches took a picture of him smiling beside it. He is now 6'1" and 215 lbs and gentle as an old dog (which drives his coaches nuts sometimes)
After shooting a 90 mph shot at the Bauer demonstrations at the Moncton Wildcats, Caleb let this howitzer fly with a Warrior stick. He only turned 17 this October.
I am happy when I can lift the puck off the ice.
One of the coaches took a picture of him smiling beside it. He is now 6'1" and 215 lbs and gentle as an old dog (which drives his coaches nuts sometimes)
After shooting a 90 mph shot at the Bauer demonstrations at the Moncton Wildcats, Caleb let this howitzer fly with a Warrior stick. He only turned 17 this October.
I am happy when I can lift the puck off the ice.
maplesyrup
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Nice!
maplesyrup
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Teachers on strike today. I'm off anyway so it works out which means it's an entire day off alone with the kids. BOO! YAY! BOO! YAY! Huh? ???
LittleHockeyFan
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I don't have elementary school age kids anymore, but they're out on strike here tomorrow.....which means the stores and malls etc will be packed
Corn Flake
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Britishbulldog said:After shooting a 90 mph shot at the Bauer demonstrations at the Moncton Wildcats, Caleb let this howitzer fly with a Warrior stick. He only turned 17 this October.
I am happy when I can lift the puck off the ice.
Niiiice... how good of a skater is he?
Bullfrog
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My son is 3 yrs 3 months and still refuses to take a crap on the potty. It's infuriating. We've tried almost everything. All I want for christmas is my son to crap on the toilet. Is that too much to ask for? I've been good!
He's also really behind in his speech. Won't string together three words; forget sentences. But, he's really good at the alphabet, spelling, and can read really well (saying letters, that is.)
He's also really behind in his speech. Won't string together three words; forget sentences. But, he's really good at the alphabet, spelling, and can read really well (saying letters, that is.)
Bullfrog said:
I have a 5 yr old so as I recall, he ws using the toilet by 3. So hang in there I think it will happen any time for you. Try the reward system? I kept a bag of little toys and stickers in a bag in the bathroom. Show him all the great stuff to be had: one per successful crap. Worked like a charm for us.
As for the speech, try Kidsability. They will show you things like how parents can encourage speech in your child.
LittleHockeyFan
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don't sweat it, BF. My now 17 year old wouldn't do #2 in the toilet either. Until he was 4. It was like, a week before Junior Kindergarten started and he finally understood that he was going to have to wear a diaper to school if he didn't learn to use the toilet. And everyone at school would know he's not a big boy if he was still in the diaper. Result: trained in 2 days.
Failing that, hap-leaf is right. A reward system will do it.
Failing that, hap-leaf is right. A reward system will do it.
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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LittleHockeyFan said:
Daughter #1 refused to go crap on the toilet. She would go pee on the toilet, but insisted a diaper be put on when she went crap. So as a parent, do I refuse the diaper and she crap her pants, which I will have to clean up, or meet her demands and put a diaper on?
A couple weeks before kindergarten, we told her she would have to wear a diaper to school and if she had to go, she would have to wait till she got home before her diaper was removed. Instant success!
maplesyrup
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Not sure if this is coincidence or there is a clever soul in MLSE's PR department following each school board's one day strike but I got an email last night from them inviting our kids to a free hockey and/or basketball clinic in our area this morning. So, I took my girls down this morning for the basketball clinic and man, do they ever put on a good one. I really liked the message they put forward and they presented the basics in both a fun and challenging way. Man, were they pooped afterwards. All the kids got a T-shirt and a bracelet, and it was even a good time for me. Anyway, kudos to MLSE there and specifically, the guys on the basketball side.
Britishbulldog said:My son broke the glass with a slap shot the other night:
I am happy when I can lift the puck off the ice.
Ditto. In our beer league, when the referees whistle the end of the warmup and we 'shoot' the warmup pucks into the bench, I'm happy if one of mine actually makes it in. ;D
Britishbulldog
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Corn Flake said:Britishbulldog said:After shooting a 90 mph shot at the Bauer demonstrations at the Moncton Wildcats, Caleb let this howitzer fly with a Warrior stick. He only turned 17 this October.
I am happy when I can lift the puck off the ice.
Niiiice... how good of a skater is he?
He can fly when he has too but I am (and he is as well) concerned of his fitness level as the team hasn't been as serious/demanding about it as the Provincial teams he has played for in the past.
He needs to pick up his intensity on the shift (not violence but puck pursuit) but again, his coaches don't demand it since he can score. I am worried that he could be a Steve Bernier type player not a younger Bobby Ryan type as he has shown glimpses of having a ceiling of either guy although maybe Bobby Ryan is possibly a too lofty of a comparison.
I am comparing Caleb to Bobby Ryan when he was younger as a player who was a really good player but not a star player on his team or league (yet) but had decent size, doesn't fight and once in a while scores a beautiful goal. That is Caleb to a 'T'.
Caleb just LOVES to play hockey though. Almost old school. He gets on the ice early for practice just to skate and shoot pucks. He will play pond hockey for hours after he played a league game. Oh...and he HATES to lose...I mean absolutely HATES to lose.... in a good way though.