A Hat Trick weekend!

Harrison had 3 hockey games and a soccer game this weekend. He would've had a second soccer game, but it has done nothing but rain in GA for the past 3 days! His soccer team won and he had 3 goals (a HAT TRICK)! His hockey team won 2 of the 3 games. The one they lost was 4-0, which is a step up from when they played them 3 weeks ago and lost 10-2. He scored 3 goals in the 2 winning hockey games as well...which means 2 more hat tricks! He is on fire this weekend! He got the game puck during the Saturday game and lots of positive comments from coaches and parents.

On a not-so-good note, he spent some time in the penalty box. He wasn't happy about it, but I thought it was pretty funny and had to get a quick pic!




Here are some pictures that I took of him in action: (He's #4)

3rd Grade here I come!

Harrison started 3rd grade 3 weeks ago......I know I am late posting this but we have been a little busy! Third grade has been more challenging than the previous years, which is good because he was always bored. Thankfully they are starting multiplication and cursive, something he has been ready to learn since he sees Brennan doing it. So far, we ♥ his teacher! She seems really fun and is interested in each child's progress.

In addition to homework, Harrison is also playing hockey and soccer. They are both travel teams and go through the Spring of 2010. He is on the Mite Jr. Thrasher team that plays out of the Town Center Ice Forum. They are the first Mite team to travel out of this arena. The season starts in a couple of weeks, but they have been practicing 4x per week for the last 3 weeks.

His soccer team is a U10 boys travel team. Jason decided to step up and coach this year. Their season officially starts Sept. 12 and they have practiced 2x per week for the month of August. Funny side note: the boys chose to name the team .............the Thrashers! Easy for us to remember!

Beach trip 2009

Harrison had fun when he could on his beach trip this year. Considering it was a softball tournament for Brennan, he had a pretty good time! When we weren't at a ballpark, he was constantly asking me, "Can we go to the pool (or beach) now?" He was such a good sport! Here are some pics of him trying to have fun:

He Made It!!!!

Harrison had his final tryout this morning for the Jr. Thrasher Travel hockey team. He absolutely showed off!! Even after spending 16 hours playing in the sun yesterday at Brennan's tournament, he was up at 7:15 this morning ready to play! Well, maybe not at first. He isn't a morning person, so he was a little cranky. By the time he was on the ice though, he was full of energy! During the scrimmage, he scored 3 goal and had 2 assists. He had a few breakaways and hit the crossbar on one shot. At the end, they did a shootout and he made both of his goals.

The coach came up to me toward the end of the tryout to make sure we were on board with him playing. His exact words were,"He is my superstar, we'll do whatever we have to do to get this contract signed!" Even the Director of Hockey at the Ice Forum, Yan Kaminsky (an ex-NHL player) tapped Harrison on the head and told him how good he did and then told me that he is an excellent hockey player. It was pretty cool to hear that from someone that really knows what he's talking about. I mean, of course we think he's awesome, but he's our's.....so we have to!

They will start practice in August and games will start in September. Can't wait!

*Select Soccer Tryouts*

Last week, Harrison tried out for the Kennesaw FC U10 Select Soccer team. He went to 2 nights of tryouts and boy did he shine! I went the first night and watched him show those 9 year old boys how it was done. He was the smallest one out there and he was running circles around them! He was dribbling, looking up for a pass, moving into space for a pass, and shooting on goal. It is funny how he just gets the game so well. I'm sure it helps that we had him on the field at just a week old. He has literally been raised on the soccer field, watching me and JJ play. Then he started his first soccer camp at age 3 and was on a team as soon as he turned 4.

Anyway, JJ is going to help coach his team that will start in the fall and go all the way through next summer. Should be fun juggling that and his hockey schedule!