Go Gophers! And YEAH free ice cream!

I won 2 free tickets to the Gopher hockey game last weekend at work. Starshine even graciously agreed to let Jr. Princess go because she has never had the chance. Well, due to a string of bad luck to the other winner of two tickets, I ended up with four - fun family outing time! We decked out in our maroon and gold finest and braved the windchill to head to the game.

Now, it wasn't a regular conference game -they were playing the US National U18 team. That didn't matter to much to us, though, until 2 minutes into the game when the announcer mentioned that if the Gophers score 5 goals, everyone gets a free scoop of ice cream at Culvers. Sorry Jr. Hockey players, but now this is serious! It was fun to hear people chanting for ice cream every time the Gophers scored. The girls were super focused on the game and rooting for goals.

M&M Dad took the girls to get their scoops last night as a celebration for Jr. Princess's positive attitude in swimming lessons. Last week, her teacher almost kicked her out of level 2.5 because she was super clingy, and freaking out about everything. So this weekend I took her to the pool to work on her confidence. My main point was, "Why are you freaking out when you can stand here??" So, we practiced floating and other activities where I let her super-over-the-top freak out on purpose, and then stand up and save herself. It worked like a charm! She was soooo confident Tuesday night. I almost didn't recognize her doing bobs, floating, and gliding while flutter kicking. Now she just has to learn to kick. It must be a genetic issue in our family. Starshine was the WORST kicker in level 2.5, too. Even she remembers it. Now that she is a star level 4 kicker, she wants to take Jr.Princess swimming this weekend to give her some kicking tips. If Jr. Princess keeps this up, she'll be swimming soon!