The boys lost a tough game to Canada yesterday, 7 to 5. Nick had a goal which actually stirred a little bit of a comeback run. It was short lived due to a couple of slashing penalties. The boys are obviously disappointed that they are coming home with no hardware, but they are coming home with new friends, great memories and with the knowledge that they are members of the 1st USA Youth Olympic Hockey Team. There will be many teams to compete after them so it is an honor.
The boys all got to keep one of their jerseys and yesterday after the game, each passed around a puck that they all signed. This will make for some very cool memorabilia for each of the players.
We had the boys last night for a few hours. We walked around town and had dinner at a Bavarian wine house. The food was outstanding. Nick tried wiener schnitzel for the first time since he has been here. He has been afraid to try it becaause according to him, he "never wants to eat anything that has the word wiener in it." several of his teammates had been pushing that he try it all week and he finally broke down. I have a picture of it, but still having computer difficulties (Kathy V.- you will be proud of all the things I did to figure it out course you made not be happy for all the things you may need to undo now!). It was pretty funny and he's actually a bit mad because he liked it. The wiener schnitzel could have replaced at least 2 or 3 of the pasta dinners he had previously.
The boys were somewhat celebrities over here. They were approached for autographs numerous times by other athletes and school children, who by the way, took field trips to watch the events! It was very cute to see small children chanting U- S- A in the stands. It came out "OO- ES- O (as in October) and they were waiving Canadian flags! So funny.
So two nights ago when we were having our snowball fight in the middle of the night, the boys were having their own 13 country international snow brawl of their own at the village. It was Team USA vs everyone else. They said it was the most fun they had since they have been here and apparently, round 2 was happening last night. I am anxious to see how much trouble they got in as security was called by the Russians the night before... Should be a good story.
Today the boys are going to the gold metal game and need to be back to the village by 5 pm to prepare for closing ceremonies. None of the parents received tickets to closing ceremonies and they were sold out 5 minutes after they went on sale. The ceremony is being held in the center of town and there are restaurants upstairs in buildings that line the street. We are going to one of the restaurants early today and claim the tables by the windows so we can hopefully see the ceremony and grab a few more pictures. My day will be filled with packing and checking my arrangements for tomorrow.
Can't wait to see everyone, especially my Drew...I already know that I am not going to do well when my boys leave for college.
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