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4 Friday, October 7, 2016 brooklintowncrier.com Our Brooklin Kids By Leanne Brown Why 6 am hockey practice is worth it It's 10 pm on Friday and my daughter will not go to sleep. We have a 6 am hockey practice, which means wakeup time is going to be early. Along with our night owl, my husband and I need to get to bed so we can get up early. However, an exciting field trip that day and over-tiredness is keeping her (and the rest of us) up. Tomorrow morning is going to be tough. At 4:45 am, I slowly wake her. This early morning wake-up is torturous for my little seven-year old who would prefer to sleep in her warm bed. "I'm not going! I'm too tired!" she whines, snuggling up with her pillow. I rub her back and quietly explain, "You have to go. You made a com- mitment to your team and you have to go to practice." "I don't want to go!" "Your team needs you." "I just want to sleep. I'm so tired." I start thinking, it is early, maybe she can miss this one practice. It is, after all, only hockey. That's when my husband strolls into the room and flicks on the light "Time to get up, pumpkin!" She rolls over, pulling the blanket over her head. "But I'm so tired!" My husband says, "You made a commitment to play hockey. You are responsible to be there for your team. Come on, let's go!" I give her a kiss and she rolls out of bed. She is not at all happy about going to hockey at 6 am. And I feel her pain. My bed is calling me, too. I head downstairs to make coffee and a morning shake for her. At the rink, she lethargically slumps on the bench. She complains that "it stinks in here," which it does. In the dressing room, we wrestle her into equipment as she sits blurry-eyed, complaining all the way. We argue over how exactly we should tuck in the XL shirt on her XS body. I accidently pull her hair while putting her helmet on. My husband laces up her skates twice (the first time wasn't quite to her liking) and our player hits the ice. Suddenly a light turns on in her eyes and she skates her heart out, putting 100% into every drill. An hour later, she comes off the ice, sweaty and beaming from ear to ear. As we leave the rink I ask, "How was practice?" She happily exclaims, "Fun!" "Are you glad you went?" She smiles and starts cartwheeling through the arena complex. As we head out for breakfast with the team, she asks why some kids get to skip early morning practices. I begin, "You know how when you cheat on a drill…" She completes our familiar mantra, "...you don't learn the skill." With that, she smiles even more. She's answered her own question. Community Calendar If you have a community not-for-profit event you would like included in the calendar, please email it to editorofBTC@gmail.com with the subject line "calendar."Priority will be given to Brooklin events. Some editing may occur. Friday, October 7: Ashburn artist Jay Dart will have a solo exhibition at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. The show runs till January. Exhibition link: http://rmg.on.ca/ex- hibitions/jay-dart-greetings-from- yawnder/ Jay's website: www.thedart.ca Saturday, October 15: Beef dinner Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Beef dinner at 42 Bagot St., Brooklin (east of Cassels St. bridge). Lots of beef & potatoes, lots of pies! Tickets: $17.50 Adults $7.00 Children. Call Harry 666-0814 (h.agar@ sympatico.ca) or Ray 655-8025 Saturday, November 12: Pre-ordering of Holiday House Tour tickets has begun - in person at the gallery, by phone or on-line at www.whitbystationgallery.com The event day is Sat. Nov. 12th, 10 am - 4 pm. Tickets are $30 each. Station Gallery is an official stop this year with artisan food sampling and a silent auction featuring tabletop holiday trees decorated by different community businesses and local talent. We are hosting a raffle again this year - tickets are $5 for a chance to win a chauffeur driven town car on event day (for 4) with 'front of the line' lanyards - which means no waiting in line! We are also accepting entries for our Annual Members' Exhibition. This year's theme is GLIMPSE. Entries are accepted until 4 pm on November 4th. The opening reception is on Thursday, December 8th at 7 pm. Tuesdays: Brooklin Toastmasters, 7:15 p.m. for Meet & Greet, Meeting from 7:20 to 9:14 p.m. at the Brooklin Community Centre & Library (NEW LOCATION), 8 Vi- pond Road, 2nd floor Boardroom (NW corner). For more information, contact John at 905-683-4439 or jajhj@sympatico.ca or Loran Weston-Smyth at lorn@lornawestonsmyth.com or 416-910-4109. Brooklin Toastmasters provides a supportive and positive environment where members have the op- portunity to develop their communication and leadership skills. Basic Foot Care: Community Care Durham provides basic foot care services by registered foot care nurses on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at St. Thomas' Anglican Church. Please call 905-668-6223 for more information. Thursday evenings: Love to sing! The Brooklin United Church adult choir welcomes new voices to join us. Practices are Thursday evenings 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. You do not need to read music to be part of the choir. Practice CD's are made available. For more information, please call the church office at 905-655-4141 or by email at of- fice@brooklinunited.ca Brooklin's Guide to Home Based Businesses To advertise in this feature contact Crystal at 416.839.0248 Photos by Dianne www.istockphoto.com/search/portfolio/13554221 CLASSIFIEDS Custom Closets & More www.dream-space.ca 905.409.8681. Authorized HomeAdvisor Guitar Drum Lessons Repair Fret Replacement Leveling, Setup, patricksguitarstudio.com Sarah's Sewing Alterations, Mending, Crafts, Costumes - Call or text: 905 242- 4251 blue.dragonfly@rocketmail.comWORSHIP DIRECTORY WORSHIP DIRECTORY Burns Presbyterian Church 765 Myrtle Rd West (just 4 minutes north of Brooklin) 10am Worship, Kids Zone Fun & Nursery Care "Discovering God, Sharing God's Love" 905.655.8509 www.Burnschurch.org St. Thomas' Anglican Church 101 Winchester Road East Sunday Services: 8:30 and 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Program (10:30am) Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Communion and Healing Service 905-655-3883 www.stthomasbrooklin.ca Brooklin United Church 19 Cassels Rd. E. Sunday Services at 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Care www.brooklinunited.ca 905-655-4141 Come catch the Spirit! Renaissance Baptist Church of Brooklin 40 Vipond Road (Just West Of Library) Sunday Worship & Kids Program 10:30 a.m. 905 655 4554 www.brooklinrbc.ca We're here for Brooklin!