All of a sudden I remember the discussion I had with J on his and N's birthday. I gave them each money in their cards and told them to put it towards something they had been wanting to save up for. Something big. J's been trying to save his money for a Jarome Iginla jersey but every once in a while he gets so excited about how good he's doing about saving his money that he wants to treat himself to a new toy! Of course he does, he's 12! I think he has more money in his wallet than I ever did when I was his age, I couldn't save more than $20 at a time. So really, I think he's doing pretty well. I also imagine that he must be pretty frustrated, since a Flames jersey itself is fairly expensive, even for me now. I thought about the option of getting him a gift certificate for the NHL shop online for the rest of the money he would need to buy a jersey, however when I looked they didn't have the option to buy custom youth jerseys. Another thought; what would I buy N for the same value. Then it occured to me.
I ran straight from work to a sports shop in a nearby mall about 10 minutes before closing time. Since I knew they'd have Iginla jerseys my only hope was to find a Tanguay jersey for N...why hadn't I thought of this before? If you've kept up with my blog, you'd know that N LOVED Tanguay a few years back when he played for the Flames the first time around. Once traded, N decided he definitely wasn't cheering for the Flames anymore. This started after our loss in the Stanley Cup finals of course, afterall in 2004 they were 6 years old and any six year old wants to cheer for the winning team - so losing Tanguay a few years later was the last straw for this little man. Well, now he's back! I can get N his Tanguay jersery and all will be right in the world again.
