No Pee-Wees in our House

My youngest son is 11 years old and has decided to leave the world of travelling hockey. Hold on a second, let me go get that box of kleenix. Ok, much better. Like I wrote, competitive hockey is over (at least for a year) in our household. Hockey for him started at the age of 6 when he could barely skate. He learned quickly and became a fan of the game. Near the end of a long first season (October to March), he had decided that he didn't like it too much and we decided to take a year off and just skate for fun outdoors. After a year off he decided to take another run at it, this time as an 8 year old. He skated as a Mite and had a blast. His teammates were friends, the competition wasn't intense and he loved the small-sided games. I thought he was hooked. He came back the next season as a first year squirt and again had fun, but didn't care for the 3-4 nights a week his schedule entailed. He did, however, enjoy the out of town tournaments and staying in hotels in such...