Lil Sibs Weekend!

Well, it wasn't officially Lil Sibs Weekend for the university, because that was a few weeks ago, but my little brother, Alex, stayed with me this past weekend instead! He's only a freshman in high school, but he already knows he wants to come to MSU, particularly to be a part of the Spartan Marching Band and on the MSU drumline. :] He already comes up every Thursday to participate in the clinics that the MSU percussionists hold for prospective high school students, which is a bonus for him since he has the next three and a half years to practice and build up his skills. It's a good thing he doesn't want to attend that other school down the road...

Anyway, I had a blast hanging out with him this weekend! I haven't been home at all since the new semester started, and I had been missing my family a lot. He came up on Thursday for clinic and stayed until just a few hours ago when my parents came to pick him up. Friday morning he didn't want to go to class with me (I mean, four classes in five hours.. I wouldn't want to either if I didn't have to..) so he slept and did homework while I was writing down notes and listening to lectures. We went to the hockey game later that night, and he had a blast! He had never been to a varsity sport before this weekend, so he got a huge kick out of our cheers, chants, and cat-calls at the opposing team. MSU won too, which made the experience that much better for him.

The next day, I had to do some more homework, so Alex waited around a little while before we played Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Nintendo Wii! Then it was off to the final hockey game of the regular season.. it was also the last hockey game that our senior friends Anthony, Tim, and Lawrence were going to attend at Munn Ice Arena, so despite our shutout 2-0 victory, it was upsetting to see the boys together for the last time..

We decided to go ice skating after the game, just so we could be in the arena a little bit longer before next season starts. I had never gone ice skating with Alex before and I was jealous because he's a much better skater than I am! I just learned how to do cross overs last weekend, and now I need to practice stops and skating backwards.. I'll get to it eventually. :p

I was sad to see my brother leave this morning. But I'll be home in less than a week, and we can play hours and hours of video games and watch NHL hockey and scary movies then! :]

My brother and I at the hockey game! :D