James' Almost First Day of Hockey

We were all there for support. He had his new skates. We packed everything we would need. Sam was going to go out with him too. We had scheduled a trip to McDonald's for afterwards. But with all the preparations we had made, it still wasn't the greatest day of hockey ever!
James attempted his first day of hockey last week. He really wanted to play and be out there on the ice with Dad and Sam. There was just one problem - the helmet! :)
Poor James did NOT want anything to do with his helmet. He did brave it enough to go skate a lap with Dad, but that was short lived and then he cried the rest of the time on Mom's lap because he wanted to go back out, but without his helmet.
We didn't start Sam with hockey until he was 3, and he had a little bit of a hard time with it, so we knew it might be tricky with James, who just turned 2, but he was so eager.
I think if we just work on the helmet at home that he will feel more comfortable and then we will never be able to get him off the ice!