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An evil fairy
Friday, November 6, 2015
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Karate, lately (or My Sweet Little Princess)
Karate continues to be a big part of Laura's life.
She faced her first true competition in a tournament and finished 4th out of 10 in forms. And this tournament was also her first try at sparring, where she won the consolation bracket (lost 1st fight, won next 2). I was so impressed with her composure and good attitude because her other tournaments were so tiny (like 2 competitors) and she blew them all away. There were some pretty awesome girls at this one. Laura gave it her all and earned a respectable position and was proud of herself.
This is Laura's form (pretend fight) at the tournament. She learns a new one with each new belt. They are great for memorization, coordination, discipline, working on little details (like correct feet width, direction, crisp moves, etc.), and the act of being judged and rated. I used to worry cuz she doesn't do piano recitals, but this has got to be giving her at least the same benefits. FYI - she is saying "thai", not "die" :)
She faced her first true competition in a tournament and finished 4th out of 10 in forms. And this tournament was also her first try at sparring, where she won the consolation bracket (lost 1st fight, won next 2). I was so impressed with her composure and good attitude because her other tournaments were so tiny (like 2 competitors) and she blew them all away. There were some pretty awesome girls at this one. Laura gave it her all and earned a respectable position and was proud of herself.
This is Laura's form (pretend fight) at the tournament. She learns a new one with each new belt. They are great for memorization, coordination, discipline, working on little details (like correct feet width, direction, crisp moves, etc.), and the act of being judged and rated. I used to worry cuz she doesn't do piano recitals, but this has got to be giving her at least the same benefits. FYI - she is saying "thai", not "die" :)
Mouthpieces are fun
Laura on the right in her first fight. This little one on the left was awesome. She won 1st in form and 2nd in sparring.
Little Laura on the left, against The Giant on the right.
Laura beat her 7-0.
Receiving her scorecard. She's so cute.
Because she prepared her form so well for the tournament, she got to test early for her blue belt. She's been through a lot of belts, but this one seemed to mean more to her than the others. Maybe due to the extra work for the tournament, or maybe because now she gets a bo (staff). She is super psyched to have this bo. Hers is on order right now, but when she gets it I'll post a picture.
And a silly group pic.
I love that she has this set of friends at karate. Some of these guys, we've been seeing 3 times a week for 3 years. Even if you don't mean to, you get to know them and become friends. Its a great community.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Adam's missing tooth
Take a good look, folks.
You don't get this front-tooth-missing, adorable kid but once per kid.
Gosh, I love this look.
We are a weird family...
...and we know it. We like...
...elephant rides,
...wearing satyr horns,
...medieval fairs,
...sitting upside down at our lemonade stands,
...giggling at Total Tools who put "Mr. Wrong" license plates on their fancy black trucks,
...pretending to be farm things,
...lopsided cakes,
...hermit crabs...
...even if they are bullies...
...big bullies...
"MY food dish, back off - shrimpy"
...anthropomorphizing our hermit cabs,
...designing new crabitats,
...being too cool for school,
...organizing our Lego bins by color,
...swimming in corn...
...with extra goofiness,
...using a leftover fire-stick on a huge canvas,
...and hula hoop contests.
And we're proud of our weirdness.
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