A general
life update here on the goings on of all the sundry activities and things the
family has been up to. The karate tournament that C3 was in a week ago was a
rousing success! She placed third in both hand-kata (basically doing all her
positions correctly) and in breaking (where she, well, broke wood with her
hand, foot and elbow) so two trophies went home with her on Saturday. She was
excited and tried to be humble but she doesn’t do self-effacing very well. Also,
watching a 7-year old wield a bo staff, and with a fair measure of proficiency,
is an experience I recommend if only for the knowledge that there are preteens
out there who can kick butt.
This past
week also held a creative and performing arts festival in the kids’ school
district. It was nice to have an event where all three kids had some kind of
representation, a very rare event indeed. C3 sang with her 2nd Grade
chorus in a medley of songs from The Lion
King. She admittedly didn’t look very interested but seemed to have a good
time. As a side note, “Hakuna Matata” is a very, very repetitive song which I
don’t think I ever noticed before. C2 had a drawing of some seashells in the
visual art section of the show. I have
never seen the medium for an art project listed as “Crayola Twistables”
before. Ah, the modern age.
The
showstopper, though, was C1. He and a classmate performed “Point of No Return”
from The Phantom of the Opera, so of
course C1 had on a Phantom half mask. No halfway theatrics for this kid. His microphone wasn’t on though and the
acoustics in a high school cafeteria aren’t really optimal. He could be heard,
but let’s just say that a lot of the people there weren’t necessarily well
mannered. After that song, he performed solo (and with a working mic) “Friend
Like Me” and “Prince Ali” from Aladdin.
I think his nerves were running high, maybe even higher than they were for Peter Pan as here he was THE focus. But he did a great job, even doing a little soft-shoe/shuffle
dance during a long instrumental part. I was nervous that he was going to get
tangled in the mic cord but he managed to avoid that particular pitfall. I fell on stage during my Senior Year play
and I think my back is still paying the price for that, 20-odd years later.
With all of
these events for the kids (and more to come, as always) the Wif ™ and I haven’t
been doing much on our own outside the house, at least not since our Rifftrax
night. We have a few things coming up – friends’ birthdays, that sort of thing –
but otherwise a quiet few weeks ahead for the adults of the family. But there
are always house projects to do and everyday life to lead. I’ll happily take the downtime in between
events if it means I get to enjoy those events more fully. If all the in-between time was filled with
rushing and drama and nonsense, there’s no way we could enjoy these things like
we do.
That’s all
for now. I just wanted to humblebrag about the kids and get an entry up. I seem to have attracted some readers, so
hello! Sorry this entry isn’t Doctor Who
related (a Time Stream entry is on its way soon), as it seems that’s where most
of my page views come from, but even in my description at the top of the page, I
try to hit all my roles here, Father and Husband included. Thanks for reading!!
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