For the past couple weeks, my 8 year old has been in a play version of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. It's her second play, her first with lines including a cast favorite, "Shut up, you toad!" She also has the responsibility of the jingle bells that announce the arrival of the Ice Queen and Father Christmas. She's done pretty dang awesome if I do say so myself.
This picture was taken the last dress rehearsal before the show opened. (On a side note, I was up until 3am that night helping finish the set.)
joejlitz wrote:I used to intentionally head butt my opponent on the initial clinch (which got her a little dazed) and move right to the head lock. I had an 8-second pin that way, once.
joejlitz wrote:I used to intentionally head butt my opponent on the initial clinch (which got her a little dazed) and move right to the head lock. I had an 8-second pin that way, once.
I found joe's yearbook pic for that season:
HEY!
What is this? The Funny Picture Thread?!?!?!?
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joejlitz wrote:Jo-Jo started soccer this week - his first organized sport. I hope he likes it! He has been a really indoor kid, lately.
Jo-Jo's got some good form. I remember seeing pictures of myself playing at that age on the Grasshoppers. Everyone is in position at kickoff then it becomes very unorganized in just a few seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT8nY18GKLg
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Jo-Jo ended up hating soccer. He loves miniature golf, though so he had his first real golf lesson with a pro who took him out to a driving range. He learned grip, stance, and how to make contact. He did really well, but he couldn't stop bragging to the pro about how he got a hole-in-one on the Octopus hole.
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Jo-Jo has had 2 golf lessons now. He's getting the hang of it. We're concentrating on proper grip, stance, and connecting with the ball. The pro lent me a kids putter, so we take it home and practice golf-bowling where he putts at his Ben 10 action figures and tries to knock them down. I also rewarded him with a round of miniature golf this past weekend.
We're also learning how to spell. We painted his room years ago with a mountain scene, a road, cars, clouds, the sun, etc. I took a black sharpie and wrote the words to most of this stuff on his walls. He's got some down pat: Go, Car, Sky, Sun, Dog, Cat. He also recognizes certain words in his books no matter where they appear: The, and, Dinosaur, Bakugan, and a bunch I don't remember.
Finally, my kid can win Gold cups on Mario Kart 50cc. He's 4 and a half.
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