... not too bad considering he doesn't really train for it... he just gets out there and does it! Alex insisted on running this race because of the treats afterwards... hot chocolate, chocolate fondue and Ghirardelli chocolates!!! Plus they have really good goodie bags.... he got a great hoodie that he wears all of the time now.While the boys were at the race, I took Clara to her sewing class. This one is to make a fleece jumper. Clara and her friend are the only two in the class, so they're moving quite quickly. Their instructor told them to bring their American Girl dolls next class and with their extra time and fabric, they'll make matching jumpers for their dolls!
After the class, Clara got to come home for a bit before heading off to a sleepover birthday party (at the Four Seasons, no less). While Jeff was dropping her off there, I was at Alex's rehearsal (he's been asked to come back again this year as Thomas Mara, Jr. in Miracle on 34th Street). After that.... it was all about Alex... we had dinner and watched his movie pick... Iron Man.
Alex has been taking a fencing class this last term and he has really enjoyed it! After class on Friday, he and two other classmates were handed envelopes as they left. In Alex's envelope was an invitation to join the fencing team and info about a small tournament they were hosting on Sunday. Alex was extremely excited about being asked to join the team! We thought about the tournament, and in the end, decided that he should try it. If he liked it... then we would look into joining the team... if he didn't, we would just continue with classes.
So... Sunday morning, we were off to our first ever fencing tournament....
It was a tough morning for Alex. It's always tough when you go from winning almost every match in a beginner's class to crushing defeats when competing against actual team members. There were a handful of other new invites but the vast majority of the competitors were actual team members. It was hard to take for him. We had to have the little reminder talk about how the coach gave him an invitation because he saw potential in him... he saw that with work and training, he could be a good fencer. Getting the invite did not mean that he was magically a good fencer... to be really good at anything takes hard work and training. He decided that he was up for that and that he really had enjoyed the tournament. Now to figure out what goes from our schedule in order to add this. :-)After fencing, we picked up Clara and two of her friends from the birthday party. They were so crazy tired that they were extremely giggly! We took them all out to lunch and then straight to another sewing class. I had signed up for this one before knowing about the birthday party. Alex and Clara were both signed up to take the class (Clara's two friends' parents were meeting us there to pick up the girls). They were going to make pillowcases. Clara had taken the class last session, but wanted to do it again, as the instructor told her she could bring our sewing machine to class and she would show her how to use it.
They both did a great job!
Here's Alex's new pillowcase....
... he decided to go with a Christmas theme and picked Peanuts fabric for the main part and snowflakes for the trim.Here's Clara's...
... this was the fabric she wanted last time, but there wasn't enough left. This time they had just enough! Even though the dog is a yorkie (we think)... it looks quite a bit like Mango!They both really enjoyed the class and both want to take more! Alex wants to make the "lazy pants" next. Clara made them last session and wears them all of the time.
Then to cap off our crazy weekend... Jeff got on a plane for a short work trip... sigh.
Now the crazy weekend is over... and the crazy week has begun!!! Happy Monday!
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