Weekend tessellations
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Learning is 1/2 the fun
Most kids moan and groan when a fraction lesson enters into Sunday morning, but Johnathan gladly undertook the math challenge knowing that sweet rewards were to follow!
Johnathan’s Karategi
Here’s some pics of Johnathan wearing his official karategi before our first class back as individual students rather than father/son pair. Instead of pairing off with me 100% of the time to work on a move, he gets to work with another student closer to his age/build. And of course the flip-side of that means that I get to work with another adult rather than someone that I can pick up with one arm!
Meet our first Orange Belt
After ten or so classes and much practice at home, Johnathan took his Orange Belt test for Sanchin-Ryu Karate this morning. The class started out with at least a dozen kids/parents but, as you can see, whittled down significantly over the weeks. We’re quite proud and I’m hoping that this might even become a theme within the household.
Joshua’s Translations
- Coffee – Fasee
- Brother – Beeyoo
- Johnathan – Sha-shan
- Dinosaur – Sha-shan
- Potty – Dottee
- Thirsty – Dottee (interesting!)
- I love you – I O U
- Fan – Fans!
- Light – Fans!
- Wind (sometimes) – Fans!
- Milk – Muk
- Banana – Nananananana?
- Avacado – Calololololololow?
- Doctor – Dotoe
- Good Morning – Mownin
- Good Afternoon – Noon
- Truck – F#@!
- Frog – F#@!
- Rock – F#@!
- Birds – B!@#
- Bless You – Ah-soo
- Grandpa Eldon – Papa Oh-No
- Uncle Cody – CoCo
- Aunt Michaela – CaCa
- Phone – Bowm (NES Mario jumping sound from Shae’s Blackberry)
- Camera – Picteurs
- Nipples – Beepoes
- Bath – Bash
- Outside/Inside – Side?
Terrors of Nightlife – Chords
So, Dax Riggs has been in my musical cycle via Acid Bath since high school, but in the past few months I’ve begun gathering up the more recent work that he’s done and it’s completely taken my breath away. More often than not when I’m listening to an album I can’t help but run to grab a guitar and try to play along. Here’s a particularly beautiful ballad that I worked out tonight.
Terrors of Nightlife by: Dax Riggs We Sing Of Only Blood Or Love C F C I laid all I own at the devil's feet C F C and I have placed a rose between the angel's teeth G C night lay beside me, night lay beside me C F C I wish you could hear what I hear when I’m out there C F C the stars all seem to burn and scream into the atmosphere G C night lay beside me, night lay beside me C F C may grief fall away like leaves from the trees C F C may grief fall away like leaves from the trees G C and night lay beside me, only night lay beside me