With lots of help from Dad, I made breakfast for Mom on Mother's Day. She also had coffee...which I made. I also helped with dinner. Though...Mom still had to do the dishes. Oops.
I made this at school for Mommy.
5.05.2013
CoDance 2013
CoDance is the final competition and convention of the season, and this year, my final competition with this studio. I'm auditioning for a bigger studio in a couple of weeks. We wanted to finish strong, but the scoring was quite difficult and we scored lower than teams we beat at other competitions. I guess the judges just weren't feelin' it. Oh well, we had fun and I was still able to finish the season strong!
Hanging out in the hallway before showtime.
I'll probably need these soon enough...
Studio pictures
So...what did we win?
Convention time. Junior room. Saturday 730-230pm, and Sunday 830-3pm. Lots of dancing.
After class with Judy Rice
Time to change shoes. It smells like feet in here.
Got my number!!! Parents have to leave so bye bye Mom!
During auditions, which only lasted about 30 minutes total, we're taught a short combo, and then we perform it in groups. We get whittled down until there about about a dozen or so of us. I was the only boy! I can't believe I made it. I was so happy! Makyla, also got it. She's #29. She's in 5th grade and is an amazing dancer.
I was selected as a scholarship winner.
With Isabel, Emily and Christina.
Getting up on stage...we have to do the routine for everyone to see.
For some reason, I was a second behind the girls...oh well.
Getting our "medals"
Happy winner. But so so tired.
4.28.2013
Gardener for Hire
I helped Dad mow the lawn this weekend. I did a pretty good job, but I was pretty exhausted afterwards. It's harder than it looks!
4.26.2013
Finally! I finished!
How long did this take me? A long time. I took a break. But when I got determined again, I finished it easy peasy. Do you like it??
4.20.2013
Celebrity Dance Competition
Our 2nd to last dance competition was Celebrity. This competition is the same one that has a cruise in the summer. But we don't go to that one. Anyhow, we did pretty darn well at this comp. It was held in San Ramon, and it was ALL day long. We have a dance at 11~, 1~ and then 6~. So we had to stay there all day. AND, awards for the last one was at 10. That's right, 10 at night. It was super late by the time we got home.
Tulia's dad brought his RV (which I want) and we camped out. We ate burgers and hot dogs (unfortunately, we had them for lunch AND dinner) plus various snacks. It was fun.
Here's the set up.
Inside, we're all over the place.
Before the comp, I'm all jazzed up!
Cousins Jenna, Enzo and Lindsay came to watch me. Thanks for the support!
In between routines, just hanging out playing other people's iPads!
Uh, winners!!!
I'm in the lower left there. This is the "auditions". At 9pm, they had a class, broken down by age. And we had to learn the combination in about 10 minutes, and then perform it in groups of 10 or so on the stage, in front of the judges. Then they pick. We're all wearing numbers.
I was selected in the first round. But didn't make it past. I was the only boy too.
Here we are taking 1st place overall, plus our Platinum for Kickin' it Old School.
4.13.2013
Maui - Day 7
It's the last day in Maui. Our sunburns are now tans, so off we go to the beach again. This time, it's Kapalua Bay, right next to Merriman's where Uncle Steve and Auntie Jen got married.
Mom's tent set up is looking better, no? And this time, we bought Spam Musubi from the Honuloa Store, a few minutes walk from our Hotel. We had the Musubi for lunch. It was good and cheap and I could have eaten a few more of them.
Some examples of the "brain" that Brendan saw. It's really coral.
That's Brendan. You can tell cuz he's wearing a life jacket.
Pointing at something good....
The snorkeling was pretty good here. There were lots of fish and many different kinds. Though, quite hard to see with our camera.
Some pictures of the Ritz Carlton lobby area.
The Ritz is part of the Kapalua Resorts.
A banana tree, right outside the lobby!
Lookie! Baby pineapples!
This was outside of Sansei's where we ate our last (and first) dinners.
Funny how it grows, no?
Again, it was really really good and since we lined up early (to avoid having to wait) we got in on the "early bird special" - 25% off if we order before 6pm. So of course, we did! And it was really good.
Panko Crusted Ahi Tuna. It was so good.
Brendan's Keiki Steak. It was pretty good too.
The Honolua Store was between the Ritz and Sansei's. It was sort of a convenience store/deli/ABC store. It's a good place to get a quick and cheap meal.
Relaxing in the hammock after dinner.
We made these in our "volcano" class at the Cousteau center.
Brendan lost one of his baby teeth on the last night in Maui. He was proud that he pulled it out all by himself. The tooth fairy left him an extra special gift for for losing his tooth in Hawaii.
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