Karate State Championship

Earlier in the spring little miss Haana had gone to the qualifier for Karate championship. Now it was time to go to State. This week had already been going very busy with STAR tests, Peek music festival where their orchestra group performed at UNT and daily after school karate sessions to prep for State.

Like last year they would be going together in a bus from school. The bus departed at 345am on Saturday. I called little miss Haana at 930am to check how it's going. She said they were about to reach their destination. I asked about her breakfast. Then I asked if she had coffee in the morning. She replied she took a nap. Then I asked again, 'Did you have coffee?'. 'Huh?', she couldn't hear me. I repeated the question again and the line went silent. Then I persisted again. This time she fessed up, 'Yes, but then it slept for 2 hours'. A-ha! I've been on her case about how caffeine is not good for her system. But today is not that day!. 'Ohh, look at you! Dodging me, weren't you?' I joked and we laughed out loud!

Little miss Haana participated in weapons kata. And she won 2nd place. I love her weapons kata cause her weapon of choice this time is a fan, and she has a mean routine with two fans!

She also participated in individuals and in teams competition, but did not place. 

Then it was time to head back. She got back home only at 1130pm in the night, dead tired!

Probably because she was carrying her medal which weighed like a ton!!!

Go Fish

Bobby boy suddenly wanted to go fishing one day. It was either the wild kratt series that egged him on to it. Or it was looking into the creek and finding tiny little fish flitting about in the water, that gave him the idea. Nevertheless, I had been getting daily reminders that we must go fishing. The only problem was, I have never fished and have no gear. 

So, I looked and found a fishing lesson closeby. Asked Bobby's friend's mom of she's interested, and yes she was! I suspected we might be the only 2 families in the area that did not know how to fish, but oh well! Eric was or fishing coach, and after showing us how to set up the fishing rod, tie the line, fit the hook and bobber, it was time to get messy. He showed how to put the worm on the hook. Bobby tried his hand first. And to my utmost astonishment, a fish was caught almost in no time at all!! We were all hopping in excitement at what just happened. It was a little bitty (about 3-4 inches long) beautiful blue-green colored fish speckeled with glorious yellow spots. We got the fish out of the book carefully, and stared at it for a bit and then, threw it back in the pond swiftly. We fished for almost 3 hours and caught fishes with the same surprising ease as the first time. The excitement amongst the boys and us moms was here to stay! It was only when we switches to lures (plastic or rubber bait that looks like a real fish or shrimp or worm) that or luck finally gave. No fishes were caught or harmed in the lure-fishing experiment! 

We headed back with what felt like a new hobby in our belt! I was a great morning!

How We Got Doggo

Bobby wrote a story about how we got Doggo.

The Day We Got Doggo

Written by Bobby

Illustrated by Bobby

 

Hiding Place

Guess where I hid the remote from Bobby and Gugu today?

Inside dishwasher

My Favorite Animal

 Bobby boy's favorite animal is a bold eagle.

There are 2 reasons for this..

Reason #1 - they can see 6 miles away. 

Reason #2 - they can fly so cool!! 

Mumma's Favorite Baby Animal - 

#1 - Bobby can see 25 miles away (he told me so). Gugu can see things that may or may not exist. Doggo can sense things that can't be seen.

#2 - Bobby can ride real fast on his bike and run real fast. Gugu has serious karate chops. And Doggo can run like the wind and hit you like the train!

So my favorite baby animals are Bobby, Gugu and Doggo! 

And my favorite adult animal is Papa :) because 

#1 - he can see good in everything and everyone. He's an eternal optimist. And

#2 - he is always the most loving and giving. And (Bobby told me to add that) whenever Bobby's lego motorcycles' brakes need to be fixed very delicately, he always fixes them. )

I'm Not Leaving

Dulce doggo and I go out for runs/ walks every morning and evening. Most of the times I take him out for walks (or, as he sees it, he takes me out). But sometimes, I just don't want to! This week i fell sick one evening, and i didn't want to take doggo for a walk. In times like these, when Raj is calling him to go out for a walk, Doggo sits resolutely, sphinx like, next to my bed. "I can't leave Muma! I refuse to go anywhere without her", he says. Multiple calls for the door step go unheeded. In resignation, I get up from the bed, escort him to the garage door, where Raj is already out putting his shoes on. I wait till all these 4 legs, tail and body are outside the door, then I slip back inside and quickly close the door behind me! 

If Doggo feels cheated in this whole experience he quickly forgets it. Cause as soon as he comes back, he comes running to my bed side, with his tail wagging and tongue a-smacking! He's a sweetie!

Bobby 6

Last month was someone’s birthday. In spite of my better judgement Bobby decided he will turn 6. I don't see any point in this, except maybe for getting new toys. But even then, Santa could do that. 

The birthday started early and stayed late. Like all birthdays should. We decided to start the weekend early with a camping trip on Friday. Then on Saturday, Raj wanted to take Bobby boy to the mall and get him a new pair of shoes (and get a couple of legos for himself!). Of course along with the shoes came a large box from the lego store. Nobody was surprised. It was a coast guard ship! Bobby and I took the mall train ride and munched on chocolate.

That evening we met with Varam and Kirthi aunty and Karthik uncle. We went Putt-putt golfing. We all tried our hands (arms) at golfing with varying levels of skills and success. It was fun all the way around. Dinner after that continued the fun, and we returned home with more lego boxes that night. 

On sunday i took Bobby's neighborhood friend, called "Bro" for some reason, and Bobby boy to their favourite trampoline and game area, followed by a lunch at Cici's we all joined at. After stuffing ourselves with fresh pizza, we came back home.

I took Monday off to hang out with Bobby during the day. It was a beautiful spring day and I decided to take both birthday boys - Bobby and Doggo to a park. I was prepared for this of course. I took our Nerf guns!

We had cake cutting and dinner at home, full of sweetness. I continued to insist Bobby should turn 5 again! Still working on that one!