The entire family was gathered on the couch this evening watching American Idol (not great TV I know, but it is something we all enjoy doing together – we try and predict the stars and the duds before they sing). No one can seem to recall what got Jeanine going (she says it was a story about my past) but she could not stop laughing.
Nico picked up a nice medal for his grappling efforts on Sunday.
Maya is an excellent student and even though she has much less homework than her brothers, she is quite diligent when she focuses on it.
In his opening match, Nico faced an opponent who had beaten him 5-0 just last week. After that match we reviewed the video and learned from each mistake. Nico did not repeat a single one and today defeated the same boy in impressive fashion. Nico almost wins by fall (wrestling term for a pin) but his opponent is saved by the bell.
Once on the mat, Nico proceeds to score several back points on his way to a solid win in the second round.
By maintaining absolute wrist control, Nicolai is able to emerge from this precarious throw in a very favorable position.
The next three images were taken in rapid succession and illustrate a very nice scoring sequence for Nico.
Nico and I traveled to New Hampshire today for the MVC League Wrestling Tournament held in Nashua. Nico emerged from the 8 hour ordeal with a second place finish. I emerged with some nice photos and a very sore back.-
After dinner, Maya and Kyle set out to create their own culinary masterpiece. By the smell of things, I would venture to guess it is going to fall into the tasty but unhealthy category.
It has been a while since we have seen Chloe and it was nice to have her join us for dinner this evening.
Jeanine has created another healthy masterpiece for dinner this evening. It is her own invention and as yet has no name.
The entire area is seen here, and we are looking forward to the next jam session.
Next, we used the PA speakers as a base for a desk, creating a little music editing workspace complete with an old acoustic guitar as wall art.
For the last few days the family has been working together to organize and decorate the basement. One section has been devoted to music. We hung Nicolai’s signed Van Halen cymbal over his drum set.