Ada's "lunge" forward

Yes, I know I'm cheesy... that's one of the reasons Jer loves me. 

Today was quite the day.  I had my usual 4 kids... then added Max and Allen to the mix from about 1:30 til 7... It was a fun day, the kids played VERY well together and the babies let me work on getting the cushions sewn back together for the rocking chair.  We had our Fencing Class Demonstration/Tournament as well.  It was so close!  Three of the students very easily could have gotten first.  I've been very proud of my class this last time, they've all worked so hard.  I'm especially proud of my two cute kiddos.  Sam has amazing form for a 3 year old.  Sometimes he has a hard time understanding right of way... but so do I at times.  Ada made huge strides today.  She usually doesn't like to fence the boys her age.  She gets scared that they'll hurt her, which is kind of funny because she's good enough to parry most of what they can give her... as long as she's not thinking about the fact that she's scared.  The first bout was Allen and Max... very close... 4-5.  The next bout was Sam and Ada... Sam did great considering he's so small against these 5-7 year old kids... theirs was 3-5.  Then Ada and Max battled it out for the trophy that I'd gotten for the winner.  Theirs was a very close match.  It was hard to call some of the points.  It took three adults to wrangle the rest of the class and ref their bout.  After lots of encouragement and pep talks by Dad and Lorrin they came out at 5-4.  Ada was thrilled to death and Max was a very good sport.  They both came away as proud as can be! I was especially proud of Ada for getting over her fear of fencing Max.  She did get hurt twice, but she finished and did so well!   I got all the kids a donut and later took Ada out to get a special cookie that she's been wanting instead of the donut... Sweet Tooth Fairy is the cutest little cupcake/cookie place.  Ada was even really brave when she got her brand new "special" cookie from the cashier and promptly dropped it upside down on the floor.  She got a little teary but never actually cried. I helped her pick it up and we went home and redecorated it. 

So proud of my Ada... pictures to come.