Evite's "Design Your Own" option inspired me to design my own evite:
It was so cute that it inspired me to print my own similarly-designed invitations:
But I wanted to add a little more pizazz, so I googled some images to use. Well, the confetti available online just wasn't good enough for me....
So I spent 4 or 5 hours (I was home sick) designing my own confetti. It was amazing. I made it of little dots and tiny stars. Recall my orange-dot wedding cake; I like dots a LOT.
The Final Draft:
I think my first foray into graphic design turned out well. I used Google Drawing. On the printed copy itself, the border didn't print well, and my husband blamed Google Drawing. I'm a big fan of the Google Universe, so I'm ok with a bit of blotchy border.
Taekwondo:
Lane is taking Little Dragons Taekwondo once a week. It's actually just a private class. She's doing great.
I have, however, banned her from Saturday family class. She fell down constantly on purpose, got in the way of the other families, and just in general prevented me from enjoying class and doing anything for Q. Maybe when she's 4 I'll try her again.
Swimming:
Quinton is swimming and riding his bike so well. I'm excited because this means he can now do triathlons!
Quinton's swim instructor is Russian. I can't believe my child is actually enrolled in what I jokingly called the "Bela Karolyi School of Swimming" because of how strict Mikhail is and how serious the other 2 Russian instructors are. Now that my kid is taking lessons, I can see that the instruction is even more militant and... structured than I realized. Bela Karolyi indeed.
But I am happy with how he's doing and how he works with his teacher.
At the beginning of the summer, at the end of a lesson, Mikhail walked over to me and without any prelude, said, "Get him snorkel."
Me: "OK."
"Side snorkel. Not the front kind."
Me: "OK."
He walks off.
At the end of every lesson, Mikhail holds each kid over his head (like an ice skating pairs act, but in the water), then throws the kid. Then he lets each kid step off the side of the pool and stand on his shoulders until they fall off, like a circus act. A couple weeks ago he added a routine where stands beside the pool with the kid and says, "Wow wow wow," then shoves the kid into the pool. The kids EAT IT UP, clamoring like puppies to be next.
