Snoqualmie Falls

My parents have gotten it in their head that they want to do more exploring on the weekends.  This means, throwing me in the car and driving somewhere green.  This weekend, we went to Snoqualmie Falls.  Unfortunately the lower trail, down to the river was closed.  It is under renovation.

 

 I managed to have a good time.  

I found some rocks to climb on.

Dad showed me the view since I was having a hard time seeing it.

Here is the river below.  Next time we come, we will definitely walk down.

I did get a rainbow lollipop at the gift shop!

Goju Competition Day 2013

My Dojo had a Competition Day 2013!  

I participated in three events with my fellow Tiny Tiger Nathaniel.  We were the two youngest participants.  I did flag sparring, katas, & wrestling.

 Nathaniel and I are flag sparring above.  He is really good and came first in this competition.

 We had to wait before we started our katas.  

 After we did our katas, Sensei and the judges discussed and ranked our forms.  I won this event!

 Then it was wrestling.  I really enjoy doing this.  Nathaniel was very competitive and I had to work very hard to get the gold medal.  I managed to win even though I was the underdog!

 My parents were very proud of me and I got some awesome medals!

"The Black Head"-my first play

We had to write a play at school.  I am very interested in heroes vs villains and lots of action.  Although I am one of the loudest kids in my Kindergarten Class, you can barely hear me in my own play!  

Gnome vs Snowman-Mochimochi

Although petting the angora bunnies at Vogue Knitting Live! was fun-finding this epic knitted battle was even better!  Gnomes vs Snowmen!

 The gnomes and the snowmen are mochimochi-which means tiny knitting.  The author of the Mochimochi Book, and the creator of this giant diorama, Anna Hrachovec was there.

 I want the gnome, many of them, so I can create my own epic battles.  Mom likes to knit, so it shouldn't be a problem.  I will have her churning out armies with her knitting needles!!!  Back to the diorama...

Here are some images from the gnome side......

These snowmen are creating a giant secret weapon! A huge snowman!

I truly delighted in this exhibit and kept coming back to it the hours I was at Vogue Knitting.

Bunny Gold at Vogue Knitting Live!

I spent my Saturday afternoon being dragged to a yarn show.  Fortunately, Dad came so I kind of had fun!  There was a reason we were at the yarn show.  Mom's friend Vicki, was launching her bunny angora yarn company called "Bunny Gold".  Mom knit Vicki a child's sweater with her awesome bunny yarn as a sample.  Here is the sweater.

So Mom, Dad and I went to go see Bunny Gold & Vicki at the show.

Here are two pictures of the booth.

Vicki and I can be seen through the angora bunny cage.  She actually let me pet one!  Dad said it was like"petting a warm cloud."

Vicki had a demonstration at 3:30 pm to talk about her earth friendly, animal friendly, made in the USA bunny yarns.  

I took pictures.  Mom was on stage with a knitting machine.  Katie, on the left was sheering a bunny, Brian was spinning a mixture of bunny and sheep and roving, Mom was machine knitting, Jan was hand knitting, and Beorn was organic dyeing.  Vicki was on the floor presenting.

March was a blurrrrr!

I went to Arun's 6th birthday party at the Federal Way Community Center.  Dad and I went swimming.

Arun is in the Angry Birds T-shirt.  He is a good friend of mine from karate.  We both LOVE the game Minecarft and can talk about it for forever.

I went to the Seattle Opera House to see a ballet of Hansel and Gretel.  Too many birds dancing around and NOT enough action for my taste.  The whole"got pushed in the oven" happened in a blink of an eye.

I asked Mom to never take me to a ballet again.

I did get to hang out with my favorite uncle.

I dyed eggs.  I had fun preparing the dyes.

I do not care for boiled eggs, so my folks had to eat them all.

Oh, and I got my orange stripe on my white belt.

That was March in a nut shell. Whew!

Yo Gabba Gabba Live!

I was introduced to Yo Gabba Gabba about three years ago when I was 2-3/4 years old at a friend's birthday party.  I ended up becoming a fan of the show for a while.  I liked the music and the graphic styling of the show which aired on Nick Jr.  Recently, Mom told me that DJ Lance Rock and the rest of Yo Gabba Gabba were coming to Seattle and asked me if I wanted to go see the show.  I said: "Yes!".  At 5-3/4 years old now, I am one of their older fans.  

The event was at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Seattle.  The theatre was built in the 1920's and is extremely decorative.

We got a seat fairly close to the stage on the right side.  Mom took my picture, even though she was not supposed to.  Many parents were taking pictures.

Finally the show started with Tootie, Foofa, DJ Lance Rock, Plex, Muno, & Brobie!

It was LOUD!  Mom said that it was a Pre-School Rock concert!  Fortunately, another mother near Mom handed her some ear plugs.  Mom put one in and I was able to enjoy the show a lot more.

At intermission, I played with the confetti on the floor.

The second half rocked as much as the first.

I am glad that I went, fortunately, the who event was about an hour and fifteen minutes.  We met Dad for dinner at a restaurant downtown, and then we drove home.  Mom and I are going to the Pacific NW Ballet later this month.....