July-September Homeschool Miscellany

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15yo apparently only got beaten once or twice in all the rounds he played in his Warhammer tournament and placed (the winner was someone who had been playing a lot longer). We all agreed it was a pretty good outcome for a first tournament.

17yo was able to pass her level 6 badge in the first competition and 19yo got his level 7 badge in the second one (he had missed the first one due to illness and he and his coach decided to risk the do or die in the second competition as if he didn’t get it then, he was out of states). I think most of 17yo’s kids did alright.

On their first trip up (they took two this year) my parents had decided that they wanted to go to Cirque du Soleil and asked if it would be running when they got back. I looked it up for them and confirmed so they planned to book some tickets while they were back home. Later I was informed by sibling dearest that they wanted to know what days we were available to go as apparently we were going with them, and correctly garnered from my reaction that I had no idea about this.

The revolving stage was pretty cool though I know some of my kids (the ones I coach not necessarily the ones pictured) would have gotten so disoriented on it, some of them consciously or otherwise use the surroundings to navigate and would get confused with their routines if you turn them around.

We were apparently allowed to take photos and short videos, I wouldn’t have taken video as I was too busy watching but I’m not sure why I didn’t take any photos as there were several really cool parts. Maybe too busy watching.

The kids were really excited and inspired and 15yo developed a newfound appreciation for circus.

Comp season continued with the bigs doing well in regionals and 19yo’s team making history as the club’s historical first ever MAG 7 team.

In September we went to The Royal Show as my parents had never been before and wanted to see what it was like, it had been a few years since we had last been (we go every few years) and even longer since the one time Sprat had been. Our wanderings ended up more disjointed than usual as a result as we generrally attempted to stay together but people inevitably wandered off.

17yo and Sprat were quite proud of themselves for picking craft items which they thought were really good and should have won a prize and then actually reading the certificates and finding out most of their picks did actually place. They went on a few of rides and the boys joined them on a couple but chose not to go on the one they were eyeing off because they didn’t like the price.

We also need to follow up on the Blacksmith Association as both the boys are interested and have been for a while.

15yo acquired and painted a tank and then lined up the models for me and the cat decided he wanted in on the action.

He’s still in the rapid improvement phase and is currently scrambling together more pocket money to be able to get more models to do more painting.

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