Stenwood Fun Fair 2010

Swimming free-style

Basketball Class

I forgot to charge the camera and missed out on taking more videos and pictures of Maddy learning the basics of basketball.

There were suppose to be 13 kids but only 5 turned up. Not surprising, considering the muck up they had last weekend. Everyone was told different times and venues and two of us weren't told about anything lol. Oh well, at least we made it to this one on time and at the right place lol.

The age group ranges from 6-10, with Maddy and Ben (smallest one) being the youngest of the group. They practiced different passing and dribbling skills and also shooting skills as well. Because they only had 5 players, there were no scrimmages, but they did play a few shooting games. Overall he had fun and didn't want it to end.

Bumped up to level 4

After 10 minutes in the pool during his first day of swimming lessons, Maddy was told by his instructor to move on over to the next class, Level 4. He actually completed Level 3 last summer but because he had not been in the pool since then, we thought it would be best for him to repeat the level again. Boy were we wrong !!! He was way ahead of the others in that class and I was impressed that he remembered most, if not all , of what he learnt last year.

His new instructor worked them hard and had them swim lengths of the pool with only a few breaks in between. When she approached me afterwards, she told me that Maddy has a good butterfly kick and is looking forward to working with him in this class :)

Maddy's first soccer game

Maddy has his first soccer game today. It was a gloriously sunny day, just perfect for being outdoors. Maddy scored a goal but I didn't get it on tape since he was on the far field at the time but I witnessed it! We had a celebratory ice cream on the way home.

Soccer Practice

Maddy was all geared up with his new soccer boots, socks, shin and ankle guards, ready for his first practice last Wednesday. There were only six boys that turned up as the rest were away on Spring Break. Considering this was his first time he's ever played, he did OK. He did manage to score a goal but I did not have the camera rolling at the time, as I was too excited, jumping up and down and cheering for him.

Maddy at the Stenwood Funfair

Thanks to Aunty Sachi for showing us how to make a mini-movie :)

Practicing His Part

Take 1

Take 2

Power Goes Out

Due to the storms that hit Oklahoma a few days ago, we experienced very strong winds all day yesterday and last night. Our power went out around 8.30ish for a little while. Maddy and I were reading his book at the time and decided to take this video :) We are fine by the way!

Maddy Bakes Cookies

It's Finally Snowing

Snow fight with Daddy before he left for the airport

The snow was not deep enough for a snow angel

Game #5

Inbounds the ball to Sammy who scores one for the team

Rebounds

Nearly makes a shot

Dribbles and hands it off to Sammy who scores another for the team

Defending (or eye-balling his opponent LOL) and Intercepts a pass

To Nanna and Papa

Maddy in Action - 3rd Game

Warming up before the game

Rebounding

Even though they lost this game, they played a good game overall especially on defence. We have more videos of Maddy in action but because the files are too large, they were taking too long to upload - will try to keep them shorter next time.

Tiger Den Skit

Each den had to perform a skit for this months pack meeting and the Tiger Den did a skit on "Emergency Broadcast System"

Happy New Year

Hope everyone had a fun and safe start to the New Year. Ours was very quiet but nice. Maddy spent the day enjoying his new Christmas pressies, especially his D-Rex, PSP portable and Basketball bean chair - I need to get another one or two of those for his room so when his friends come over to play games, we have extra seating - thanks cuzzie Micah - his chair is cool!

Maddy's D-Rex is an interactive dinosaur who attacks, guards and has over 100 sounds and expressions. Sorry about the side view - Maddy wouldn't let me record him again so I had to use this one LOL

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We celebrated Daddy's birthday with a yummy cooked lunch of chicken wings, potato salad, rice and chocolate cake with ice cream for dessert. Since Daddy hasn't been well and unable to walk for the past two weeks, we decided a nice home cooked lunch would suffice. I hope he enjoyed it as much as we did :)

More Basketball Training

Third week of practice and the boys are improving on their basketball skills. Tonight they practiced their dribbling, bounce passing and shooting and ended the night with a scrimage. Their first game is on Dec 13th - not sure who against but we will find out at next weeks practice. Their team name is Black Knights and they will be receiving their uniforms next week.

Dribbling Practice

Bounce Pass Practice

Defence Practice

Scrimage

Basketball Practice

Dribbling Practice

Shooting Practice (1)

Shooting Practice (2)

Raingutter Regatta

Tonight, the Boy Scouts had their Raingutter Regatta boat race at Maddy's school. This is the first time he has ever participated in something like this. He and his Dad were given a small wooden boat, to put together and paint any way they wanted. Maddy chose a silver spray paint for the base of the boat and decorated his sail with lots of different stickers. He also painted a dragon on the top and signed his name.

The tigers started their race around 6.45 pm. Maddy won his first race but lost his second. He still had fun though and did really well, blowing his boat along with a straw. He won the next three races and almost won the last one. He came 2nd overall and was presented a medal as his prize. All the other boys did really well too and were given medals and ribbons for participating. Well Done Tiger Scouts!

I forgot to take the camera (unlike me) so had to use Daddy's phone to take pictures and videos of his races. You might need to tilt your head slightly to the right for the video though LOL

Practicing before the race

2nd Race

Receiving his Medal