Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Turn, and Face the Strange Changes....

There seem to be a lot of changes at the Secret House lately! 

Grace currently looks like the hampster from "Bolt" , on account of losing both of her eye teeth. 


I'LL GO GET MY BALL!!! 



She has gotten her Yellow Belt in Ju Jutsu! 

Practice....





Makes...


Perfect!! 




HOLD on...What is THIS? Could it be FORTE taking Ju Jutsu!? ( Or perhaps it is a Sumo Wrestler with a Kung-Fu outfit on?) What can I say? Grace is a GREAT influence on me;) 





And, Last, but not least...I have learned to KNIT! :) 

One of you lucky people could be the recipient of this LOVELY off-white scarf...because that's all I know how to make...and I am REALLY trying hard...

9 comments:

Garden State Kate said...

WOW!
I am really impressed with your new "skills"..lovely scarf.
Grace looks adorable...way cuter than our hamster was..and he was pretty cute! ;-)

Shaun said...

Yay knittting! And great winter photos in the last post too.

Karate looks very cool -- my youngest is planning to start in the new year. And she has two missing teeth two!

Austintacious said...

You're Kidding! I am very happily impressed!
Knitting - that is really great!

Cher Mere said...

Congrats on all the new haps! I can't wait to witness some of your new moves. ;)

Forte said...

Thanks to You all for the compliments on the scarf! I really am trying very hard on it:) I just need to learn how to "pearl" now, as this one is all "knit".:D

My "new moves" are still pretty basic, but I *am* impressed with my own strength, given my health status!

Grace was *so* proud of herself, and we've been told that she is "black belt material" by several higher-ups at the DoJo. I never would have thought! LOL

Butterfly 8)(8 Bungalow said...

Congratulations to Grace. I'm not surprised that she is great at this given the manner in which she could do monkey bars at 4. I remember being astounded by the way she moved.

That's neat about the knitting.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Gymnaste said...

What a fun way to spend your time. I would love to do some adult class like the kids do. Grace looks so cute with her teeth gone. Not a hamster though. Keep up the hard work on the martial arts and knitting. My favorite color is purple you know. Bud once knitted me a hat and scarf. Bet you didn't know he could do that did you?

Forte said...

UM...no....I didn't:D LOL

Thanks Mariposa. I have top agree that Grace is pretty athletically built, which is surprising , to look at me now, but I was very much like Grace at her age. I suppose that is why I decided to join! :)

Forte said...

UM...no....I didn't:D LOL

Thanks Mariposa. I have top agree that Grace is pretty athletically built, which is surprising , to look at me now, but I was very much like Grace at her age. I suppose that is why I decided to join! :)