It's just the filipina blood, really.

We've had a lot of visitors in my kali and aikido classes lately; some have been friends of mine which is exciting since I've been inviting a couple of them for years. I think it's probably partly new year's resolution stuff--you know, get in shape, learn to punch. lol. Anyway, all these new people coming in has reminded me that a good chunk of the beginning days is spent learning to sit on the ground, especially in aikido. Part of the theory about why most new students have such a hard time sitting in seiza, a squat, or even cross-legged is that we're at desks all day and we pretty much always sit in a chair so we lose some of the flexibility in our Achilles tendons and thighs unless we really work on that kind of thing. I have another theory. Floor sitting is actually genetic:


I call this her Island Baby pose. For some reason I giggle whenever I see her sitting this way.

All right, all right.

I'm finally getting the last of the Christmas photos up. It's been a crazy week! I'm in the middle of switching my work schedule and my training schedule (woohoo! I got promoted to level 2 in kali) BUT these should be the end of Christmas stuff except for a little video compilation I'm hoping to post in the next couple of days. :P It only took, like, 3 weeks.

Ok, so if anyone asked me what I remember most about Christmas, this is definitely one of the things:


Tyler has this weird thing about staring at me. He's done it since he was a little baby. Christmas Day, he seriously took a break from opening his toys just to come over and stare at me. lol. Speaking of toys, here's Autumn with her doll...matching again. (ps, like her choke hold?)


We did something a little different for Christmas with my family. We went to Bubble Tea for dinner! And then back to my house for presents. My mom did awesome for Autumn's gifts. She made her a scarf and hat set.


And got her this little laptop. Autumn totally cracked us up because she totally knew what to do. She immediately sat down and started typing and clicking her little mouse.


A couple days later, she wanted her desk next to mine. So we complied and this is what we got!