Last summer Sophie enjoyed watching fencing during the Olympics. This week she got to try it out at a week-long fencing class at a nearby university. En Garde!
We stuck around one morning to watch the class warm up with some fancy footwork. Here is a photo of Sophie lunging. Sophie enjoyed the class very much. There were 14 kids in the class and about 1/3 of them were girls. Sophie preferred fencing with the girls because the boys swung their foils like they were playing baseball-- no finesse.
It was a 20 mile drive one way to the university where Sophie took her class, so we decided to explore the area nearby rather than drive back and forth. We never made it farther than this park which has playgrounds, gardens, trails, a bike path, natural wildlife habitat and an interpretive nature center.
One of the playgrounds had a climbing tower in the center of it. By the end of the week, Abe could pick his way around the entire surface. His favorite way to get down was to jump.
1 comment:
Fencing? That is so neat. I was always fascinated by that sport in the Olympics too. Who knew you could actually take fencing lessons as a kid? What a fun thing to take a "stab" at. (Sorry, I couldn't resist my bad joke.)
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