Since Kindergarten, Illi has been taking dance classes of some discipline or another. She started with All Stars which did dance drama and singing, then she went to ballet, then jazz and tap, then callisthenics. Now at the beginning of year 8, she has decided she doesn’t want to dance any more. I insist my children do some sort of sport as if they weren’t committed to attending, they would be totally inactive (at least they have to attend a class a week of some sport to get them out the door).
When we were in Newcastle Declan went to Tae Kwon Do, but here in Canberra TKD did not work out well for him and he started Karate with some school friends. For a few months, Declan and Sean have been hassling Illi and she finally gave in and decided to join in and try karate too!
Declan has grown so much in the past year that he needed a new Gi (karate suit). The thing is, he didn’t need the top and the bottom at the same time. So he swapped pants some months ago but only swapped to the new jacket recently. It turns out that we threw out the pants in a bag of clothing going to charity ages ago, so while we had a jacket suitable for Illi, there were no pants to go with it!
I tried ebay and a local sports shop but I was either going to have to fork out $30 for a pair of pants or $35+ for a whole Gi. Then I had a brainwave…what if other people also donate their Gis to charity?? Today’s pic is of Illi checking out things at Vinnie’s at Tuggeranong where we found a suitable pair of Gi pants for $8! At next Tuesday’s class, she will be suitably attired!
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