The Week #281

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  • 🛹 We made another trip to the skate park. This time Leo had an intro to skating class. They went over the basics like the parts of the skateboard, identifying the tail vs the nose, and riding and pushing. Leo's riding stance is much cleaner now that he had an authority (not me) tell him how to ride it.
    My skateboard with Enoshima

    While Leo was taking his class, I rode around the park. I taught myself how to ride up the quarter pipe, turn around, and come back down. Being able to ride on the ramps a bit unlocked the real fun of the skatepark. Growing up skating it was always street and shit ollies at best, so I finally get the real fun of skating. New life achievement unlocked 🎉!

    The middle-aged skate/surfer guys looked like they were having the time of their life shredding the pool. My new goal in life is to be able to shred it in the pool with them.
    The pool I intend to shred
  • 🎓 We visited another local international school. It was nice and offered the education that I'd like Leo to get. Try as I might, I cannot quite figure out how getting there and back 5 days a week would actually work. Maybe it's something we can consider again after things settle down a bit. But it is good to have at least done the research and visited the schools so we know what they're about.
  • 💈 I went with Leo to get haircuts in the evening (which is the time to go, zero waiting). I went first and had an uneventful cut and shave. After I finish I look over at Leo as he's now getting his haircut, and he's laid back in the chair getting a shave! I wish I had taken a picture. They don't usually give 7 year olds a shave, but he knows his barber and he asked for one.