After working on Rosetta Stone Latin for the last few years, Jenya finished the last milestone on the last lesson of the third and final CD today. Yeah!
More USFS Tests
Big test day today – Ben & Ana tested their PreJuvenile Pairs, Ana tested her Juvenile Moves in the Field, and Jenya tested her Intermediate Moves in the Field. All of them passed!
De’s First USFS Test
Dealia took and passed her very first USFSA test today, her Pre-Preliminary Moves in the Field. Her sisters says that now she's a real figure skater!
Nice Evening
Ana made pasta and edamame for dinner, and De cleaned and set the table…
FLL Skirmish
Jenya's lego league team had a skirmish today at Sewickley Academy. They placed 2nd!
Halloween
Fun at the Halloween Skate today – trick or treat was postponed to the weekend because of Hurricane Sandy, which meant the girls plus Ben, Theo, Gage and De's friend Crystal had plenty of time for the RMU halloween skate party.
South Atlantic Regionals
We spent this weekend at the South Atlantic Non-Qual Regionals in Wake Forest, NC. It was a busy and eventful competition weekend.
Jenya had a very good PrePre free skate, placing 6th out of 14 with some tough competition. She had two clean axels, no falls, and a nice combo spin, so she was very happy. She also placed 4th out of 8 for her PrePre compulsory.
Ana skated No Test and placed 5th out of 12, despite having a very rough time because of technical problems with her music. When they started playing her music it was so badly messed up that she didn't even recognize it. She also had a lovely compulsory, placing 2nd out of 6.
And Ben and Ana skated Pre-Juvenile Pairs, placing 1st by simple expident of being the only PreJuv pairs team! They had a bad fall on the pairs spiral, but were able to pick up and go on. It was very scary for us watching them, and Ana has some interesting bruises since she landed on the bottom with Ben on top of her, but the kids were tough and handled it very well. And the audience was very supportive – lots of clapping and cheering for the kids when they got back up and kept skating.
Plus, the hotel was great – the kids loved the towel swan they left on the bed!
After the competition we stopped by Lunn's parents place on the way home, so we got a nice mini-visit to DC out of the trip as well.
Skate Pittsburgh
Skate Pittsburgh was this weekend, and all three girls skated. Ana & Ben did pairs, their first time moving up to PreJuvenile and a longer, 2 minute program.
Ana also did PrePre Restricted (no axel) free skate, and placed 1st (out of 7), as well as PrePre compulsory (2nd out of 5). She skated extremely well, definitely gave it her best.
De skated Basic 6, and won her group of 5 skaters. It's funny, there was another girl in her flight that I bet is also a gymnast or a dancer – same mix of great hands, super high spiral, and wonky spins. Funny.
And Jenya did PrePre Unrestricted (with axel), placing 2nd out of 4, and PrePre compulsory, where she was 1st (out of 7).
De finishes Singapore Math 4A
PA State Championships Bike Race
Today all three girls competed in the Junior PA State Championships road bike race, in the 10-12 year old bracket. It was at the California Grand Prix in California, PA. They all raced very well. Jenya came in 2nd, very close behind the winner. Ana came third, and De was fourth. Jenya and Ana both fought very hard for their finishes – very impressive.
Jenya and Ana got medals, and they all received little gifts – water bottles, bike lights, things like that. It was a very fun time. The coach from Team Citius, Fred, was there and was as usual wonderfully helpful to the girls – he's so great with kids, they are very lucky.