Skylar had a pretty rough day at school and is just hating it more and more. He even reads during class now, so I have to make sure he leaves his book at home from now on. Not that I don't think it's great that he loves to read, but I don't want him to get out of everything by just wanting to read. I tried calling the headmaster to see about putting him in the 4th grade class, but she didn't call me back. He was supposed to have some kind of sleep over at school, but he didn't want to go, so I didn't make him. I am going to talk to his teacher on Tuesday.
During August there is a two week day camp that is very close to where we live so I went and signed Skylar up for that. The guy I talked to, Tobias, was very nice and spoke English pretty well. He asked where I was from because I had such a nice accent. I told him America and he was surprised because he said most people from America sound... 'bright'... he couldn't think of the English word for it. I don't think he was saying I didn't sound bright. Anyway it looks like fun and I really hope Skylar likes it.
It started pouring again, but we were supposed to meet Nora and her boyfriend Bjorn at what she calls the best ice cream place in Heilbronn. We were soaking wet when we got there, but nothing could keep us from ice cream. They even bought it for us because I helped write that letter for Bjorn's scholarship application. It was very generous and next time it will be on us.
Then we hopped the train off to Stuttgart for Capoeira. It was awesome as always and there was an instructor visiting from Brazil and some students from another school in Tubinger who were very impressive. I don't know if the instructor was testing my German knowledge or just didn't feel like doing the translation so I was a little more confused than usual and feeling very self-conscious. At the end of every class we sit in a traditional circle called a Roda where two people enter the circle to play and the rest of the people play instruments or clap and sing. These people were awesome and doing all kinds of flips and kicks. The visiting instructor seemed to throw some mix of Jiujitsu in it and kept trying to take the others down. Neat stuff. We stayed a little longer and hung out and chatted for awhile after class. I may even go to visit their school for another Roda session when I feel a little more confident about what I'm doing.
Then we went out for pizza and more ice cream... you can just never have too much ice cream :) We got back so late, tomorrow might be pretty uneventful after sleeping in.
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