The many faces of a babus

The "my daddy is such a goof ball" babus.


The "what the heck are the puppies barking at" babus.


The "so many toys to choose from" babus.



The "hmmm, what's this flashy thing" babus.



The "are you kidding me" babus.


The "content because I just ate" babus.




The "Why are you doing this to me" babus.


The "WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT NOISE" babus.


The "gimmie that flashy thing" babus.



The "what should I take a bite out of next" babus.




The "I'm telling mommy that daddy wont stop taking pictures of me" babus.


The "I can't believe you are still taking pictures of me" babus.

Dojo floor = 1/2 way there

When you are not paying the crew who is installing your floor you can't be very picky on the times they are working. I would have liked to work all day to get it 100% done and functioning but the gang could only pitch in 3 hours today. Hopefully we'll be done tomorrow.

Mid week happenings at the dojo

Of course there has been a lot of playing with Riley.




We planted what we thought were 2 purple hi-biscuits in the front of the house and they have both bloomed 1 flower. Only it appears that 1 of the plants either was mislabeled or is a rare albino purple flower.



Day 1 of the dojo floor renovation went well. This weekend we should have a comleted bamboo floor!




And of course there's always time to get your 1st tattoo.

Riley is a standing fool!

Riley has been standing up for quite some time, always with help of course. Lately she's taking great joy in it. She'll grab my fingers and pull her self up, survey the area and then let out a proud "eh" followed by a giggle. She may follow her Grams and be a pretty early walker! We'll see??????

Renovating the Dojo

The actual dojo part of the Curtis Dojo will be under constuction this week as we're moving everything out, yanking the carpet and moving to some natural bamboo flooring. Here are some 'before' pics. Hopefully we'll have some 'after' pics in a week or so. The bamboo is scheduled for delivery on Thursday.

Top pic is the flooring that has been purchased.

Pac-Man @ the Dojo

Most kow that Pac-Man is one of my favorite games, if you are visiting on a break or outside of your work hours feel free to scroll to the bottom and play a game. If you are at work....GET BACK TO WORK AND QUIT SLACKIN OFF!

Riley vs The Octopus

Today we had a little Kumite at the Curtis Dojo, Riley would square off against her toughest opponent to date. Going into the fight daddy was quoted as saying "we gotta keep this standng up, on the ground that octopus is dynamit!"

The fight started out from the sitting position, primarily because nehter combatant can stand at this point! Riley immediately went for a text book Muay Thai clinch, two hands around the neck (or in this case the handle on top of the head), pull down and work some knees or elbows in tight.





The octopus seemed rocked by a knee so it went in for the takedown shooting at Riley's legs, Riley maintained top position through use of her clinch work....



But the octopus is a master on the ground, it's got 8 legs! The octopus kept a hold of the leg until it was able to drive through and complete the sweep.





The octopus was able to catch Riley a little off balance and throw her all the way over to her back.



Riley quickly got back into position and tried to pull guard. The octopus was working some ground and pound, unfortunately even from guard the octopus has 6 free limbs to strike with.



The ground and pound was proving to much for Riley, so she gave up her back, we feared the octopus would be able to sink in a rear naked choke from this point and it didn't look good. At this point the octopus was showboating for the camera with it's big cheesy smile, clearly thinking it was all a matter of time.



Riley was able to shake the octopus off her back and regain he position.



She worked the transition game from her belly!





The octopus knew it didn't have position anymore, it tried to run out of the desigated area (blankey). You could here Riley yell "eh" which coudl beroughly translated into "where do you think you are going you pansy, I'm not done with you yet!"



Riley drug the octopus back into the center of the blanket where she began to go to work.





She landed blow after blow unanswered to the octopus.



She got her legs up high and went for a triangle choke to finish him off.



But she was unable to keep control.



She then moved in for her 'go to' move. (now, for some, this may be a little graphic.) Since this wasn't a sanctioned bout it was kind of an unwritten 'anything goes' type of match. Riley used her 2.5 teeth and sunk in a submission bite at 3:25 of the 1st round for the victory.



You can see the cold stare in her eyes.



After the fight Riley decided to show up the show boat by doing a little hamming of her own.



And then an exhausted Riley raises her hand in victory.