Almost Dunking Avi: 2 Points!

.....per below....Happy Holidays! Hugs, Avi & Family

Avi's Flipping Out On The Trampoline

.....xxoo Avi

Avi's Kite Flying Festival

.....and it's windy (!) Think I can get it up high in the sky? Hugs, Avi

How I Spent My Summer Vacation (in WI)....

....playing ball with my cool cousin, Noah....See?

xxoo Avi

Avi's Recital Playing Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" (VIDEO)

. . .and listen to me bend the cool last note. . . It was fun today in Sausalito with my teacher Brett accompanying me.

xxoo Avi

Avi's Ancient Japanese Mochi Pounding Celebration* @ The New Village School

. . . & here's me @ Age 8.81. . . Happy Spring (indeed!) xxoo Avi

* = “MOCHITSUKI” Traditional Japanese Mochi-Pounding Ceremony.

While eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food served during Japanese New Year and is commonly sold and eaten during that time. Shoichi Sugiyama of Bellevue, a native of Japan, is a mochi-pounding expert who performs at community and corporate events throughout the Puget Sound region. Help Shoichi and his troupe keep the beat as they swing heavy kine (wooden mallets) used to pound the cooked rice inside a huge usu (traditonal stone mortar). Pounders keep a steady rhythm as another member of the troupe swiftly flips the dough by hand between each crash of the mallets. Pounding the glutenous rice creates the sticky dough used to make mochi. The chewy rice cakes are a traditional Japanese New Year treat. Audience members can sample a taste of mochi after each of the three performances scheduled throughout the day.

Life's A Beach For Avi...(Bada Bum)...& Happy Weekend To You All

See: I can jump to the moon! Jupiter's moons, I mean. Hugs, Avi

My Snow Fun Vacation: Sledding & XC Ski Skating (1st Time!!!). . . Below

. . . and hugs, Avi, who wishes you Happy New Year!