Birthday and full of presents !

Yuta offered me a drawing

and a book about a Japanese poet Miki used to love.

Amané offered me 2 bracelets

and a beautiful picture fro my phone.

At night we went to restaurant 3 of us.

And after restaurant Yuta

made a shooting of his girls:

Tournament

End of morning

going to Cognac to a judo's tournament

Amané really wanted to attend.

She got to fight 4 times.

The first one was ex aequo

Then she won the 3 fights

Her trainer didn't look at her

so an other she knows from school

gave her some keys

Amané was really good this day !

But at the end.........

Why is she 3rd? After the one she won against?

Even the girl at the 2nd place didn't understand...

Amané was not afraid and she asked adults around the podium:

they answered it was because of the points won by fights.

Sorry Manette...next time, it'll be better at the end !!!

Morning

First presents for my birthday !!!!

a poem from Amané

and a book of haikus 

from Yuta

One of my ex student, living now in Paris

came to visit us.

She wanted to cook dinner.

Those pictures were taken by Amané:

I was glad that Yuta and her could become friends

She invited an other student from the school

an other film maker

First at the coffee place

Amané draw a fox

that the bar put in front of public

Amané asked Kangrong to do the same...

Others Amané's pictures:

2nd 4 hands piano with daddy

4 hands piano first time

4 hands piano with daddy for the first time !!!!!!

And I discover her

correcting my students writings !!!!!!!!!!!

Future

She said that if she get married one day

it will be with somebody

-who's cooking well

-cleaning the house, doing laundry...

-loves sports and animals.

a private show

Amané likes making music, singing...

She often gives us some private shows.

here she's singing one song

of her favorite group: Captain Parade.

Letter from Korea

An other present for her birthday:

she received a card from her best friend Théotime,

who was in Korea for his holidays.

Tigers

This year and next one

Amané can participate to the Tigers tournament.

She had 3 times during the year

when she has to perform

with a series of katas

and then some fights.

With the 2 best sequences of points she can 

win bronze, argent or gold Tiger.

This year she get the bronze tiger.

3rd birthday

Morning she woke up so happy:

"my birthday my birthday !!!"

Before going to school

an other present !

After school at judo

kids and trainer wished her a happy birthday

and then she gave candies to everybody.

At home she had to make a wish

in front of candles...

Happy 9 years old Manette !!