Amelia already draws better than I can:

I scanned, vectorized, and tweaked a monster my five-year-old, Ella, drew:

I wanted it on a t-shirt. :-) I fully expect this to have a print run of exactly one, but on the off chance it strikes your fancy, I whipped up a quick Spreadshirt shop. I can always add products and design colors on request (you can already customize the apparel color), so feel free to drop me a line.

Sad to report that our (Koob's) season ended at Regionals this year. On Saturday we lost a close one to GLUM (12-10 in a capped game) and a less-close one to Above & Beyond (15-10). We won our other games, so that put us third after reseeding. We beat Bos in the first round of the backdoor bracket 15-9 or so. Meanwhile GLUM upset A&B in the championship game (not sure of the score, but by all accounts they were on fire winning maybe 15-10 after jumping out to a big lead). So we played A&B in the game to go, and oh oh oh I thought we had 'em. We took half 8-7, but lost 15-12. I would normally include details and color commentary, but I just can't bring myself to. Very proud of my team, everybody played their guts out. Hats off to GLUM and A&B. As much as it sucks to lose (and boy, does it suck), these hard-fought, high-stakes, tough-but-sporting games are why we play.

Nice to come home to a hero's welcome even with our premature exit from the series. Vicky made a great dinner and Amelia (8) and Ella (4) were all over me with sympathy, and were especially good last night. Funny exchange with Ella:

Ella: I'm sorry you lost your frisbee Daddy.
Jim: Thank you, baby.
Ella: But next year, TRY.
Jim & Vicky: [laugh]
Ella: (Wonders for a moment why we're laughing, then...) Try HARDER, I mean.

I will.

Until yesterday, I had no luck playing catch with my daughter, either with balls or discs. She's afraid of getting hit with anything hard, and doesn't judge trajectories very well (probably because we haven't played catch enough because of the first problem!). Smaller discs are still too hard for her to use without fear, and the really light cheap-o promotional discs are just too erratic. Same with must weighted fabric discs (and you can't throw a flick).

But I finally think I found the ideal disc for us, as we had a very satisfying round yesterday! It's called the Fun Gripper Flyer, and it comes in 6" and 9" models. I got the 9", which is working out well. It's perfect for my eight-year-old, and I think it would work for my four-year-old too, if she didn't insist on throwing in her own unique style (picture a forehand arm motion, but with a backhand grip). Anyway, it's of the "weighted fabric" variety, but the rim is pretty thick, feels like it had a bunch of little beads in it, and is covered with a rubbery weave. The body is a padded nylon, I think. It holds it's shape pretty well, and you can even throw a serviceable flick with it! It's certainly not a distance disc, but it works great in the 15-25 yard range (we aren't throwing further than that yet). Anyway, I'm going to pick up another and introduce my daughter and her friends to Schtick.