Lefty for the win…

Andy won two of his matches (including his third place finish) by landing the around USA trick using his left hand.  He snagged the trick card and added it to his collection.  He’s good at the switch (left hand) tricks because he plays me left handed to keep our battles closer (gives me a slight chance to win).  He still wins, but it improves my game too.  It was fun that it was the last trick he drew and laced for the win to take third from ZMags. 

A perfect end to a great day with my boy!

The sunset on the way home was a nice icing on the cake.  We enjoy the whole road trip process just for the variety and adventure of it.  Everything else about the weekend just added to it❣️

The yellow vibe goes well with my Cognex shoes

I have a lot of clothes I can just wear around the house casually now since I won’t be using it at work any more…🤪

I snagged this retro Dama in the D shirt

They were clearing out their old stock and giving them away.  It’s from about the time Andy and I started playing Kendama.  Pretty cool graphic of the Detroit skyline and one of the trick lists for the year.

How the brackets went for Andy

He started off against Nolan in the top, then worked his way up through the losers bracket in the bottom (it was double elimination so you have to lose twice before you’re out). He ended up battling Nolan for both his first and his last round.  He got a point both times so still felt good about it.  Way to go mister! I still cant believe he took third place in teh PROs❣️ At the same time, he’s been playing hard for so many years and has worked hard for it.

Celebratory dinner

Andy had chili cheese fries for dinner.  That was his third meal of chili for the day.  Chili cheese omelet for breakfast, chili hotdog for lunch and this for dinner…

2026-05-03 Dama in The D Andy Pro Open

Third Place Finish Podium 3rd Kendama 

So that means he won third place!!!😃

Not to shabby for competing in the pro division.  He was on stage slaying for a total of an hour and 15 minutes! Proud papa, and fun times!!! The only guy Andy lost to ended up taking second place.  

Andy going for he lace in the PRO division open competition

He lost his first round to this guy, but then went on to win the next FIVE IN A ROW❣️

Lots of black squirrels in Michigan

I saw this little guy on my walk in the local park near Dama in the D.

Now THAT’S a breakfast!

Chili cheese omelet and gyro meat with eggs!  We were looking for a good breakfast dive around the new venue and we found it! Great food and a perfect vibe!

Some things never change…

Notice the flipping of the creamer… Or rather floating of the creamer in the case of this freeze frame… hahahaha.

I got a tattoo!

I finally have a setup that’s lasted through a competition.  So this was my souvenir spend for the weekend. I got this balisong burnt onto my kendama :) A fun was to spend $10 and combine two of my hobbies with the boys.

Just casually doing the hardest tricks…

Just casually standing around talking and landing tricks like this at the same time…! Dude is crazy!

Cool hat and poster

This was the custom artwork one of the players made for this year’s competition.