Boys are Yellow Belts in Aikido

We are definitely raising some great martial artists. (Is that what those who do martial arts are called?) The boys have taken their belt test in Aikido this evening and have earned their yellow belts.

The boys were a little nervous about taking their tests this afternoon. Actually I was a little nervous for them. I am not sure they knew the techniques as well as they should have. When we were taking Tae Kwon Do, they knew everything about the test inside and out. This time, not so much. But they certainly knew enough to make us proud. Be sure to ask them to show you their forward and backward rolls the next time you see them. They are definitely becoming more agile.

Here is a picture of the boys with their friend Ben. Ben is the whole reason we got started with Aikido in the first place. After Tae Kwon Do stopped, the boys really missed doing martial arts. I was missing the confidence that all martial arts seems to instill in one's self, especially Logan.

Once again, Brian and I are very happy to display the boys accomplishments and to show how proud we are of them.

Both of the boys loved the play Annie. It was a great performance. We are even going to try to find the movie so they can watch that too.

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess & 100th Day of School

Can you believe it? Today Brandon celebrated his 100th day of school. (Logan has been in school 102 days). They had a big day of making fruit loop necklaces, 100 Day Smarter Hats, and they brought in 100 things of their favorite item. Brandon chose a 100 marbles. He loves little BB beads, but since 100 of them seemed like such a little amount, he decided on marbles. Can't wait for those to be returned, because I am sure they will be completely over the house.

It was also Dr. Seuss's birthday today. Everyone was very excited, the Cat in the Hat greeted all the students by waving to them from the roof of the school.

Once the Cat in the Hat finally made his way down from the roof, he paid a visit to Brandon's Class and shared Fox in Sox with all them. They thoroughly enjoyed the treat. The kids are very lucky to have a great Principal this year.
I don't have any pictures of Logan from today, but he started the day with a Field Trip to see the play "Annie". He was very excited for this day. Since they had the field trip they could not wear their pajamas like the rest of the school, but they were allowed to bring their favorite stuffed animal and their favorite Dr. Seuss book. Of course, Andy was the one to accompany him to school and he choose One Fish Two Fish. So glad he is able to read those tongue twisters on his own now.

Another Day Off

The boys did not have school today for a Teacher Workday. They like to tack those on to the end of three day weekends. Parents just love that. It was a pretty quiet day, the boys were happy to remain in their pjs until lunch. We sorted and built legos and then headed to the Commissary for a long overdue grocery trip. The boys were very good and of course were rewarded by chocolate milk and reese's peanut butter cup.

We bought new goggles for swim lessons and they were much happier in the water although they are still getting used to the actual goggles. They also got new suits yesterday, I have pictures of the boys swimming, forgot to take one before they got wet. I will try to remember Thursday before they dive in. Their swimming is definitely improving. They can't wait to show off their skills. Hopefully we will have a nice warm place to live this summer so they can swim all the time.

Happy Valentine's Day

I hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day. It was a nice day here. Jessica and the boys came over for a dinner of Heart Shape Pizza and a homemade Cookie Cake. The boys have been couped up all week long it was nice for them to get a chance to run around. After an exhausting evening of chasing each other around the house and playing the wii, Logan was quick to fall asleep and Brandon really needed to sleep, but fought it until he couldn't last any longer.

Here is our yummy Cake:

Probably did not help to give the boys more sugar to fuel their energy. But they all enjoyed it.