Orange Anybody?

Ethan just advanced to Orange belt last night. I was surprised when they asked me for a testing date. He just received his yellow in March. Our whole family was their to support him, with half of us wearing something orange! He did an amazing job!!! He only had one minor mistake. They are allowed 3 major and 4 minor when they get their orange. He did even better than his testing for yellow. I was once again amazed at all he had to know. He still couldn't lose his goofiness through it all. Afterward, I told the Sensei's that I wasn't sure they would ever be able to get that out of him. They said they LOVED that about him, and that it kept things light and entertaining . They couldn't say enough good things about him. They said he is a GREAT listener and tries really hard, and learns really fast. I'm so happy that this is a good thing for him. It's so hard trying to figure out the best things to put your kids in. This seems to be the right fit!

Family Fun!

Well, Ben kind of updated our weekend. Just on the tails of saying I wasn't stressing about her rehearsal this year, we realized her tap shoes were missing. So what turned into, "having plenty of time", turned into a frenzy of phone calls to track some down. If I would have known we would be at the rehearsal for over 5 hours, I probably wouldn't have stressed about it as much. I only managed to get a few snapshots, because Aubrie was tired and not having it by the end.

By the end of the rehearsal, I was ready for a nice relaxing evening. Cafe Rumba hit the spot, and the kids actually enjoyed it. Sophia ate most of Aubrie's salad (my only 3 year old who would rather have a salad before anything else). Luckily we can take her about anywhere because of that! Honestly, I can't remember what I did with the rest of my evening, I was so tired!

Sunday was great! Ben wrote a bit about it, but the best part was after church. After dinner, I decided to do "everyone gets to play a game of their choice". Sophia picked Hungry Hungry Hippo (her favorite), then we played a version of charades with church words. The first round you could describe it, the second round you acted it out, and the 3rd round you could only say one word to get someone to guess it. The kids complained at first (probably because they were church words) but the ended up liking it. I probably don't have to tell you whose pick that was. Then Ethan pulled out all his craft papers and markers and we all had to draw something related to church. He drew and cut out an amazing picture of Jesus. Boston's pick was kickball. We were getting pretty hot outside, so my Mom brought us out some water. The boys asked me to pour theirs, so when they held out their cup, I poured it on their arms instead. It turned into a full fledged water fight, which ended up with us all being thrown in the pool. Sophia thought it was cool to jump in with her clothes on (the only one not thrown in). When my Mom came out and realized what happened she bolted in the house. She came back out a few minutes later and pretended to let the kids "get" her. When she was inside she had changed in her bathing suit and put her clothes back over it. That was so cool of her to let the kids think they "got' her. She is the best Grandma around!

Later, Aubrie got her game; Disney Scene it? The boys won as usual! Ben is unstoppable when it comes to Trivia! The next day the kids couldn't stop talking about what a fun time they had. Honestly, I felt like a kid again. It was great!