Belts, Summer
The whole family (well, except for Dot) tested and earned their next belts this past weekend in TaeKwonDo. Whacko is now a green belt, Yakko has his yellow, and Mom and Dad are senior green. UPS didn’t get the new belts to us in time for the awards ceremony, so we have no pictures.
Whacko, as a new green belt, got fitted for his pads and sat in on his first sparring class. He was a little more tentative than we thought he’d be, but that’s probably just as well. We were worried he was gonna tear into the kid lined up across from him, but he was more preoccupied with how much his helmet itched.
Yakko is done with school as of yesterday. Because there are three kids to watch instead of two, that makes life harder on everyone except me. Not having to get him to school, I get to either sleep later or have extra time to get more accomplished in the mornings. I intend to do the latter, but will probably wind up doing the former.
This also begins Whacko’s last summer as a free kid. Kindergarten starts for him in the fall. We’ll hope he handles it better by then than he did at the meet-and-greet a few weeks ago. Growling at your kindergarten teacher might be an amusing story years down the road, but it’s not an optimal first impression.
May 25th, 2007 - Posted in Homelife | |
