When the students get to class sensei Amanda checks to make sure their belts (obi) are tied correctly. Then they all "bow in". They also practiced bowing because some of the students (David) tend to get a little distracted and silly sometimes instead of bowing correctly.
Next they warmed up with some jumping jacks. It's always funny to watch little kids do jumping jacks, a few are coordinated enough to do them correctly, but not most (David :oD) they just jump up and down waving their arms. Then they worked on some agility drills.
After drills the kids practiced their "kata" for the test (one of their fighting forms) and at the end of class they all practiced reciting their student creed. David almost has the whole thing memorized. David really enjoys karate, but he is going to take a break during the spring because he wants to take soccer instead. I think it might be good for him to have a little break, he doesn't quite have the attention span yet to make it through a whole class without goofing off. Hopefully that will come with time!
After karate, the kids and I ran home really quickly, got David & Lauren into their jammies and headed to Marshall, MI to see my dad and Deb for a long weekend.
The kids always have fun at grandma and grandpa's house. David likes to play with his cars under the antique piano, and "the dogs' couch" is a favorite hangout too.
Lauren likes to help mommy and grandma cook. She also likes to carry things from one room to another, and go through whatever she can reach!
Grandpa made a friend for life when he gave Lauren her first Oreo!! David made sure he didn't miss out on any cookie eating either. Lauren also figured out that it's fun to feed Oliver (with a little help from brother.) I don't think Oliver minded at all!
Before bed every night Lauren wanted to say goodnight to everyone, including the dogs. She calls Oliver "Aahvaah" and Rambo "mama". At least they both have names now. When we were there a month ago they were both just "daaah" (dog). We're making progress!
We came home on Monday the 18th for David's swim lesson at 6:30 (which, of course, I forgot to take my camera in to.) Tuesday I had MOPS and it was our spa day!! For the third year in a row I missed out on the free massages!! I get too busy with breakfast and chatting and by the time I make it over to the massage room there is a really long line and only about 10 minutes until we have to pick up the kids. Oh well. There is always next year!
I went through David's closet Wednesday morning to see what summer clothes still fit him and I got the ones that were to small together to donate. While David was at school, Lauren and I went to a local consignment shop to see if they wanted any of David's better stuff and while we were waiting for the salesclerk Lauren spotted this tutu and got so excited!! She is such a girly girl :oD
Chris got home from his week in Virginia on Wednesday, a few hours later than he's planned on due to delay (broken plane). We had a nice family night with dinner at Carrabba's ~ mmmmmm!! The kids and I are all very happy to have him home!!
Thursday night we had our favorite, spaghetti!! Lauren had hers with tomato sauce for the first time, and she sure had a great (a.k.a. - MESSY!!) time!!
David lost another tooth yesterday, his mouth is full of holes! When I picked him up from school, David wouldn't close his mouth because the tooth was so loose and he didn't want it to move. I took most of the day yesterday to overhaul David's room. I think he has more toys than FAO Schwartz!! I pretty much had to empty out all of his drawers and the entire closet and go through everything to get it organized. I found so many broken toys and toys with missing pieces, we got rid of quite a bit. (Don't worry, he could still probably open a toy store in his room.) At least now I can see his carpet :oD
Chris had this morning off so he got to sleep in a little bit, but not too much. I think the loud, screaming & laughing children had something to do with that! I signed up for the next session of classes at the YMCA. David is taking swimming there, and soccer with the city of Perrysburg. We decided to only sign David up for two things next session so we would have more family time in the evenings. Lauren will be starting toddler gymnastics on Thursday afternoons right after we pick David up from school, I think she'll really enjoy that. So will David, when he went to gymnastics he always complained that he never got to play in the toy room there after class. Now he can play during Lauren's class.
We are excited and getting ready for grandma Schel and Dave to come visit next week!! Hopefully we'll have some pretty snow for them, but not too much. They are used to Florida, after all :oD Lauren has been wearing her tutu everyday since we got it, I think it's her new favorite accessory. David has been "Bob the builder" for the past few days. He's been going around "fixing" everything and apparently a lot was broken because he's been very busy. At least he charges a fair rate!
I've got to run, Lauren is unfolding all of the clean laundry and making a nice pile of it on the floor that I haven't vacuumed yet today . . . I hope you all have a nice weekend!!
Love,
Chris, Megan, David & Lauren
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