Something the Karate Kid Didn't Teach Us

As mentioned a few blogs back, Aidan started karate with Grandad. Since then, we have all started karate: Brad, Breanna, Me, AND Aidan and Grandad. It has been a blast! A fun family activity that is a great workout at the same time...who could ask for more? So it has been a couple months now. We are learning new skills and we are all yellow belts at this point. Very cool. Now we are beginning to spar. Basically, that means we are learning to fight. Honestly, it is a lot of fun. Last week, I got to spar against Brad. This is where I get to the part about what the Karate Kid DIDN'T teach us about karate. Apparently, it is very important for guys to wear a cup when participating in karate--even during regular class. So as much as I do honestly love my hubby (...you can see where I'm going with this...) I ACCIDENTALLY kicked him where his cup should have been. Oops! He was a good sport about it. He didn't cry in front of the whole class...even when his incredibly insensitive wife was laughing. So in this public forum, I wanted to apologize to my hubby ONE MORE TIME so that he knows I really mean it. I am sorry Brad for kicking you there. By the way, he did make a full recovery.

A Hole-y Day

For months now, Breanna has been asking to get her ears pierced. Daddy has consistantly said no, but Breanna is very persistant.

"Daddy, can I get my ears peered?" And, yes, she said peered. She likes earrings, she told him. After months of asking, Daddy finally gave in. This last Monday was the big day. Off to Wally World we went. Daddy held Breanna on his lap. Mommy snapped away at the camera with Grandma behind hers. I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

Here are Daddy and Bre, picking out the earrings. Still very excited!

Cleaning the earlobes. Still excited!

Checking the dots to make sure they are even. Still doing well.

Ow! She said. I was glad they did both ears at the same time.

So that hurt a little more than she was expecting. Glad Daddy was there!

Again...glad Daddy was there!

It didn't take long for the ouchie to wear off and the excitement to come back. Now Bre has become a professional at tucking her hair behind her ears so she can show off her new sparkly earrings. What a big girl!

I am still here. I haven't forgotten about my blog, even though I will admit I have been neglecting it. I am very excited to say, for those of you that read my blog to see my kids, I have good news. I finally got a new camera! Yeah! I haven't had much chance yet to learn all the cool stuff it can do, but I can at least take a simple picture. Here are a few of my fast growing sweetnesses...

Aren't they cute?