Belt Ceremony for TWO Purple Belts

The kids were bummed that Daddy was not at belt ceremony tonight to see them get their new belts. 

Chloe was moving up from her second green belt to her first purple belt.

Owen was moving up from his first purple belt to his second.

He was admiring some special stripes already on his new belt for attendance and testing performance (big honors!).

Owen and Brianna arm wrestled to see who would get the special red, white and blue stripe added to their new belts since they tied with the highest number of lifeskills stripes.

Mr. Poole was making things a little unfair and helping Brianna.  But then said, "Just kidding.  You both can get the special red, white and blue stripe sewn onto your belts!"

Owen was so excited about this honor, as well as receiving his second purple belt.  Even though it was late, I was slow in packing up and letting the kids talk and play with friends because I knew someone was trying to get there as fast as he could (Todd caught an earlier flight home and wanted to surprise the kids).

Owen saw Todd first.

He had been missing his Daddy so much this week.

There was a running jump into Daddy's arms.  :)

Welcome home honeys, we missed you so much!

Another Fun Day

This afternoon we went to Champion Kids where there were trampolines, gymnastic equipment and a foam pit.  The kids had fun jumping away a ton of energy!

Afterwards, we headed to karate for Chloe's belt testing.  She was happy to be the first one in line by best rank so she could bow in the class.

There were a ton of parents in attendance to watch their kids.  There wasn't much standing room left for us as we arrived a little late this evening.

New Belts!

Tonight we got two new belts in the family.  Chloe was called up first to receive her second green belt.  Her Decided belt.  The last one before moving to a new color.

Kenyay!

Next it was Owen's turn to run up for his Purple Recommended belt.

I love when all of the kids are lined up with their new belts and standing so proud before they bow to the parents and instructors.

Chloe wanted a picture with Mr. Poole before we left for the evening.

New Belts!

Chloe earned her second camouflage belt.  She was so excited she went ahead and put it on before bowing her thanks!

Owen ran fast when his name got called.

He moved up from Camouflage Decided to Recommended Green belt.  Woot!

Way to go kids!!!

New Belts!

Owen got his second camouflage belt during this ceremony AND the Top Gun patch for outstanding test performance when compared to his peers.

Chloe moved up from yellow to her first camou belt.

Always exciting getting new belts and moving up in rank!

Belt Testing

Time for the kids to test up for the next belt level!

They warmed up with jumping jacks.

Then they clapped as the judges and instructors walked into the room.

They started off with forms.  Owen was testing to move up to his first camouflage belt.

Chloe was testing to move up to her yellow belt.

They were tested on their nunchuk abilities.

And also on sparring.

Chloe has some serious high kicks!

Afterwards, we headed over to Taco Mac for dinner.  Someone has pretty blue eyes.

We have a silly boy.

And because they have been behaving so great, after dinner we headed to Bruster's for a special ice cream treat.

Some of us do better at getting the ice cream in our mouths and not on our faces.  ;)

Chloe Got Another Stripe

She earned her first life skills stripe by turning in five High Five award's she earned through excellent grades on school tests and great performance in her previous Tae Kwon Do classes.

The class ended with Karate Ball (dodge ball re-named) game.  There is a lot of running and jumping and laughing as they take off to avoid the ball.