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.  ;)

After School Fashion Show

The kids had been practicing their skills on the cat walk in their afterschool program at Discovery Point and were excited to show off several outfits to the parents on this evening.

She looks like a girl on a mission, doesn't she?

All business, this girl.

Owen came out with his hair slicked over to one side.  He's so hip.

Second outfit was a sports outfit. 

Chloe rocked her karate uniform.  Look at all of those black Lifeskills stripes on her orange belt!  She has been working hard to earn her High Fives at Tae Kwon Do with discipline in class and bringing in high test scores from school.  Go Chloe!

Owen wore his soccer uniform and even turned a cartwheel for the audience.

The last outfit was a bit dressier.  Owen wore his clothes from our previous photo shoot and escorted another girl down the cat walk.

At the end, they all lined up for a bow.

Easter Exploration

In the afternoon, the girl child and I went on a walk.  She on her scooter and I on my feet.

She scooted fast!

We left the scooter behind at the steps leading down to the nature trail and kept our eyes open.  We saw a grasshopper.

And bees checking out flowers.

She crossed the bridge and then made a hasty retreat back to me when she noticed a little swarm of bees.

But we braved on and found this tree farther along down the path.  It looked like it would fall over if we touched it.

We saw trees with funky bark.

And others covered in moss.

When we got to the creek, we saw big animal tracks with some pretty long toe nails.

Chloe took off her shoes to wade into the creek and said it wasn't TOO too cold.

Although she didn't venture much deeper than her ankles.

On the way home, we saw some baby mushrooms.

Shortly after our adventure, we headed up to the Mexican restaurant for dinner with the Grandmas.  Perfect ending to a wonderful day!

Happy Easter!

This morning started off with an early morning egg hunt in the backyard.

The Easter Bunny even hid eggs in trees.

And bird feeders.

Notice anyone looking left out?  Hint: the pet door had not been put in place yet.

After all, it was before 7am when this Easter egg started.

Jezzie was nearby once the loot was brought inside as she needed to see what was found.

Ooooh, the Easter Bunny hid sports eggs for the boy child.

And pastel chickies for the girl child to find outside.

Not all of the eggs had candy, some had coins.  Score!

Happy Easter!

Now we're off to church for the early morning service.