Today was a big old run around day. Gym in the morning and then over to Andrew’s School to see his Christmas play. He was one of the two Joseph’s in the pageant. He got to say the line to the innkeeper about needing a room. Then he and Mary knelt by the manger with baby Jesus. It was adorable and I was all smiles as I watched him. Then all the kids sang their cute little songs for christmas and I continued to beam with pride at my son doing such a great job singing. He was so cute and happy. He had been snapping his fingers every single day just for one of the songs in the show. He is so proud of being able to snap his fingers.
After the show I ran over to one of my work’s offices to get the yearly Christmas gift, a Kosher Turkey. While we are not Jewish I’ve just learned that the Kosher turkeys just taste better. We usually save the turkey for Popes-mas. That is a dinner that we have with some good friends each year.
Later in the afternoon Andrew, Eva and I went to Karate for Andrew’s green belt ceremony. I am very proud of him for earning his green belt. I looked back on my facebook memories and at this time a year ago Andrew earned his yellow belt. He’s getting better every session. Not more well-behaved, but learning some better moves. He was not well-behaved in the session until I looked over at him, and not beaming with a big smile. Nope, more of a very stern look that the behaviour was not Black Belt Behavior. We’re still working on that.
Andrew’s 6th birthday party was today. We went back to America’s Best Defense again because we had so much fun last year. Sensei and his team do an amazing job with the kids. There were about 20 kids at the party and they had a good time. There were two of the kids who didn’t want to do much participation but they ended up participating at the end of the party. They even broke boards. Board breaking was a big hit with all the kids. It always is. Eva even broke two boards at the same time. She did an excellent job of it, too. I love watching her participate in karate. Each time she does she shows such grace and confidence.
Andrew had a great time at the party. He was running all over the place with a huge smile on his face. When his friends began arriving he was very welcoming to everyone. They were excited to see him, too. The program that they run at the karate studio is excellent. They go over the many tenets of Karate with the kids and even get them learning how to do blocks and kicks and more. Each exercise was more to talk to the kids about respect and the kids responded to it very well.
The kids had pizza and then back to the floor to have more fun. When it was time to cut the cake the lights went out and the candles were lit. When the lights came back up sensei had the sword that they use to cut the cake. Andrew opted for the slow and dramatic cut again and it delighted all the kids. It was a nice party and many of the kids’ parents looked into taking advantage of classes for their kids.
