Aaaiiyah!

Now that school is out - what are we doing with our summer? Daniel is going to be with each set of the grandparents for one day of the week and the other 3 days he is going to Karate camp! I know what you're thinking - Karate, really? When we met with them to hear about their program, we were really impressed. They really had the summer all planned out and what they are going to teach the kids every week. It's not a solid day of Karate, they have other activities throughout the day too. They focus on discipline, self control and respect - all things that Daniel needs to work on. We felt that it was important for Daniel to be in a structured program this summer. We want him to have fun but thought it he only had fun all summer, then it would be extremely hard to go back to school and settle down in the fall.


So, thus Karate. We keep saying it could go one of two ways. It could be really good for him and give him the focus he needs OR we could be taking an already aggressive kid and teaching him how to hit and kick properly. We are hoping for number one obviously but at this point it could go either way. He's been there 3 days so far and we have aaaiiyah.....

I made him promise me that if he learns the flying kick, he will come home and teach me! The first day there he spent the whole evening going around saying, 'Yes Ma'am, No Ma'am, right away Ma'am'. I love it already!

We also let him live it up and take a bath in our big tub this weekend. Check out Santa Claus...

And he's had a great time playing with his pirate ship:

We're busy learning the fruits of the Spirit (you haven't lived until you've had them sung to you by a cute soldier pointing a gun at you) and the books of the Bible. It's going to be a BIG summer!!