Brie's Blog: Kids Update

So, I thought I'd use this blog post to give a little update to what the kids have been doing lately. As school started up I was excited to get them signed up for after school activities. Now, I'm thinking I may have Haden in too much right now, but he hasn't complained and is enjoying his new sports. Luckily, two of the activities will be over at the end of October so then we'll be a little less hectic. The hardest part has been planning dinner because most of the activities fall right around dinner time.

Here is Haden playing ice hockey. He enjoys ice skating and had previously taken beginner ice skating lessons but got pretty bored with that. He likes hockey much better because he gets to put on lots of gear and hit a puck around.

Haden is also starting flag football. This is a combined North Liberty & Coralville league and he knows a couple of kids on his team so that makes it a little more fun. He is enjoying learning "plays" and tries to get the kids at the busstop to run plays in the morning.

Both boys began doing ATA Taewkondo in September. We originally planned on only Haden doing this, but after watching for a week James asked to join too. We try to practice their "forms" at home, but reading the description of what to do is like reading a foreign language. We really like how much respect, integrity, self control, and other life skills are emphasized in this sport. They both want to be black belts someday!

Over the summer, Kye and James found a toad in the yard. They put in into a reptile box thing and planned to let in go the next day. As it turned out, the kids we're ready to let it go and we ended up keeping him for a couple of months. We crawled around on our hand and knees in the grass every couple of days to find tiny crickets and other bugs to feed it. The boys became really attached to Toto and they were really sad when we finally let him go. Here is a picture of Haden before releasing him back into the yard.