Saturday O' Fun

It's been really fun having Jeremy have the weekends off the last few months.  It's a whole lot less stressful doing all the "weekend stuff" with both parents home.  And, the "fun stuff" is more fun with our whole little family together too. :)

This last Saturday started with me taking Hayley to a free "try it out" karate class. She was all gung-ho about going, until we got there.  Then she was a little nervous, but she did fine throughout the lesson... Until they got to the end, and the instructor was all pumped up, "Okay, you guys are awesome!  We're gonna break boards!  Are you ready?! Everyone's gonna break boards!  You guys ready for that?!"  Hayley's hand shot up, with tears in her eyes.  He called on her, and got a "I'm not ready."  He pulled her aside and talked with her and told her she could break it with her hand instead.  She was still super nervous, but decided to go for it.  Then this happened:

 

I was really proud her for going for the kick.  She was proud of herself too.  I was also proud of myself for not swooping in to save her at the first sign of her being emotional.

She earned her white belt with her mad skills and her board breaking.

 

Such a cute little karate kid.

 

Not to be outdone, this kid wanted his picture taken.  He was cheese-ing it up.

Yeah, turns out that's the smile I get right before the dad tells me that the cute boy did something totally naughty.

To be fair, he was trying awfully hard to fix it, and notice how the door above that one is missing too?  Yeah, that was Hayley's doing at about the same age Jackson is now.  Perhaps we should just set the hooligans loose, and even out the other side?

It was super cold all day, but I didn't want us to be all cooped up all evening, so we headed out to the new Scheel's store.  It was just as neat as we had heard about.  Jeremy was impressed by browsing the gun section, but possibly more impressed by the array of fudge flavors at the eatery.

Jackson was more of an ice cream kind of guy.

Next up we rode the ferris wheel.  Yep, there is a ferris wheel in the store.  It was awesome.  And it freaked me out a little.  I'm glad I rode with Hayley who stays still a little better than a little wiggly, squiggly boy I know.

Oh my gosh, is this not the cutest father son picture you've ever seen?  I love them so much.

We ended the evening with the "Big Moose" that Jackson had been talking about since we walked in the door.  Except that we got within five feet of the moose and Jackson started to freak out.    So, you only get a picture of Hayley with her moose ears.

 

No biggie, guess we'll have to go back for another round, and to orient Jackson with the fake animals, and how they are not scary.  Such a super duper fun family Saturday. :)