I can’t remember if I mentioned this or not, but during The Break, the boys finished up their seasons of baseball and soccer and started Tae Kwon Do (TKD). It’s like we’ve come full circle from 2 years ago in Egypt, when the boys were getting ready to take their first TKD belt test, but that night the 6pm curfew was implemented and a few days later we were gone.
A few weeks ago the boys all tested for their orange belts (and passed as you can see from the photos below). A new year, new country, a few sizes bigger and a new instructor, but they are back where they left off.
Yesterday they were a bit early for class so their instructor took some time to show them how to use a bo staff. All I could think of was Napoleon Dynamite: “I’m pretty good with a bo staff.”
I’m just waiting for them to come home and take apart my mops and brooms and make their own.
From school they go to swim team practice (Carter and Caleb) and track practice (Calvin) and then walk over to base for TKD. Which means that when it’s over, they’re starving.
Good thing the bowling alley (class is held in the gym next door) has a snack bar.
In case you’re not familiar with Napoleon Dynamite . . .