Matthew's Performance

Matthew was asked to share the true meaning of Christmas at the Women's Christmas Dessert at our church last night. He worked hard to memorize his lines and did a great job!

Yellow Belts

Both boys passed their first tae kwon do testing last Wednesday evening, and are now yellow belts. It was so much fun to watch them test and to see the ceremony where they were presented with their new belts.

Joshua cracked me up because he was always embarrassed about being a lowly white belt...how mortifying! Matthew, on the other hand, had great respect for his tae kwon do outfit from the beginning, white belt and all. One day when Patrick was bringing him home from class, he told Matthew to change his clothes before playing at the park across the street with his neighbor buddies. Matthew solemnly agreed, saying, "People would be worried if I wore my outfit to the park because they might think I would beat them up!"

Ninja Halloween

The boys picked a ninja theme this Halloween. Joshua was a "real" ninja and Matthew was a Ninja Turtle. They trick or treated at Microsoft and then came home and joined up with their neighborhood pals. They ended up with too much candy of course, so my back door neighbor introduced me to the Switch Witch. She is a kindly witch who is a cousin to the Tooth Fairy, and she comes at night and trades all the candy for a toy. In Matthew and Joshua's case, she left Pokemon cards and organizer pages so they can arrange their cards in a notebook. Good deal!