Zoom Zoom

Christian has a new bike.  Well it is new to us.  The Choate family brought us this bike from a good friend of theirs who had out grown it.  It is a perfect fit for Christian.  He names his bike bluejay.  

 Today, he and Daddy headed out on a bike ride.

And there they go!!!

Archer's family tree

Archer brought home homework last week. We are supposed to decorate Archer's family tree. Here are the pictures we picked.

Row 1: Archer and his super cousins.   The smiley boy himself.  Him and his brother chillin'

Row 2: Archer and his Godfather (aka Super Shane!)  The newest addition to our family. Baby Mason!, Memaw and Dodaddy,
Row 3: US,  Gran and Pa, and more super cousins.

Remembering

I want to pay due respect to the 10 year anniversary of the attacks of 9/11/01, but this last week I have been a bundle of emotions.  It feels like the whole state of Texas is on fire and our dear friends and neighbors in Bastrop are suffering so.  The culmination of these two things have me feeling profoundly grateful and thankful for the safety of my family.  

I don't think I will be able to spend tomorrow watching tributes and remember that day ten years ago.  I remember exactly what I was doing, thinking and feeling that day.  I will mourn and remember those that were lost in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon, but I don't think I can let myself get too wrapped up in the remembering, it just hurts to much...and right now in Texas, there are lots of people hurting for different reasons.  

I want to see something that makes me smile...and the pictures below do that.

Karate Kid

A new adventure started for the Wenck Family today.   Karate.  Christian attended his very first class.  When we asked this summer if he wanted to play soccer again his reply was "No, I want to learn karate."  So here we go....

 He was allowed to sound the gong to start class today.

 He learned some new Japanese words.

 Here he is learning how to hold a plank position

 learning some kicks

 I was very impressed how well he listen to his teachers and followed their directions.

 Part of the class was an obstacle course.

 Here he is learning blocks.

He really enjoyed his first class and I think we will be taking Karate for awhile.

Now we just need to find an activity for Archer.  Archer does attend kindergym which is great.  He has really wanted to attend swim classes with Bubba and now I think he will want to start karate.  He has to wait about a year for karate at this facility.  Chris tried to arrange a special Archer swim time today at the local pool in the park near our house.  They walked up there only to find the pool was closed.  Archer was NOT happy about this situation (read - MAJOR MELTDOWN!!!)  Poor little guy.  When Christian and I made it back home the whole family packed up and went swimming instead.  All was good and you didn't notice the 100+ degree heat in the pool.

The new normal

Just as Christian goes off to kindergarten, Mason starts daycare. Gran and Pa still have two boys to play with on Fridays, Archer and Mason. They get the big boy for a few hours in the afternoon too!


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