Boys Brag Blog

This last weekend was a busy one. Max and Sam both had Karate tests. Max moved up to a camo-black belt and Sam to a camo-yellow belt. Max is the fist kid to go all the way through the lower level belts (camo belts) at Trinity Martial Arts. Other kids have just switched over to the older class with the solid color belts and started there. The kids Max started out with in Karate are now farther along in belts in the older class, but I am so proud that Max had the patience to want to finish it out and complete the lower level and get his camo-black. Yeah Max.

Just today he started in the older class for the first time. I was surprised that the kids in that class were so nice. Several of the kids made comments about how they were impressed he got a camo-black and that he was the first one to do it, even though they were ahead of him in solid belts. Even Mr. Lance didn't say anything to the other kids about it, they just realized it and voiced it on their own. They said they thought Max should start out with a green belt and not the standard yellow to start with since he went so far in the lower classes. Mr. Lance has not said what he would start with. He is just seeing how he does in it first. But it was sooo sweet of the kids to be so nice to Max. I didn't expect it with the competitive spirit and all, but Mr. Lance is great with the kids and teaches them to respect others. He is a nice Christian man and great with the kids. Anyway, I was just so proud of my boys!!! They are both doing great in Karate.

As if I haven't bragged enough to make you stop reading this, they are both doing well in school also. Sam got a few "mastered" and all the rest "progressing" on his first report card. He is learning and teaching me new Spanish words daily. His accent is wonderful, just like Max's. They don't get it from me. I only speak a little Okie Spanish. Ugh. And yes, the boys let me know it. Max got all top scores "excellent" on his report card, except for his humanities (art, PE and music) on which he got satisfactory. Max has really listened to me about doing his homework early and not procrastinating. In fact his teacher gives him half or the whole math homework for the week on Mondays so they can decide when they want to do it, a long as they turn it all in on Friday. Max does all of it in aftercare before I pick him up---the whole weeks worth on the first day---Monday! I don't even have to ask him to do it! He likes to do it so he can get it done and focus on other things. It is so nice since it gives more time to do reading and spelling the rest of the week without rushing and being so busy.

Anyway, I am feeling blessed, but busy. I hope everyone else is doing well also. Oh, I forgot to mention that Max had his first camp out this weekend and away sleep over party---(that wasn't with a relative). The party had 30 kids camping in a cabin, squeezed together with several parents. It was a combined birthday party for three boys. We knew two of the boys. Anyway he had a blast and now wants to go camping again. So does Sam now for that matter. He had to sleep in his sleeping bag on his bed that night to feel like he was camping too like buba.

Well, take care and don't let the ugly bragging bears get ya.