Kella as a 7 year old

Let's hear from Kella now.  She is enjoying being 7 and getting ready to go into 2nd grade soon.  Here are her yearly birthday questions, answered.....

What is your favorite.....

color?....green

stuffed animal?....toucan or all of them

thing to sleep with?....blankie

fruit?....pear

thing to eat for breakfast?....breakfast burrito

thing to eat for lunch?....corn dog or hot dog

thing to eat for dinner?....pizza

dessert?....cake and ice cream

drink?....water

thing to do outside?....swim and jump

animal?....flamingo and puppy

Who is your best friend?....Emma

What do you want to be when you grow up?....dog trainer

Here are links to see how Kella answered these questions as a 6 year old, a 5 year old,  and a 4 year old.

Liam as a 9 year old

Better late, than never.  Here are yearly questions I like to ask all the kids on their birthday.  Liam has the honor of going first.

What is your favorite....

color?....blue

stuffed animal?....Totoro 

favorite thing to sleep with?....blankie, Totoro

favorite fruit?....watermelon

favorite cereal?....Cocoa Rice

favorite thing to eat for breakfast?....cereal

favorite dessert?....brownies

favorite drink?....soda

favorite thing to do outside?....pool

favorite animal?....dog

favorite game?....Pokemon games

favorite television show?....Teen Titans

Who is your best friend?....Jacob

What do you want to be when you grow up?....a technical designer and movie maker

Just for fun, here are Liam's answers as an 8 year old, a 7 year old,  and as a 6 year old.

Just the 2 of them

Liam and Andy left for Cary Camp on Thursday.  This is the overnight camp for Cub Scouts.  Andy has been going for an easy 5 or 6 years.  This year, it's just these two from our pack, but I know they will have some fun.  

Thursday night

Just a Thursday night at karate.  I thought we would go to the open mat class and then, maybe, Ewan would get to promote to his next belt.  We have been working towards promotions for what seems like forever.  We get there, we just go slower because of other commitments like sports. 

Surprise!  Kella and Kinley got in on the promotions, too.  Pretty cute watching my 5 year old try to do basic series and run a kata.  And, they all did great.  It was tough-Ewan's group had to run the same kata at least 5 times until the Sensei was satisfied with how the kata looked.  Kella and Kinley stayed strong through the 2 hours that included class and promotion.  They worked on kata, basic series a little sparring and self-defense.  The payoff-promotion.

 

The promotion class, before.

Ewan promoted to green belt!  

Kella promoted to full yellow belt!

Kinley promoted to yellow-striped belt!

The promotion class, after.

Our newly promoted.  Look at how excited they are.