T.P. Tower

Asked Andrew to restock the bathrooms with toilet paper.

Taekwondo

Hannah has been asking us if she could do some form of martial arts for years. Finally Jim and I fulfilled her kicking and punching dreams and let her sign up. Hannah and Andrew have been doing taekwondo for almost a year. Natalie started this year but then had to take 6 weeks off because she broke her collarbone ice skating at Hannah's birthday party. The kids have really enjoyed taekwondo but  what they really enjoy is the tournaments. Once they had competed in a tournament the kiddos understood what all the practicing was for. To get Metals!!! They then became more focused and can't wait to go to the next one. They have to earn half the cost of each event they chose to participate in and that not only takes time to do, but also helps them learn to save for something they want more than candy.

We left early in the morning which was a good thing because the road were awful and took us a long time to get there. We got stuck for a  moment on a hill because the car in front of us stopped.  You can really tell that Andrew is nervous. And poor Natalie in her sling.

Andrew getting ready to compete. He's so focused.

 Andrew's metals. 2nd in forms, 2nd in weapons and a spirit award for One steps.

                                                   Hannah getting ready to compete

Hannah got 1st in One steps, 2nd in weapons and 3rd in forms.

It has been over a year since I have put up a post and I thought I should do something about it. I look at others blogs and say, "Hey! Why hasn't so and so posted lately."
I don't have much to say right now but I felt that I needed to put something up or my name will get lost in the side bar.

I've been playing in the Edgewood Symphony and during the summer I do not have a reason to make myself practice, but this last month I have been doing really well. Angela, I've been working on my Passacaglia. Everything but two sections I can play. I will be ready at Christmas! Be prepared for awesomeness.

There is a lot to write up like trips and different activities the kids are involved in and I need to put up pictures of the store. There are some great things to come. For now I have a few cute stories.

Cute saying by the kids.

First let me set the mood. The girls had already watched the movie Princess Bride. They then spent the next two weeks quoting lines from it. Andrew was feeling bad about not knowing what the quotes were about. So the next time we had a family party we watched the Princess Bride.

Our kids get scared really easily and Hannah was helping to preparing Andrew for the RUS’s. When the first RUS showed up Hannah told Andrew that there was a man inside. Meaning that it was a man inside a costume. Andrew gasped.

“They eat people?”

This morning each kid took a turn spilling their cold cereal. And each seemed to not notice that they had spilled.   Seriously all three?

“Natalie you spilled your cereal on the table.” Natalie replies. “Oh I’m sorry I’m just in a hurry.”

 “Andrew you’ve spilled you cereal next to you elbow.” Andrew, “?.” Then he quickly licked up the spilled cereal.

“Hannah you have spilled your cereal and some of it has fallen onto the chair!” Hannah, “Your welcome.”

I had picked up Jim from work and I was telling Jim how wild and difficult Andrew had been. The conversation went something like this...

Jim:  Andrew were you being difficult for your mother?

Andrew:  ……

Jim:  Did you hear what I said?

Andrew:  ….

Andrew: I’m thinking about doing the dishes.

The electrical fence

I just had to write a quick little post about something that happened yesterday. Funny how I haven't posted about birthdays or the wonderful things the kids have done in school... maybe it just seemed like work?

Anyways, we took a walk around around the Hartwood mansion and stopped to walk through the flower garden. It was surrounded by an electric fence to keep out the deer. In this part of Pennsylvania the deer are like hug rodents that eat everything. In my opinion there needs to be a little more hunting, but I've regressed. 

Andrew really, REALLY wanted to touch the electrical fence. He wanted to know what it felt like. I tried to tell him what it felt like, but it is hard to describe. He asked it it hurt. "No not really. " I told him. "It doesn't hurt like a shot, but it is uncomfortable like how it feels just after the needle is in your skin."

He still wanted to touch it. 

So I let him.

Then Natalie wanted to touch it. "Fine. Any one who wants to can touch the electrical fence."

 They didn't enjoy it except for Hannah who couldn't feel it. Then she did and laughed. "It feels like a tickle" she laughed and kept her hand on it as she walked down the flower bed road. Hannah has always had a high tolerance for pain. At least Jim and I have always thought so, but now we have proof of that or Hannah has a serious issue of being the bravest.

Whatever is the reason why, we all think Hannah is seriously awesome!