Spring activities

The kids have continued to stay busy, and because our snowy season went through May this year, we were glad to have them in lots of activities.  Cate continued to take art, but I don't have pictures of that (though we have lots of great projects!).  Together, the kids took karate and tennis, and loved both.  For karate, they have progressed up two belt levels.  I can't follow the belts (pretty sure the karate people make it up as they go along), but they seem to be on some orange tiger pattern now. The best part about it is the focus on respect and only using karate for self-defense, which seems to work great at karate school, although I've definitely had to step in and break up some Isaac-Caitlin wrestling matches that looked strikingly similar to the karate moves they learned in class. Nevertheless, they are having fun and learning, which is good.

Isaac finished his tiger scout year, and moved up a level with a ceremony taken very seriously by a lot of lifetime scouts.  The boys all had a good year with lots of activities and earned many badges.  Bill was a great den leader, but is contemplating handing off the baton next year.

Isaac's friend asked if Isaac wanted to do tennis and he surprised us by saying yes.  Even more surprising was that Caitlin wanted to do it with him.  She was the youngest and the only girl. And although hesitant at first, after a couple lessons she was hooked.  The instructor made it fun, and both kids finished the session wanting to play more.

Finally, Cate took another Hip Hop dance class this year.  She continues to love music and dancing, and looked forward to the class every week.  The dancing school has grown a lot over the past year, and the recital was a really fun, big production.  We had to schlep Caitlin to two dress rehearsals, and she took it very seriously, watching every routine closely.  When it came time for her routine ("Everything is Awesome"), she and her class were very enthusiastic and clearly had fun entertaining the crowd, including her sizable cheering squad.  The squad then enjoyed an ice cream celebration afterward!