2nd Stripe

We started tae kwon do last month. Eric is loving it! He earned his 2nd stripe today. The first was for knowing all the training principles. The second was for knowing all his kicks.

First Day of enrichment

Tuesday was Eric's first day for the year.



On the above photo, I would like you to notice the top button. This is how Eric always leaves for play, church, etc.



My sweet boy, still so little. Again, I feel so blessed that I can see that!



At the morning assembly.



Getting ready to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.



Kiddo has a separate lunch and snack time. I always write a message from his family on his snack bag.




I also always put a napkin in E's lunch with a joke on it. He loves this. (I don't know why these pictures keep turning sideways on me. I uploaded them twice, and they turned sideways both times. Oh well.)



E and his buddy Zachary at the end of the day. Notice the top button now. E loves to button it all the way to the top, and always buttons it as soon as he notices it is not buttoned.

Today's meet

E did great today at the meet! He entered all 4 strokes for the 2nd time. He rocked the breast stroke again, taking 3 seconds off of last week's time and coming in 4th place.



Preparing to enter the pool for his freestyle. (love the shark eyes!)



Freestyle



Starting position for backstroke



Oh, elusive butterfly, we got a disqualification again. This time I think E just tired out. He was doing awesome, but a couple of strokes near the end, his wrists just didn't quite clear the water. But, you know what I am most proud of, this boy doesn't give up. He will try again and again. In the above picture, though, he was doing the stroke beautifully.

Meet 2

Sorry to take so long to post this. E was pretty sick for 3 or 4 days. So proud of him in last week's meet. Kiddo got a time in breast stroke!!!!! Last year he couldn't get the stroke down enough to enter. This year he got a time the first time he entered it. So proud of him. He works very hard at his swimming! Here he is with his ribbons. He got 6th in breast and 7th in back stroke. He disqualified in butterfly. He had a beautiful stroke all the way down, but forgot to do a two hand touch at the end. Great effort and so proud of him.

Swim Meet

E did such a good job at last week's swim meet. He took 8 seconds off of last year's freestyle time and 5 1/2 seconds off of last year's backstroke time. He did a great job this past week too, but I am waiting for them to post results.

Penguins

We finally got a chance to see the new penguin exhibit at the zoo. AMAZING! We loved it!







Sweet boy loved them so much, he kept hugging them through the glass.



They all had colored bracelets on. Eric named this one Rainbow Heart (can you tell we are Care Bears fans?).


I thought it was neat that Eric had on his Meet of Champs shirt that says Swim Hard, Swim Fast.


I asked Eric to turn so I could get a picture of his face. The penguin decided to turn to look too. So funny!

Lots of accomplishments

Whew! We have been so busy lately! Eric has had his end of the year programs for soccer, Christ's Kids, and Sparks (more on that later). In Christ's Kids this year, Eric had to know:

Level 1
1st Man and Woman
Jesus' Mother and Father
Days of Creation

Level 2
Books of the New Testament
Acts of Worship

Level 3
10 Plagues
Fruits of the Spirit

Level 4
10 Commandments
12 Sons of Jacob
John 3:16

Then once he completes his Christ's Kids material, he can begin learning verses. Eric learned 31 verses and received a medal. Learning all those verses was a lot of work, especially when he learns a verse each week for homeschool as well as several verses a week for Sparks.