Botanical Gardens

Japanese Garden today. We had a long day and explored new areas in the garden.

Yellow Belt

For those unaware we have signed A up for TaeKwonDo.  She loves it and gets to see one of her better friends from Kindergarten.  He's a blast to have around the house too.  Last Saturday we had our first testing for A.  She managed to hammer chop/hit the board and break it.  She also did pass her test and get a yellow belt.  She's the one in the video that is the last to break the board for her row.  

 

Bike Ride!

Recently A has learnt to ride a bike. She is quite good and she and I have taken a couple of rides together now. Today though everyone left me at home and went to the park. With the twins at least moving they will be fun at parks as they can start to play as well.

A has taken to first grade with extreme finesse. As normal, she adores her teacher and her teacher can do no wrong. She isn't fond of her spelling tests and constantly tries to not study.  She is doing rather well overall though.

G is getting back to not having A around all day. He is still not able to start Pre-K and I'm not sure we will enroll him next year either. He is remarkably smart and I'm not sure I was the school district to change that yet.

Both twins are highly mobile. A commented, "M moved" today because she thought he was supposed to stay in one place. M army crawls like he's going through basic training. E scoots a bit more, and he's determined to stand.

Hippos!

We played a little bit of hookie yesterday and went to the zoo. GMan and I got to pose next to the hippos and the elephants. Unfortunately the baby black rhino wasn't out or we may have stayed longer.

Watch out world!

https://youtu.be/s8n_7Yh8cWA

Month is Gone

We had a long HOT July here.  We were under heat advisory/watch/etc  for most of the month.  We also had several visits from people and went to OK for the 4th of July.  We ended the month sending A back to OK for Grandma Camp! Everyone has loved the break the past couple of days from each other and A is loving spending time with her cousin and grandma!

 Before Chris took the girls for camp I got a picture of all the kids on our stairs.  I think this turned out well.

 With it being just boys and mommy for the afternoon we decided to go to the splash pad.  We hadn't been to this one and probably won't go back.  The park part was good but the splash pad not so good.

Mommy and twins!

Baby feet! Sleeping babies even better.

 Big kids with Uncle J who came up to visit the last full week of the month.  Both big kids adore their uncle and were excited to have him sit between them in the back of the van.

We started A in taekwondo this month.  It is a black belt program and we are going to be able to get G through as well once he's big enough.  G called them "Pajamas" which is really funny because we aren't allowed to wear pajamas outside as a family rule.  :)

 Kids in a line at Grandma's house.  The twins are getting big and are starting to roll every which way.  They are also starting to eat non-milk food!  M has taken to that like a "duck on water" as Chris says with Big E not enjoying it as much.  He'll eat what he wants -- which isn't very much normally.  Big E also prefers non-pureed foods so that may be a problem until he gets his teeth.

Mom and I are going to do the Route 66 Half Marathon in November.  We did a training run in the hot hot sun and it was okay.  It was a "kick" off run at the Fleet Feet in Tulsa.  Not bad time for the heat and out of shape people who did it. ;)

Church Service

We regularly make it to church.  With twins and bigs who don't remember how to dress themselves this is normally quite the feat.  We even manage to be within five minutes most days.  There are thankfully several twin families at the church and we all kind of sit together.  We are all forgiving and just excited to see each other that it is fun! Sometimes we use the twins to help settle disputes.  A and GMan both love their brothers and if fighting the chance to hold one in church is the best.  Typically we end up something like this:

We also have had a fairly easy week this past week. After the birthday celebrations this is a relief.  This coming week will be VBS for the bigs so hopefully Chris can work everything out with just the littles.