Yellow belt

Matthew and his buddy, Samuel had their testing for their yellow belt tonight. They both did super! Sensei had very kind words for both of them. We are so proud of you, Matthew! Mark deserves this yellow belt almost as much as Matthew - he was the primary person to take him to karate - night after night! Thank you, Mark! Matthew chose Tim Horton's/Coldstone Creamery to celebrate - a doughnut and ice cream!

Obsessed!

Mackey is so obsessed with Styrofoam that - as you can see - he has basically demolished this box. That was unfortunate! ARGH - MACKEY!

The (preschool) graduate

Today was Matthew's preschool graduation! Poor guy was miserable from allergies - but he and his friends did a great job! We're so proud of him!

Second stripe - white belt

Lookout bullies - Matthew got his second stripe last week!

Too cool.........

Chicago - April 2013 - Ann Sather

Because Ann Sather deserves a post all by itself!! We went to the AS on Belmont - it was the perfect one to visit - it was less than a block from the El. Matthew was not very hungry for lunch once he had eaten his cinnamon roll (hence, "the look") - he did managed to eat some of it.

Chicago - April 2013 - Trains

Matthew loved his first subway/El rides! He was none to thrilled when I was taking pictures while we were awaiting the train, though!