Sunday, June 20, 2010

Keeping up with Kelton

Kelton has been working hard in Tae Kwon Do. He has earned his Yellow Stripe Belt after being tested on his One Steps, his Chun-Ji Form, and putting in his practice time.
He has also been learning the tenets of Tae Kwon Do, including Perseverence, Courtesy, and Respect. He was asked to demonstrate responsibility by posting photos of him completing chores from the chore list he had to turn in at testing.
We had Closing ceremonies for Baseball. Kelton is with his "brothers" Max and Mason here.
And FINALLY he has hit the milestone he has anxiously been waiting for: his first lost tooth! He has been rather perturbed that he was the only one left on the Boy Team that still hadn't lost a tooth... well, evidently he wasn't too consumed with it because he didn't even notice when he lost it! I saw him and asked him where his tooth was, and he didn't know what I was talking about. I showed him in the mirror, and he said, "Hmmm. I must've swallowed it."
Even though this is mostly about kelton's wild life, I had to throw in a pic of Blakely's first boat ride. We took her out at dusk on Memorial Day, and she loved it! She quickly tired of the giant orange accessory on her neck, though.
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Saturday, June 5, 2010

She's on a Roll

Yep, no more stationary baby! Blakely turned 4 months, and we gave her cereal for the 1st time. Evidently the cereal gave her super powers... now she's rolling everywhere. She heads off the pallet almost immediately to explore (I hope it's just curiosity.) She also is FINALLY sleeping all night. Not every night, but I call a 5 hour stretch phenomenal. Last night was 9 hours, but I know not to get used to that!
On Memorial Day, Blakely had her 1st boat ride. Justin took Kenlee & Kelton out to fish all afternoon (Kelton is still trying to master the art of setting the hook), and after the sun went down, Blakely and I joined them for a very leisurely troll.

She seemed to love it, but it didn't take long for her to tire of the giant orange neckbrace. She made good use of it, though, since she is chewing a lot. Kelton wanted me to throw Blake in the water to see if she would float. I explained to him why that wasn't a good idea and tightened my grasp ;) Made perfect sense to Kelton. Otherwise, why would we have bought her a lifejacket?
What? Yeah, she wasn't sure what to think of the cereal, but she is enjoying it more now.
And the photo above depicts my morning. Justin played golf, and I took Kelton to his Tae Kwon Do Belt Test (he did GREAT and will hopefully receive his Yellow Belt at the Belt Ceremony next Saturday). Kenlee had dress rehearsal for recital this morning, and then we hurried back for Kelton's baseball game... all by noon! After shuttling siblings all morning, now Blakely is home enjoying a nap, and I am enjoying some rest before we do more work on the pool. Dance recital is tomorrow!
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