Moving On Up

Yesterday was a big day!

We started out with kids that looked like these two pictures here. Cute, no?
















By the end of the day, they looked like this!










































Even cuter, si? My friend Megan cut Josie's hair yesterday afternoon, and it looks awesome. Doesn't she look so sophisticated? That's my baby, being.... less of a baby. Sigh.

And, Mr. Patrick, as he is called at karate, did beautifully on his belt test. He didn't get all embarrassed and forget, or "forget", or act up, or anything. For once, he sat respectfully when he was supposed to be waiting, didn't goof off while he was supposed to be standing still, and did everything he was supposed to do without any fidgeting at all. There were about eight people there testing last night, ranging from Patrick trying to pass his first test to yellow belt, all the way up to a 50something guy going for his purple belt. Everyone was really supportive and tolerant of having two younger kids in their midst, and in return the kids lived up to expectations. We were SO proud.