New Normal

The first day of school has now come and gone, with Zack now in grade 4 and Nathan in grade 3.  In all the excitement/craziness of our move, the summer flew by.

What grade are you going into?

 

 

With all of our money going to house savings over the past few years, this fall the kids are finally able to be involved in extra-curricular activities for the first time.  They are super excited to take lessons.  Zack chose to take piano lessons, which he is really enjoying, and Nathan chose karate.  Piano is on Monday evenings, and karate is on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings.  It's taking some getting used to, especially with karate being at 5pm in St. Albert.  It makes things a little tough with dinner and rush-hour driving, but we're making things up as we go.  Karate is really fun to watch, and the Sensei is great with the kids.  It is already a tough workout, both physically and mentally.  The kids not only physically work for 45 minutes straight but they also involve their minds, memorizing the moves as well as memorizing their 3-point student creed for their yellow belt test, which is quite long and has difficult words.  Zack has been settling into practicing piano each day for half an hour, although sometimes he is unimpressed with how slowly the time passes when he has such short songs to go through.  Both boys are excited to learn more and they are having a great time with it so far.



At the dojo!