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While at Epcot we came across their phone booth and the kids had no clue what it was, which made me feel old.  We had to explain that people didn’t use to have cell phones and if you wanted to make a call when you were out and about you would have to look for a phone booth!  So of course they had to have their picture taken with one.  LOL

Today is my special day (birthday) and I just wanted to share some pictures of my day so far with you!

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This was the message Kevin had wrote for me this morning.

Hapi Brftda Mom  (Happy Birthday Mom)
Luv Kevin  (Love Kevin)
I luv You Mom  (I love you mom)

Katie making me my Birthday Cake
Kevin’s turn to mix the batter

After Daddy helped them decorate

Lighting the candles

The cake Kevin decorated

The cake Katie decorated

The muchkins & I!  Oh how I love them. 

Here is a picture of Kevin with Mr Joe & Jake while they were sizing up the competition at their competition last Saturday.  Unfortunately even though Jake & Kevin both fought great matches, they were out in the first round and both lost by 1 point.  At least they still had fun.. that’s truely what matters.

but I also wanted to share a picture from the competition he competed in this past January.   This photo was taken by Kickpics.net

While looking for a Sunday Meme to do.. I ended up coming across Straight Out Of the Camera from Murrieta 365.  It’s actually quite fun because it’s another picture meme where you can show off what pictures you (or in my case this week… the kids) have taken.  The only thing is you can’t do any tweaking or altering, but that’s ok with me as I don’t really know how to do that anyways.  ~wink~

The first photo of Katie & I was taken by Kevin (my six year old) he then took off with my camera and snapped a few more shots before I was able to get it back where I let Katie (my four year old) take a picture of Kevin & I.   I hope you enjoy!

Today was a sports day in our household.   It all started with us waking up and getting ready to head to Kevin’s 2nd sparring competition at Kenowa Hills.   We got there around 10:30am and left a little after 3pm.. so needless to say it was a long day.  Especially since Kevin’s match only lasted 2 minutes.   While we could of left after his division was done, we decided to stay to see how the rest of Team Rade would do.   Out of 8 Team Rade members going, 4 of them ended up placing and winning either a trophy or a medal!  

Even though Kevin wasn’t one of them team members who ended up placing, I was still really proud of him for doing as well as he did since Thursday he stayed home from school with an ear ache & sore throat.  His ear was still bothering him a little today, but not bad enough where he couldn’t go and fight.

Then tonight Kevin and I hung out together and watched some basketball together.  Since I played on the varsity team when I was in high school at least I could teach him about that sport.  It was fun at the end seeing him remember that a free throw was worth one point and a basket before the 3 pt line is worth 2 points and a basket behind the line is 3 points!   Who knows, maybe that will be the next sport he will want to play?

Thank goodness it didn’t fall apart… I can’t imagine how long it would of taken us to put it back together again! 

(This was taken at the Lego Store at Downtown Disney)

I am so proud to say that my little scrapper (Kevin) ended up competing in his first ever Karate (sparring) competition Saturday!

We ended up driving over to Madison Heights Friday night so we wouldn’t have to drive that 2 1/2 hours Saturday morning.  Kevin woke up bright and early Saturday morning.  I’m not sure if it was due to us sleeping some place different or because he was excited/nervous for the unknown.

I got the kids dressed and went downstairs and had breakfast.  (We stayed at the Hampton Inn and highly recommend them, before staying though check out Room Saver as we ended up saving $12 by using a coupon off there!)   After breakfast we went back upstairs and I told Kevin to start changing into his uniform and he started crying saying he didn’t want to go.  (I knew it was only the nerves talking so I let him just be for awhile)   Paul ended up waking up and took Katie back downstairs so he could have breakfast and while they were gone Mr. Joe called to say they were 25 minutes away.     At that point Kevin was willing to get into his uniform.  While he got ready, I got everything packed so when Paul came back up we could take off. 

We got to the competition and it was quite busy.  Thankfully someone had welcomed us when we walked in and showed us where we needed to go.  I’m so glad we pre-registered as it was a long line to get in otherwise.   We ended up finding Team Rade no problem (thankfully they called us to tell us which ring they were by) and the kids each got a package of crayons and coloring book to keep them busy while we waited for their turn to spar.   We got there at 10am and I should of looked at the time when they finally sparred, but it was quite awhile after lunch as they did forms and weapons first.   It was way to much for Katie so Paul ended up taking her away for awhile.  They ended up finding a target to shop at so life was good for her.     Thankfully they made it back in time to watch Kevin spar.  

There ended up being 12 kids in the 6 yr old novice divsion and I had no clue how Kevin was going to do.  I had watched Jessie & Jake give what they had, but it ended up being not enough.  So I honestly thought the same would happen to Kevin since he had never done this before and they had.   Then they called his name and my heart started pounded.  I told him it was his turn and he started walking out in the ring while I quick hurried to the other side so I could get a good video.  

This is his first match

All I was hoping for was that he would be able to at least score.  If he scored, then I would of felt like he won.  It turned out that he actually won the match!  So then he was going to be able to fight again.  Once again all I was wishing for was for him to score and low and behold, he ended up winning again and then was going to be fighting for the 1st or 2nd place!  GULP!!  My little boy?!?  Fighting in the “champion round” for the 6 yr olds!  I couldn’t believe it.

Kevin’s 2nd match

Once again I was wishing for just one point, but unfortantly that didn’t happen this time and he ended up loosing 0-5, but I was still proud as a peacock for my son since he had never done this before.   They called his name for 2nd place and he went out there and then the top 4 walked over to the trophy table where they handed him his REAL trophy. 

Kevin with his first ever trohpy for sparring!

Kevin & Katie.  (She was so proud of her big brother)

Jessie, Kevin & Jake after their matches. 

What was really funny was the next morning when Kevin woke up and went running to his trophy and just sat with it on the couch looking at it and saying…  “It’s real mom!  It’s a real trophy!”. 

Needless to say he is excited to go to class tonight as his instructors told him to bring his trophy!  He also can’t wait until his sound sharing day (like show & tell) for the letter T as he wants to bring this as well.  I told him he could, but Momma will be bringing it for him as I would rather him not carry it on the bus.  (I’m sure you know why)

So that was our exciting weekend!  One I know we will never forget!

I’m actually getting quite anxious for Kevin to get home from school.  This weekend is the big weekend for him as he will be going to his first sparring competition over by Detroit.  He’s been in mixed martial arts now for 10 months and has been having so much fun with it.   When they said he could start competing in competition I didn’t know for sure how that would go.  Kevin at first said he didn’t want to, but with the other kids in his class went in November and came back with some big trophies (They ended up winning 1st, 2nd & 4th) he got excited and wanted to go as he too wants to win a trophy. 

Of course I have a feeling this competition will be bigger than the last so I don’t know how good he will do.  I really don’t expect him to place in the top due to he isn’t quite aggressive enough, but who knows.. he might just surprise me.  Last night he had his last practice and I kept reminding him to kick too, not just punch and jab, but he must not of heard me.  So when we were in the car on the way home I asked why he wasn’t doing what he was suppose to and kicking.  His reason… “because Mason is my best friend and I don’t want to hurt him”.  LOL     At least he will only know 1 other person in the 6 year old group, so hopefully he will be a little more aggressive like he is when we practice.

I’m just thinking how tired he probably will be when we get home.   Depending on how many matches he has to fight.. I wonder how sore he will be.  It might be one of those nights where we wished we had a spa/hot tub for him to be able to soak in, but there is no way I would ever be able to talk Paul into one due to the expenses like our gas bill skyrocketing and also having to buy things like a spa filter or whatever else when it breaks down.    Instead I’ll just have to give him a nice warm bath and maybe add some bubbles as I know he likes playing with them.  Plus it’s a lot cheaper!

So wish Kevin (and us) luck for tomorrow!!   Plan on me posting Sunday with his results and some pictures of him doing his thing.