Extra-curricular Activities

We took Jake today for a meeting with the local karate instructor. I think that karate would be a really good thing for Jake to get into to help him channel his temper and also learn self-discipline. He was a little unfocused this morning but he did pretty good. The instructor spent about 30 minutes taking us around the studio and giving both kids a mini-lesson.

Until this year Jake has never really been signed up for any sort of extra-curricular activity. Both kids were signed up for gymnastics earlier this fall but the place closed due to the economy (and the owner's ex-wife taking all his money and moving out of state.) Over the years Hannah has done ballet, tap, piano, soccer, gymnastics, and little league. I think it would be good to get Jake involved in something.

Starting in January I think we'll plan on signing Jake up for karate and Hannah for sewing lessons. She's really into the idea of sewing right now and has asked for a sewing machine for Christmas. Since I have two in the basement and don't even really know how to use either of them we've decided to hire her professional help instead of buying her a 3rd machine. The kids will be receiving their lessons as gifts this year for Christmas.

That's it for us today. It has been pretty quiet. The kids and I are having a slumber party in the living room tonight and then tomorrow we're getting the house ready, and the grocery shopping done, for Thanksgiving. This coming week should be pretty busy. In addition to doing Thanksgiving here at the house Lincoln and I will be doing all of our "Santa" shopping on Friday while his parents watch the kids. Sometime over the weekend we'll put up our Christmas tree. It's hard to believe it's that time again.