Yellow belts and teal poms

All three of the kids had advancement testing for karate and cheer a few weeks ago. I was so nervous for them. Turns out I had no reason to be. They nailed it.

The boy and Macie earned their yellow belts and Makayla moved up in Pom Pom color which is how they advance. I am so proud of my kids. They have really put their all into their activities. 

First karate tournament

Today was the kids first karate tournament. You could choose how many events you wanted to compete in. We choose to take our first competition slow and only sign up for one event per kid.

My mother-in-law happened to be coming down for a one night visit and got to go with us. We had a blast. I know it sounds weird to say but I really felt like a mom at the tournament today. Obviously I've always been one but cheering them on and talking to other karate moms was really awesome.

Macie placed 3rd in fastest kick and the boy took home a medal for fastest fist. Each kid got a trophy for participating and then either a medal or big trophy for wherever they placed in each competition. So we came home with 3 trophies and a medal. Macie has taken her big trophy everywhere. When she walks outside she brings it. When she goes into the kitchen she brings it. She keeps walking around the house saying "I can't believe I did it! I can't believe I placed!" So cute.

We are all looking forward to next semesters competition and I'm definitely going to let them enter at least 2-3 events.
I wish I had remembered to bring my camera because my phone doesn't have a zoom and I was too far to get any good pics of them actually competing.

I'm blogging from my iPhone since that is where the pics are stored so I can't comment above each pic. The first pics are from when we first arrived and they only had their participation trophies. The last ones are when we were leaving. The sun was right in their eyes and they do not look happy. But they were because they had an awesome time.

I can't wait to watch their skills grow over the next few years and watch many more tournaments.

I'll just call these...

Super assassin ninjas! Look at those serious faces. I was laughing so hard I could barely take the photos.

Karate uniforms

I knew they would be cute. I just didn't realize they would be THIS cute!!

First Karate class

I was a little nervous to see how the boy and Macie liked karate class. They had their first lesson tonight and it was a hit. I LOVE the instructor and all the people there and they had so much fun and were really focused.

Makayla starts cheerleading classes at the end of the week. Hope she likes it as much as her siblings like karate.

We have a few weeks to buy the uniforms
so today they just wore tshirts and gym shorts. I snapped a few pics to remember their first extra curricular classes ever. Happy happy kids. :-)