Karate. Keeeee-Yah. Sir.

Today The Boy started Karate. Thursday they may ask him not to come back.

You see, his listening skills during his private lesson today? Less than stellar. I'd even venture so far as to say They Royally SUCKED. Wait, no. I'd go even further and state that they were Nonexistent.

He acted like a 2 year old on Red Koolaid, cupcake icing and chocolate M&M Crack.

But he rocked out the outfit, right? We make Karate look Goooood.

Boundless energy, inability to focus long enough to get a direction - to the point of once? He was being told where to put his hands and mid-putting-his-hands our son goes Oh Look There's An Airplane Out the Window.

Head.Banging.Against.Wall.From.Parents.

We managed to gather our wits and get it together enough to practice kicks. Barely. Took a little bit more redirection even with the kicks

Today we learned about saying SIR. And that if we don't follow directions and pay attention? Mommy & Daddy will make us say I'm Sorry to Mr. Berryhill. And that until we get our White Belt we can't go out in the Big Room with the Other Kids. Thursday's the Big Day for White Belt - here's to hoping The Boy gets it together between now & then.

I will say fatigue/exhaustion may be a contributing factor & we best get a good night's sleep the next night before. This was The State of The Boy at 7:45 this evening

Side note unrelated to Karate: The Boy rocked the house on his Progress Report from school. Kindergarten Rocks!

Labor Day Family Fun

Great day with my guys (and the dog!) driving all over taking photos. Managed to get a few good ones and Millie had herself a grand time playing in the water over at Flat Rock Park! We hit all my favorite photo-snapping spots & even tried out a new one (enh, kind of a bust but did get a few good ones). And we also backed in to a Non-Moving Tree that was camoflauged by all the other Non-Moving Trees we were running over. Ahem. Please note the truck was not damaged as we hit said tree with the trailer hitch. Also note if you are going 10 mph and you hit a tree with your hitch? Your truck will STOP. Ahem. Grilled out for dinner some most fabulous ribs. And are about to call it a night since we all have extra-early days tomorrow. Can we have Labor Day every Monday, please? Thanks.

IHeartFaces: Back To School

This week at IHeartFaces they are All About Back To School! I dug in my archives from last year and am posting our First Day of 4-Year PreK photo. Nothing screams Back To School like donning your neon green rainboots on your first day, right?

And in honor of starting Kindergarten back on August 6th, I bring you the Kindergarten Collage, jam-packed with classroom, new shoes, brand new back-pack and First Day of School goodness!

Make sure to check out all the fabulous Back to School entries over at IHeartFaces this week!

I can take pictures, too.

I can, from time to time, pry the camera out of Shannon's hands to take a few pictures. Today was one of them. You see, I spent the weekend off dove hunting and planting food plots at the hunting lease. SO, I told Shannon we would have a picture day, today as a family outing. Something I thought she would certainly enjoy. So, off we go. As a family. We even took Millie. I seized the opportunity to catch a photo of nature doing, well, nature things. She has been giving me grief all evening about that photo. Thus, influencing the caption....

"You ever feel like someone is always on your back?"