Did you know that April 20th is Peace Day? At Jake's school, they will be releasing a dove to symbolize peace, which sounds a little hippie, I know, but I think it's great. If more people could stop to think about Peace every now and then, we'd have a better world. After all, what would Jesus do? I don't consider myself a religious person. When a religion becomes organized, it seems to become a hotbed for politics and corruption, so I like to avoid it. But I respect the Man behind the Plan, as it were.
At any rate, to raise funds for the dove, parents can "purchase" paper doves for their children to decorate in honor of or in memory of someone. Actually...hmm. It doesn't say "paper doves," just "doves." Perhaps Jake will be drawing on real doves... Whatever the case, we've chosen to decorate three doves in honor of Jake's great-grandmothers who have passed (nothing personal to Grandma who just turned 80 and will live forever); Mary Brooks, Nancy Quigley, and Kathleen Jones. I thought I'd let family who reads this know.
In other news, we've found yet another thing Jake LOVES that costs money. The Little Gym. He's been to three karate classes there with a friend, and he'll be able to go to one more. These classes are free for Jake because his friend's mother chose to ask a friend to come rather than have her son do make-up days for the classes he's missing.
He loves it so much. It's not strict like a traditional karate class because they incorporate gymnastics into the classes too. At first I was skeptical about this being "faux karate," but today after class he was actually showing me the various stances, punches and kicks he learned. And what a confidence boost! The instructor takes time to work with each child one-on-one, so they can master the techniques. Jake is learning, albeit slowly, to do cartwheels AND sidekicks. The instructors are very positive and upbeat. Jake concentrates on what he's doing (like he does in everything he tries) and works hard at it, but he also has a chance to run around and be silly.
After the class he takes on the 18th, we'll have to decide if we can do this Little Gym thing at a price. It's far from cheap and would be the most expensive (per class) thing we've ever done.
Maybe I could just buy him a cheap black belt from Target...
At any rate, to raise funds for the dove, parents can "purchase" paper doves for their children to decorate in honor of or in memory of someone. Actually...hmm. It doesn't say "paper doves," just "doves." Perhaps Jake will be drawing on real doves... Whatever the case, we've chosen to decorate three doves in honor of Jake's great-grandmothers who have passed (nothing personal to Grandma who just turned 80 and will live forever); Mary Brooks, Nancy Quigley, and Kathleen Jones. I thought I'd let family who reads this know.
In other news, we've found yet another thing Jake LOVES that costs money. The Little Gym. He's been to three karate classes there with a friend, and he'll be able to go to one more. These classes are free for Jake because his friend's mother chose to ask a friend to come rather than have her son do make-up days for the classes he's missing.
He loves it so much. It's not strict like a traditional karate class because they incorporate gymnastics into the classes too. At first I was skeptical about this being "faux karate," but today after class he was actually showing me the various stances, punches and kicks he learned. And what a confidence boost! The instructor takes time to work with each child one-on-one, so they can master the techniques. Jake is learning, albeit slowly, to do cartwheels AND sidekicks. The instructors are very positive and upbeat. Jake concentrates on what he's doing (like he does in everything he tries) and works hard at it, but he also has a chance to run around and be silly.
After the class he takes on the 18th, we'll have to decide if we can do this Little Gym thing at a price. It's far from cheap and would be the most expensive (per class) thing we've ever done.
Maybe I could just buy him a cheap black belt from Target...
2 Comments:
Just don't let him practice close to the front door.... :)
The Man behind the plan! You come up w/some great quotes :)
I will have to ask Jake to do a karate kick for me the next time I see him. I bet it will help him be more confident at school too.
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