Moving Up

Both Cammie and Ben got their rank testing notifications today.  They'll be testing for their yellow belt this Saturday.  It was touch-and-go with Ben...I asked Sensei to give him a second chance due his erratic behavior, and she did providing he did well at today's lesson.  He behaved quite well so he will be able to test after all.  Sensei and Ben are learning to work with each other--she understands that he responds better with lots of positive reinforcement (although he hates the word "awesome") and not giving him options like "well, you can go sit in the corner until you're ready to learn" because he'll just happily sit in the corner for the whole lesson.

Emma's in drama club--they're doing the Beauty & the Beast play, which will be performed on May 17 & 18 at 7 pm.  Let me know if you want to come and see it and we'll have dinner afterwards.  I know she'd love to have family and friends come to see it.

Our trip to the hospital yesterday for clinic delivered some good news--Ben has gained 4 lbs.!  That's 10% of his body weight!  He's back on the charts again and has some nice chubby cheeks again.  He's also got some increased energy, as evidenced below...this was after about 45 minutes of swinging in the sunshine the other day.

The rest of the week has been eaten up by appointments, scouts, and karate...so I'm hoping for a nice quiet day tomorrow.  Hoping.

K