4H Tractor Pull

Who needs a motor when you have Meunier Power?? The pedal tractor pull was last night at the county fair and our kids had a great showing.

Reed's weight class was up first. There were about 8 in his group. Only 3 of them made it across the finish. Reed was one of them. You could tell it was super heavy by the look on his face but he didn't give up when it got hard, I was so proud! The two other giants that also qualified (I wanted to demand a weight check) ended up beating him in the final round when they added more weight.

Millie's group was up next and her and two super human sized boys made it through to the 3rd round of finals. She was so close to making it to the finish but the weight was so heavy the wheels on the trailer stopped turning and she was just dragging metal across the concrete and it locked up about 2 feet from the finish line. She did great though and I was proud of her effort!

Jacob's group was up last and it turns out he was the only one. He made it about 10 feet with all the weight in his trailer and we were all excited when he got his trophy.

Happy Boy

Reed has been working hard on learning his letter sounds. He has known most of them for awhile now but was having trouble with Y, W, U and G. He was getting discouraged and didn't want to practice any more. So I decided he needed motivation. I picked up a little race car at the store and told him when he learned all his letter sounds, he could have it. Well, that's all it took and today he finally made it through all the letters without a mistake. He was so happy and so was I. Now we can move on to sight words. This may take a bigger motivator but that's ok with me. I found a remote control New Holland tractor that should have him reading by next week.

Field Day

Millie has 9 more school days left, but who's counting...right? Today was Field Day and they had a ton of activities. Reed and I rode our bikes over so we could watch. They were just warming up when we got there.

Millie was ready to go and even took the warming up very seriously. Even though is was about 85 degrees, the wind was crazy so that helped it not be too terribly hot.

Best Friends

More Best Friends

Water Balloon Toss

Blind Fold Partner Spray Bottle Fight

Then they gave Reed a bottle.

Those blindfolded first graders didn't stand a chance

Farewell Karate

Millie and Reed both had their final Karate class today. It was sad, I have to admit. I slightly teared up after both classes when we told the instructors goodbye. It didn't help me that Reed's instructor was crying. It is such an amazing family owned business and they truly care about all of their students, especially the rock stars like my 2 critters. They made them both promise that they would keep at it after we move and they hope to see them both down the road at competitions. Reed was able to squeeze in one more belt on his last day. He tested for his green belt and did a great job. His instructor has him doing things she has never had Little Dragons do before and he rocks at it. Of course it helps that Millie is learning these things in her class and so she practices on him teaches him these things at home.

He ran his Kata

He did a few take downs on his instructor

Earned his new green belt with ease!

At Millie's class that evening her instructor let them break some boards. She did great.

Saying goodbye to her instructor was hard too. Not so much saying goodbye but hearing what he was telling her was so sweet. I hope we can find something as good after we move but I'm not holding my breath. They are pretty fantastic at Westfield.

Reed The Biking Champ

Although I don't have photos, I just have to share Reed's major accomplishment from this past weekend.  Our house in Westfield has access to The Monon Trail which is a bike trail/greenway that runs all the way to Indianapolis.  We love to ride on it.  About 5 miles from our house is a super yummy restaurant called Bub's.  We have ridden there several times to eat but have always pulled Reed in the bike cart.  This time we let Reed start riding and we figured we would just put him and his bike in the cart when he got tired.  Well, pulling the cart was unnecessary because he rode all the way there and all the back.  10 total miles!  The little critter had to peddle his little legs off the entire time because his bike is so tiny.  I am sure that may be some kind of world record for a 3 year old but I guess we may never know officially.

Sweetie

Reed brought home a card for me tonight he made at PRE (religion class).

Orange Belt

She ran the Kata for the whole group. She did great!

My Attempt To Catch Up

This is going to be a quick recap of the past 5 weeks...

Millie got a her Yellow Belt, she rocks and is a Karate superstar.

Reed got his orange belt, no photos but he was the first 3 year old to ever successfully run a Kata. He too is a Karate superstar.

We sold our house.

We played at my mom and dad's house during spring break, I love it there.

We found a new house.

Easter at my parents house, Reed busted the Pinata, fun was had by all.

The Crew.

All caught up now. I feel better.

Reed And His Wheels

Reed loves to be outside. He's usually peddling away on something. He has really started to enjoy Millie's Razor scooter as well. He says his Spiderman one is for babies. I have a feeling he will be getting one for his birthday.

Future Highlander

Just because I have not blogged for a few weeks doesn't mean we have not been busy. To sum it up, this photo speaks for itself.