a little bit of our story: Taekwondo

After lots of hardwork and practice, Charlie earned his yellow striped belt at tae kwon do! (on 9/21/10) He had to perform a series of kicks for Master AJ in order to earn it. It took him a few tries and then he did it perfectly. He was SO proud of himself. Right when class was over he insisted on calling daddy and GG to let them know of his accomplishment. I loved seeing him learn that he will get rewarded for his hard work and the sense of pride beaming from his entire little body.

Of course we had to celebrate with some frozen yogurt. Luckily there is a cute little yogurt shop right next door to the tae know do studio called Menchie's. Charlie picked green apple tart yogurt with nerds and strawberries for the toppings.

Good job Charlie. We are so proud of you buddy!
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Charlie started taekwondo last week and he loves it. He had two classes with an instructor to evaluate his skills and see what class would be best for him. They were amazed by his focus and said it was the best they have seen in a 5-year-old. He is definitely behind physically but they think because of his focus and attention in class that he should hopefully be able to catch up quickly.

Here he is in his gi. They wrote his name in Korean on the collar.

And in his class...

This one is blurry but it cracks me up.
It is so fun watching him during his class. The instructors really do a good job with being strict but still giving a lot of praise at the same time. You can tell that this does not come naturally to Charlie at all, but they know how to push him just right. He has already shown some great improvement.