Month: October 2016

Now that Quinn is a 2nd Degree Yellow Belt in Taekwondo he gets to do contact sparring.  Basically kicking and punching each other with lots of gear on.

We just got all of his gear and gave it a test run at home first.    Ready to kick some butt!

And the real thing the next day.  In this match, he was paired up with another 2nd degree yellow belt.  A girl who\’s probably a foot taller and a couple of years older.  And she\’s one tough girl!

In the course of a 45 minute class, they probably have about 6 – 8 matches and switch partners almost every time.  He will fight kids bigger, smaller, less skilled, more skilled, etc, etc.   After the class was over he said he was \”wrecked\”!  But he had a great attitude especially with this being so far outside of his comfort zone.  So proud of this guy!

Because after almost 9 years, Quinn decided that he\’s done with his special chair.   It\’s totally OK with me (sniff sniff!).  

I remember buying this chair in Seattle when we lived in our temp housing downtown.  A little flashback of cuteness in this chair.

The chair is designed to grow with the child and can hold up to 300 pounds.  I have so many happy memories when I think of this chair and all the meals, crafts, and fun we had while he was parked in the chair.  I think we made the most of this chair and it will go down as one of our best baby purchases!!  

The boys were fired up and ready to go.

Can you tell they were going wild?

After a couple of rounds of laser tag it was time for PIZZA!

Quinn wanted a Terraria cake after one of his favorite video games.

Eyeball cake pops for party favors.

Singing Happy Birthday!

Our birthday boy is 9!!

After cake, the boys went in to the video game room where there are huge screen tv\’s and lots and lots of video games to play.  The boys did not want to leave.  We may have run over the party time by about 45 minutes but everyone was having so much fun!  Yay to a very fun birthday party.