Niko's First Day of Karate

Niko and his buddy Evan started karate today! The place is literally right across the street from our house, and we'd been thinking about enrolling Niko for a while. Then Gus' parents gave him the classes as a gift. THEN my friend Caryn was saying she was looking for a place for Evan to do karate... and it all fell into place! The best part is that one of us adults can stay and watch the class, while the other one stays at my house and watches the girls (so they don't have to sit there for an hour, bored to tears like they were today). It is a pretty awesome arrangement-- and a perk of living on Main Street! Of course, we all went today-- the boys had a trial class, and they loved it! They will most likely get their uniforms next week. The owner of the place needs to look through what he has and find a few of the smaller ones. But really, it was great. The instructor is firm but not mean, and he does a great job handling a group full of wiggly 6- and 7-year-old boys. Niko already learned a lot! He can't wait to go again!

And the boys' favorite part: when they got to spar with each other. This was all Niko could talk about! They were both laughing fools!

I apologize for poor photo quality... I was trying to be stealthy. :)