(by the way, the main photo here was taken after my second 20 mile practice run - feel free to be in awe of us, because, yes, we are still smiling!) Okay, okay…so I know it’s been forever since I’ve written anything. Can I, yet again, blame the crazy fast pace of our lives? I hate to say this, but I suspect that my blogging is going to be pretty consistently inconsistent for a while. However, I will endeavor to cover the past two months as best I can.
Ridge and Holt began school without a hitch. Ridge is, of course, in second grade and Holt is in kindergarten. We are extremely lucky to have landed absolutely fantastic teachers for both of the boys. Last week their first report cards for the year were sent home and I am proud to say they are doing extremely well. Ridge is reading above grade level and Holt is very enthusiastic about learning to read. He simply loves sounding out words he sees written around him.
Ridge continues to enjoy JuJitsu and even competed in an in-house tournament on Saturday (that means it was a tournament at our school). He fought well, but more importantly he had fun. In addition to JuJitsu, Ridge has also started taking weekly guitar lesson and continues to forge ahead with is Japanese school every Saturday morning. As for Holt, he is taking Hip Hop lessons every week. No matter what, we couldn’t convince him to join us in our JuJitsu lessons, but instead asked for “dancing lessons”. Both boys will have a recital in December. It should be interesting!
Aaron was finally accepted in to the nursing program at San Antonio College. I won’t go in to details, but lets just say that the red tape that goes along with getting into nursing school is a pain! He’s excited about finally getting underway, though. For him, the next two years will no doubt be busy and stressful.
As for me, my marathon day is nearly here and I am so excited I can hardly stand it! I have done two 20 mile runs and survived them both, thanks to my WONDERFUL Team in Training teammates. My friend and I have already decided on our next race (we are insanely optimistic) – the Austin half marathon in February. In addition to running, I’ve discovered that I, too, just love JuJitsu. On Saturday, I also competed in the tournament along with Ridge and Aaron.
Many of you might be aware that I began a new job this year. I’m part of what I like to call a Behavioral SWAT team. When schools are at a loss as to what to do with special education kids with extreme behavior problems, they call us. I work district wide with all grade levels to support school staff. If you find that you are just dying of curiosity, you can even go to my school district website: http://tw.neisd.net/webpages/mfelke.
So, all in all, everyone is happy and busy – but not too busy. In fact, maybe now that I’m officially caught up with my blog I’ll be better about posting more often. Cross your fingers.
Here is a sampling of pictures taken over the past few weeks. Most should be self-explanatory. There’s one that’s a little blurry – that’s me fighting Laura, the Brazilian girl who works at the Jujitsu school. The man in the photo with Ridge is our teacher, whom we call "Marra" (pronounced "maha").
Ridge continues to enjoy JuJitsu and even competed in an in-house tournament on Saturday (that means it was a tournament at our school). He fought well, but more importantly he had fun. In addition to JuJitsu, Ridge has also started taking weekly guitar lesson and continues to forge ahead with is Japanese school every Saturday morning. As for Holt, he is taking Hip Hop lessons every week. No matter what, we couldn’t convince him to join us in our JuJitsu lessons, but instead asked for “dancing lessons”. Both boys will have a recital in December. It should be interesting!
Aaron was finally accepted in to the nursing program at San Antonio College. I won’t go in to details, but lets just say that the red tape that goes along with getting into nursing school is a pain! He’s excited about finally getting underway, though. For him, the next two years will no doubt be busy and stressful.
As for me, my marathon day is nearly here and I am so excited I can hardly stand it! I have done two 20 mile runs and survived them both, thanks to my WONDERFUL Team in Training teammates. My friend and I have already decided on our next race (we are insanely optimistic) – the Austin half marathon in February. In addition to running, I’ve discovered that I, too, just love JuJitsu. On Saturday, I also competed in the tournament along with Ridge and Aaron.
Many of you might be aware that I began a new job this year. I’m part of what I like to call a Behavioral SWAT team. When schools are at a loss as to what to do with special education kids with extreme behavior problems, they call us. I work district wide with all grade levels to support school staff. If you find that you are just dying of curiosity, you can even go to my school district website: http://tw.neisd.net/webpages/mfelke.
So, all in all, everyone is happy and busy – but not too busy. In fact, maybe now that I’m officially caught up with my blog I’ll be better about posting more often. Cross your fingers.
Here is a sampling of pictures taken over the past few weeks. Most should be self-explanatory. There’s one that’s a little blurry – that’s me fighting Laura, the Brazilian girl who works at the Jujitsu school. The man in the photo with Ridge is our teacher, whom we call "Marra" (pronounced "maha").
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