Bubbles!!

Katherine is in full swing at Chow's. She just completed her first week, and is loving every minute of it. Tuesday after we got back from class, Danyel asked me if she did a lot of conditioning, and I immediately told her no.... Then, on Thursday, I woke up and actually watched the class, and realized that well over half the class was conditioning. They did 50 sit ups, 20 push-ups (not the girly kind), leg lifts and pull ups on the bar (in addition to their pull-overs, front and back hip circles), and every time they were done with their vault, they'd do squat jumps back to the starting point. They also did handstands along the wall and other random strength building exercises. My body just hurt watching her! So...

I suggested that she get in my whirlpool tub when we get home. I thought a nice hot bath with the jets on would do her a world of good. Well -- this definitely falls in the "good intentions" category, but didn't quite work out that way. Matt drew her water and added the bubbles and by the time the jets went on, bubbles were all over the bathroom. Upon seeing this, Caleb was NOT to be left out, and insisted he get in with her.

So fine .... two kids in the bathtub with more bubbles that any adult needs ... Here's the evidence!

They were covered in so many bubbles that I couldn't wash their hair or get them rinsed off, so I had to throw them in the shower, which they thought was a total hoot!

So Chows .... It's going well. I thought that Katherine would be in the bottom half of her class, skill wise, since all the other girls had been in class together since June and practicing the same skills. I'm glad to report that that's definitely not the case. She's doing amazingly well, and can do almost everything the rest of class has been practicing. You wouldn't know she just joined the class!

Oh, what else .....

Yesterday I put Caleb down for his nap and about 30 minutes later, I heard him hollering. Riley was in his room and wanted out. When I opened the door I found broken pretzels all over ... evidently he smuggled them into bed. When I asked what happened, he looked at me sweetly and said, "I was just pretending that I was a zoo keeper Mommy. Riley was the lion and he was hungry". How can you not chuckle on the inside. He has such a great imagination.