Tae Kwon Do Christmas Party

On Saturday we had our 10th,
or it may have been our 11th Christmas party.

Most years we put much, much, much more emotional
energy into our parties.

I think Soungsik and I are both running low on emotional energy,
so this year we just flew by the seat of our pants.

The decorations may not have been the best this year but other than that I still think things went pretty smoothly.

I hope everyone that came had fun.

We had belt ceremony before the party.

 

We had 6 students test for 1st degree black belt this month and 3 who tested for 2nd degree.

It's still amazes me to see the kids start at such young ages and we get to watch them grow up in front of our eyes.  That is one of my favorite parts of our jobs!

 

After ceremony we had a breakfast followed by games.

The parents against children dodge ball seemed to be the crowd favorite.

 

When the games were done we had a visit from Santa Claus.

 

This year William has decided he likes Santa.

He walks around the house saying "ho, ho, ho!" all of the time.

It was nice that he didn't scream and try to beat Santa up this year.

Isabelle is Santa's most ardent fan.

She is a true believer this year and even though some of her friends have tried to dissuade her, 

she will have nothing to do with it.

She was thrilled with the chance to get to talk with the big man!

When the party was over Isabelle stole my camera and went around taking many, many pictures.  I will spare you most of them, but I love to see the world through children's eyes, and from their perspective too!

She took many balloon pictures.

She took pictures of the decorations...and of herself taking pictures.

She took pictures of Eli by some targets.

(I wonder if she bribed him or threatened him to get this picture...)

 She took pictures of William.

We also had pictures of floors, doors, other pictures, muffins, etc.

Perhaps she'll become a famous photographer someday.

All I can say is I am happy our taekwondo party is over until next year.

I came home and took a long nap.

'Tis the season for needed parties and consequently needed naps!