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There hasn't been too much happen at our house this week. There have been a couple things worth celebrating though. Eric (10) got to lead the TaeKwonDo class during stretching for the first 10 minutes of class last night. He has been taking lessons with little brother and with Dad too since October. The class consists of 20-30 people in all age ranges. There's teens, moms and dads, grandparents and a few kids. Eric is usually one of the younger ones in attendence (his brother wins that award). He had a little help from a senior ranking class member, but it was quite the experience. Normally, only blackbelts lead stretching. He was very excited and proud of his accomplishment. The rest of the class and the Master Teacher applauded his efforts. Our little teacher!

We are currently undergoing some construction work in our basement. Watching the progress each day/week has been fun. Next week the dry wall goes up and some carpet may get installed in another area of the house. This process has brought out a side of Joel (7) that we hadn't noticed before. He is very willing to help "build stuff" and wants to help the workers hammer, or dig, or paint etc . . . Joel and Eric were doing "scientific sound tests" to see if they could hear the difference between the room with insulation up and the rest of the basement. This is all very official business, you see! They take it quite seriously. Perhaps Joel has found his calling!

We are thankful for good health this week in our house and are looking forward to a nice weekend. March is almost here, so we all hope that means that the snow will not return.