Fall Festival & Another Taekwando Belt

Last weekend was our church's annual Fall Festival. You never know how the weather will be this time of year in Vermont, but it turned out to be sunny and hot that day. We've had unusually warm weather for September, so it didn't really feel like fall, but we sure did have a fun day. There were tons of games, food, a bounce house, and prizes for the kids. There was even an area for the toddlers, where Jacob played happily almost the whole time!

I didn't get a lot of pictures of Andrew at the Fall Festival because he was too busy in the bounce house or running around playing games. But afterward, I took him to his taekwando belt testing. I wasn't sure if he would be prepared or not, but his instructor said he would be fine and she's very lenient in passing them to the next belt. Since we went later in the day, he ended up testing with a bunch of kids that were much higher belts than he and so he got nervous and had some problems with his pattern, but she let him try again with some help, and he ended up doing just fine.

They rotate around so they can spar with all different people, and he ended up sparring with the biggest guy there (his instructor teaches mixed classes from preschool all the way up to adult-- that way they can all work together and help each other). I think the guy was pretty easy on him.

He tried to do a back kick to break his board, but couldn't do it (not many can, according to the instructor). But he did it first try with his hand.

Now he's officially high green! (The order goes: white, yellow, high yellow, green, high green, blue, high blue, red, high red, then black. So he's halfway to black.) I'm definitely going to make him put in a little more practice before his next testing but I'm thankful that he's gained the confidence to get this far.