We had a party at the dojo on saturday for Max's birthday. Just in case I haven't mentioned it laetly, he's still very much into karate. We take him about three times a week and he absolutely loves it.
So he was so excited when we told him his party could be a karate party. And I was delighted because it meant no clean up or hosting for me at home, yay!
And Kris did a filling for the sensai, so it was a pure old fashioned barter.
We had a bunch of kids from church and a few from school. They all seemed to have a blast. The sensai sets up a bunch of cardboard forts and walls and shows the kids different games to play within them while chucking rolled up socks at each other. And the socks are grey and gross. Just so you know.
Sensai had them captivated with his instructions.
I love how Griffin's mouth is wide open in astonishment or concentration.
Ok, so they're not TOO well behaved (if you see Eva in the background.)
The only one who didn't really have a blast was Sandy. It was prettymuch his bedtime and he wanted to be out and running around with the kids--desperately. So we had to hold him and/or keep him captive the entire time.
The poor guy was MAD to be blocked in with a chair.
The games were pretty awesome, especially the last one which was just an all out knock down drag out sock battle.
It was great. All the kids left sweaty and exhausted with pink cheeks and messy cupcake mouths. We helped the sensai clean up and then went on home ourselves. Bedtime is always the best.
