Today was our 6 monthly check-in with the Dentist and our boys were both given a clean bill of health and we are to head back in 3 months to have their teeth coating in some fluoride liquid. Apparently the Dental Society believe it to be the best way to get fluoride protection into children’s systems.
We are due another dentist change the next time we visit also 🙁
The boys have been back to the Ossett Martial Arts Academy tonight and we have signed them both up for the classes. Tuesdays and Thursday evenings from 17:30 for 30 minutes although Elliot will soon need to move to the next class as it is only for 4 to 6 year olds.
Elliot is definitely getting the hang of it but poor Olly has no idea what he is meant to be doing :-(. Hopefully the team at the Academy will be able to drill it into him as he is keen to do it.
We now have the proper uniforms so on Thursday they will be set to go wearing the same as the rest of the class – a big deal for Elliot as he does not like being different – it seems that the white belt is a big deal as he is wearing it now with his t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms 🙂
Forgot to post this last week 🙁 Well done Elliot – great skills
Today was the boys first swimming lesson at the Ossett Academy – at 9am this morning. Perhaps mummy and (especially) daddy should have eased off on the drinks last night 🙁
We quickly learned that Elliot is a stronger swimmer than we thought and the lessons should help him get stronger and so hopefully he will be in a better position for our holiday in 7 weeks.
Oliver has little co-ordination so he tries hard but seemingly can’t do legs AND arms at the same time :-(. It was a similar story earlier in the week with the Martial Arts. So, we will have our work cut out to help him but he is only 4 so there is plenty of time and opportunities to help 🙂
After a good 30 minute swimming session, we headed out to Thornes Park with the scooters to meet Euan. The boys are getting a little more confident with their scooters and we think it will really help them gain balance skills in readiness for bike riding :-).
The early morning swimming is going to be great as it clearly got us out and about first thing on a Sunday morning rather than loitering at home.
Let’s see how the next few weeks go …..
Tonight we head over to the Martial Arts School in Ossett, near the Playstation for the boys to have their first official lesson (we have arranged two free lessons to trial the gig and see if it suits them etched). Elliot (of course) did not want to go at all but once in there, he appeared to LOVE it. He was actually quite well co-ordinated once he got the hang of it.
Oliver on the other hand was not quit so well co-ordinated :-(. He was very funny however. for example, the master asked them to do a couple of punches, then hop about 20 feet before a high five. Well, our little Oliver couldn’t hop so he thought it would help if he held his leg up by grabbing at his sweat pants – but then hopped with BOTH feet at the same time. If only we had taken some video footage 🙂
If they continue with it, they will go twice a week for 30 minutes (5:30pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings) and are good to stay there until they are 7 years old – at which point they would move up to the beginner class that takes place at 6pm on the same nights.
We hope that Elliot wants to continue with it all but are expecting him to not want to continue with it. Oliver has already made it clear that he does not want to do it again 🙁
Incredible really since they both seemed to really enjoy it while they were there. Time will tell….