Martial Arts

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….

Tonsillectomy ahead

We took Olly to see Mr Nussbaumer at Barnsley Hospital regarding his recurring tonsill issues.  It became apparent that the issue was to be dealt with by their removal as soon as possible although a blood test was required to ensure that Olly would not have any bleed complications.  So we had to hang around for a couple of extra hours so that Olly could have some cream applied to his skin to numb the area where the blood collection would take place.

We now need to wait for up to two weeks for an appointment to come through for the next stage.

We will only hear from the hospital about the blood tests if there is any reason for concern, and should this be the case it means that the operation would need to be undertaken at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital instead of in Barnsley.

 

Nearly touched 23 Celcius today in our garden

Well, the weather forecasters were on the money today – they suggested it would be the warmest day of the year and according to our little weather station, it has smashed the warmest day be nearly 5 degrees today…

We have enjoyed all day outside in the garden and the boys have had a great day. Olly has without question had the best birthday he could have had. We had a fab BBQ in the garden and even now at nearly 8pm we could still be sat outside baking in the lovely warmth. Incredible to think that just a few weeks ago, we had snow…