I was crying hard when I got to Barbara's.  I wanted to go to the doughnut shop and Mommy had told me Barbara would not take me.... for lots of reasons, one being if she did it once, I would nag her to go again often.

I would not be consoled so Barbara just went inside and left me standing in the garage crying.  One minute later I went inside and all was well.  We played Car Town until I decided I was hungry.
I happily ate pancakes with no mention of doughnuts.

I was told we were going to Sam' Club.  I said I didn't want to go.  I was told we often have to do things we don't want to do.  I could have been a pill, but I decided to accept that I was going to Sam's and it was an easy and happy trip.

I so enjoy cutting up a watermelon.  I make a big mess, but Barbara and GGM think it is worth the clean up for me to have so much fun.

 I like helping with chores...

and I hope I like to help when I am a bigger kid.

How many kids have a great grandmother that plays all day with them?  I am one lucky boy!  Thank you, Great Grandma!

I watched Gunsmoke and almost fell asleep, but it didn't happen, so that means Barbara didn't get to nap either.  GGM did take a nap.

I wanted to play Policeman and Bad Guy or Hide and Seek with guns most of the day.  Barbara and GGM don't like playing this at all and I think they are going to put a stop to it soon.  They were hoping this stage would pass but I seem to just want more gun play than they are comfortable with.

I need to learn to count to ten in Korean.   We worked on counting to four:  Hannah, Duel, Set, Net.  We practiced several times during the day.  Barbara wants me to practice the techniques for different kicks but I won't let her show me.  I don't think she knows what she is doing.  She thinks she could help me a great deal if I would let her.

I was so ready to go to Taekwondo class.  I hurried inside, bowed at Master Parks doorway, then bowed at the classroom doorway, took off my flip flops, and hit the mats.  We got there around 5pm, and have free time to do what we please.  I worked with Ong, a small Indian yellow belt boy.  We used the bar on the wall and a punch bag and he tried to break a yellow board while I held it but we were not successful.

I just keep getting better and better.  I still do most things with very poor technique, but I really try.  My jumping jacks have improved. This was one thing I did let Barbara work with me on fixing my technique.  I don't have an understanding about keeping space between me and the other students.  I move wherever I end up and  occasionally the instructor moves me back to an empty space.  They do this for all the real little kids. 

This was the most fun class so far.  Master Parks led the class.  We used the punching bags.  And we got to kick boards.  I must have tried to break my first board ten times before I was successful.   As soon as I broke the board, I looked over to see if Barbara and GGM saw what I had done.  Of course, they had.  The second board I broke in only two kicks.  I was in seventh heaven.  These boards are yellow and are break-away boards.  They can be put back together and reused.

I wanted to stay for the second class.  I'm glad I did.  It was a self defense class.  Master Steve led the class and he showed us two methods for getting away from someone who grabs our wrist.  I never did really get it but it was lots of fun.  Barbara came home and tried the techniques out on GGF and they did work!  Barbara tried to show me, but I was not very willing.  She hopes Mommy, Daddy, or Mimz learn and I will let them work with me... but maybe I would be the same way with them.

When class was over, I wanted to know, "Is class over?"  I would have stayed longer.  I said next time I want to stay for two classes.  Barbara thinks it is too much, but I don't seem tired and I do enjoy it.

Back home, we ate again and played Dream Snatchers until an alarm went off at 8pm.  This let me know that I had to get into the bath tub.  I bathed, ate a snack of a sugar-free Popsicle and cashews, brushed my teeth, worked a puzzle, read four pages of Charlotte's Web, called Mommy to tell her goodnight, and watched a few minuets of Leave It To Beaver before I fell asleep at 9:10pm.   I spend the night at Barbara's because Mommy and Bridget had to work on party decorations and also they were making a watermelon baby buggy filled with fruit for the party. 

Barbara has been having computer problems for the past month, but today the last problem was fixed.  She was without email for a couple weeks, so she had a pile of emails to sort through.

Another problem we have, is Barbara's iPhone is full, mostly with videos of me.  She has put them all on her computer, but she has keep her favorite ones on the iPhone.  Well, she now MUST delete some of her favorites and she is having a real hard time doing that.  But she will do it... she must because she didn't have room to record any video of my Taekwondo class this evening, so she didn't get a video of me breaking boards.  Bummer!
  
Daddy is spending the weekend in Galveston at the beach with friends.