So... G-man started taking Tae Kwan Do this last week. He really likes it and thinks it is fun. He took 2 free "see if you like it " classes, and wanted to take more. He is excited about it. He thinks he is SOOO cool and is in awe of all the instructors. He got his uniform and is so cute in it! He also got a new buz cut on Saturday and this makes him look even more adorable.
This actually came out of the fact that I want A-bear to take dance in the fall and Specky said that G-man has to be doing something if A-bear takes dance. A-bear will dance to music and loves to put on frilly skirts and sway and say "I Dancin' Mommie!"I think she will enjoy it, but honestly, I never got to take dance and always wanted to. If she doesn't like it, we will try something else, maybe Tae Kwan Do!
We were looking for something that G-man could get involved in, but traditional sports were not really an option, with all the practices and games and such, as we both work full time. Not only the time, but there is the height thing too. Specky and I are both 5'4" and he is the tallest one in his immediate family! G-man is almost 5 and I have just stopped rolling up his 3T pants! That pretty much puts basketball and football out. He needed something he could do at his own pace. When Specky mentioned it to me, I was skeptical, but went along with it. Did I really want my 4 year old learning a Martial Art?
I did not get to go to his first class, but heard ALL about it! I went Friday evening and Saturday morning to class and I have become engrossed in it. I know all martial arts studios have some type of "commitments", but I really like the ones his studio uses. They also have things he can do for special "stripes", things like keeping his room clean, eating healthy, doing good in school, things like that. He has to memorize the commitments and learn to count in Korean, and learn commands as well as the kicks and punches for self defense. I think I am going to be one of THOSE moms soon. Someone stop me!
G-man has been having trouble with his discipline. He does not do well with listening, or keeping his room straight, or being kind to A-bear all the time. I am hoping Tae Kwan Do will help him do better.
Let's face it, I never thought Grand Master Lee would be helping me teach my son discipline, but I've done a lot of things I didn't think I would. It is really hard to have time with the children to teach them what they should know as they should know it when you both work full time. When you have kids you learn to roll with the tides so to speak, and find your own grove in the parenting wave, but sometimes you just feel like you are caught in a riptide and have to swim parallel to shore to get out of it. When you swim parallel, you find there are other beaches besides the one you were on. That's how it works.
In the book of Jeremiah it says, "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord, "Plans for good and not for evil, for a future and a hope." Imagine, right there in the Bible, God tells me that He knows the plans he has for me and that they are good.! Who knew? Right!. I have been praying for a way to help G-man with his discipline problem and God says, "Here you go." Ok, not exactly what I had in mind, but who knows better? God or me?
I will just have to keep clinging to God's plan for my life and see where it takes me. What Great Adventures does God have planned for my life?, Specky's life?A-bear's life?, and G-man's life? I can't wait to find out!
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