Wrapping up April and May

Other than a few big events (Easter, trip to Cancun, and Kara's Tae Kwon Do yellow belt test), April and May were pretty calm months.

Emily finished up her last swimming class.  By the end, she was getting very comfortable in the water and was letting loose with jumping into the pool (check out the video).

Kara "graduated" from Stepping Stones (her preschool class).  She's a little sad to move on from all her friends, but she's excited to start kindergarten in the fall.

One afternoon during May, Kara and Emily were having a snack at the kitchen table with Mommy.  Kara has started to become very curious about the world around her and beyond.  Mommy and Kara were discussing the universe and the possibility of aliens and robots on distant plants, not yet discovered (Kara thinks there is a high probability of this).  Emily sat there eating her strawberries and nodding.  Then, she added "Papa make big rockets!" (including hand gestures).  Not quite the same, but pretty impressive that Emily was on topic!

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Tae Kwon Do Yellow Belt Test

The testing group

Showing off a pose

Kara has been practicing her Tae Kwon Do quite a bit for the last few months and has been improving.  She has learned quite a few moves and is performing them confidently.  On May 18th, Kara tested for her yellow belt (everybody starts as a white belt and then moves up to yellow).  Daddy was able to videotape the whole test, which only a parent or grandparent would appreciate.  However, if you only watch one video, watch Part 5.  That's where Kara breaks a board.  We were impressed!

Cancún 2015!

Every May, Grandma and Grandpa S. head down to Cancún for a nice relaxing beach vacation.  Well, this yearthe timing worked out so we could go down with them.  The girls had an absolute blast playing in the pool and playing on the beach.  The ocean was really calm, so the girls could walk around quite a ways off shore (though Emily didn't really want anything to do with the ocean after touching some seaweed).

Emily did a great job adapting to her new surrounding, which we were really worried about (especially after our Colorado Springs trip last year).  Other than a couple of meltdowns, which were caused by sunscreen in the eyes or just getting a little tired in the morning before nap, Emily was very well behaved. She also played up the cuteness for Grandma and Grandpa.  One day, she decided to tell off a bird that was chirping on the balcony.  She told the bird "no, no, no, bird" while waving her finger. "Go away."  We got a video of her reliving the experience below.  She also was quick to tell Grandma not to touch her water (in a very cute way), "don't touch Emily water, OK?" Check out the video on on that one as well.

Kara really enjoyed swimming in the pool and making new friends.  She also enjoyed making sand castles and exploring the ocean with Grandpa.

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Don't touch Emily's water, okay?

No, no, no, bird. Go Away!

Swimming in the pool