So, in the past month or so:
-The kids have started martial arts (Krav Maga, specifically) in an effort to improve their discipline, focus, confidence, blahblahblahwhatever else people do martial arts for. It's going well, for the most part. Logan takes it totally seriously and seems to have pretty good form for his kicks and punches and usually isn't the focus of the instructor's attention for doing it wrong. Declan's our Logan opposite. (I think you can all see where this is going.) He is the one in line twirling around with his mind off in space. He generally has to be reminded how to stand or how to move properly. We've got a ways to go with that kid, but he's at least trying and interested and has a lot of potential.
-We're on Spring Break and for the start of the week my BFF Maclaine came to visit us with her two youngest boys. The kids all fell in love and had a blast together. So much that when it was time for the Texans to re-Tex themselves, there were a lot of tears from mostly everyone except Maclaine and I. Logan and Declan have decided that Maclaine and her family feel like our family and can't they just be a part of our family even though they're not really? And how do I respond to that other than, "Sure." We're hoping to make a trip to Texas to return the visit in the summertime.
-We've known Logan has allergies for a while, but a recent visit to the doctor has added asthma to that. The asthma is aggravated by the allergies and our pediatrician got Logan on an inhaler routine to help relieve the insane amount of coughing he does, especially when he's trying to sleep. That was about a week ago and there's been a huge improvement and so far we're not needing the fast-acting inhaler. The asthma/allergies aren't a huge surprise, given the Ed-ness of Logan so we're rolling with it and doing fine.
-Logan is 78 lbs. and 54" tall; Declan is 70 lbs. and 50" tall.
Logan putting on his gloves.
Declan showing off in line.
