Josiah had to start school this week because his CC group was meeting. He expressed his sincere excitement with a plethora of moans and groans. This spring, instead of reading novels, they are reading a ton of short stories and writing their own throughout the semester. Josiah's problem with the short story will be to pare down the number of ideas floating around in his brain. He is very keen to share his story. They also have mock trial, and after reading through the case, Josiah decided that being the defendant would be his cup of tea. The case is about a crane that falls during a hurricane, killing two people (squatters on the site). Josiah would be the man in charge of the construction site where the crane sat. I think they'll try out a few roles at the start before everyone settles into the roles they like best. He'll be quite pleased to have Henry and Caroline get back into their school routines come Monday.
To throw in a little fun, Josiah and I competed in our annual Battleship game with peppermint hot cocoa. We usually play this the day after Christmas, but since we were out of town, we didn't get it in. Josiah kept guessing exactly where I had my ships. I was questioning if he could see their reflection from my reading glasses. He claimed he saw nothing of the sort. Needless to say, he crushed me.
Caroline got her workout on and went to jiu-jitsu several times this week, earning her 4th red stripe. We decided not to celebrate at Bahama Buck's because no one was finishing them and they were too expensive to waste. We tried out Crumbl Cookies instead. Their schtick is that they bake only 6 flavors of cookies each week, rotating the flavors. Caroline chose the vanilla bean, and the boys chose chocolate chip. They were gigantic and really sweet, but the kids were fans.
Todd earned props at his Krav Maga class as well. Before Christmas, he had three weeks of testing. This past week, he found out his results. He attained Level 8. A black belt is level 10, so he was very pleased with his results. He was told that he had all the technique, he just needed a little more stamina. Todd, noting his age, said this was about as good as it was going to get. In his program, the only belt given is the black belt.
Benson discovered he was not a fan of harmonica music. Josiah found his harmonica and started playing it. It didn't take long before Benson was howling beside him.
Caroline loves laying next to a sleeping Benson. Easy access to his ears.
Benson has his own way of telling Todd that he would really prefer he read his book outside so they could keep each other company there.
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