Karate!! (and a note from Miss Brenna)

Brenna did her first karate class last night! She said months ago that she wanted to try it but then changed her mind when I finally told her that we would go. I never could get it out of her as to why she didn't want to until a few nights ago. Poor thing was afraid that she was really going to have to fight people and get beat up! I explained to her that karate class is where you learn and that you really don't fight people. Her eyes lit up and she became very excited about it again and decided that she would do it.
She did great yesterday and really tried her best. A bigger kid even came up to her and said that she was doing good and even better than HE did on his first day. I thought that was real sweet. Her instructor is awesome and really made Brenna feel very comfortable. There were a couple times when she got a little nervous and was scared to try something but he was very good at recognizing that and helped her through it. He gave her a lot of praise and really built up her confidence. I think the discipline is going to be really good for her too. He is strict and does not allow any talking during stretching and any goofing around. Brenna asked him for a break and a drink of water after they finished doing the warm ups. She said that her throat was hurting and he told her that her and her throat will toughen up and then walked away. LOL! (He did give them a break about 15 minutes later.)
I will try to remember to take my camera next time so that I can post some pictures.

Tomorrow we have Girl Scout camp to go to. The older girls get to spend the night but since Brenna is a Daisy Scout we will just be there for the day. I'll post about that this weekend.

So Brenna is sitting right here and asked me what I was doing and after I told her she said that she wanted to write some things. So she will dictate while I type....

Hi! So I really love to do karate. If you have a child why don't you get them in karate. If your child likes karate bring them over to one of the karate classes. Hey and guess what? I know how to read and my Mom taught me! I really like that my Mom is my teacher because she's the best Mom ever and I like spending time with her. Mom and I love to play together because we are family.
I have lots of friends too. One of them is Rhiannon, she is going to be 4 soon. And I have a lot of friends in Girl Scouts. So if you have any girls maybe you should get them into Girl Scouts. I have some friends in karate too. Hi-YA! I love karate!
And I go to a place called the Homeschool Group where all the homeschoolers go. There are lots and lots of kids that are homeschooled. We did a homeschool class too with the other kids and we learned about Indians but now it's over but we're going to do it again. And one more thing about the homeschooling thing. Next Report Day I'm going to do a report on my tadpoles.
Well that's all for now. Hopefully my Mom will let me write again soon. Bye!
Love,
Brenna