My Karate Princess

My sweet Emmy is having a blast in karate!

We signed her up when a dojo opened up recently

just down the road from our house. We thought

that karate would improve Emily's confidence and

self-esteem, and boy we were right...she's thriving!!

Tonight she actually came home with a new badge

for me to sew onto her new blue gi for being able to

do the splits. It's a big deal in her beginner class to

get the colored gi...they all start out with white ones

and when the students can finally do either the

splits or the straddles then they can choose either

a red or blue gi...Emmy chose blue. She is sooo

proud of herself and I am too. I love seeing her

come out of her shell and truely enjoy something

that she thought she would never have the guts to

do. She is learning and just moving right along...only

one more step to go and she will get to be promoted

to the next class and receive her yellow striped belt!

I'm so proud of her!!!