Karate & Mac and Cheese

Tonight I went to watch Miss M's karate class. First of all, I never imagined karate to be "cute" but holy smokes. You get some small kids in their white uniforms (I don't know what they're called) and you end up with cute. Her class is for 7+ so there are bigger kids in it as well. In fact both of her siblings are also in her class (ages 10 & 12).

They did some basic moves - sort of in a sequence at the beginning of the class. It was awesome to see Miss M's snappy moves and her fighting stance. The rest of the classes consisted of "skits" which the class was broken into groups and they had to come up with but they were decidedly un-karate-like and more like kids running around fighting with fake guns & light sabers which I thought was odd. She said it was the first time they had done that. Hmmmm....I think maybe the teacher was a bit lethargic?

After karate we went to my house to make dinner. I had Miss M help me read the recipe and get the correct ingredients out. She helped measure & stir and layer the noodles & cheese in the casserole dish. She crushed up some crackers for the topping and poured the milk on the top. Unfortunately I am an idiot and I turned on the oven but to WARM instead of 350. So, we sat there for 30 minutes with the thing not cooking! I cranked it up to 400 when Steve noticed this (finally!) and we ate rather soupy mac & cheese after that. Ah well. We also made green beans and chocolate pudding.

It was fun to have her over for dinner. It was nice that she & Steve finally got to meet each other. She helped me set the table and we used our new dishes and I think she had a good time. We even squeezed in a viewing of one of my favorite Dr. Suess cartoons The Lorax.

Next up: something "artsy craftsy" next week. Possibly sewing a blanket for her new Build-a-Bear-Workshop-Bear

Pictures coming later...