Dear Kids,
Life is busy for everyone at the Havlir house. Since dad got his pilot's license, we are now able to take day trips to the beach. The airport is within walking distance of the beach so we parked the plane, you all brought your scooters and we went to the beach.
Since this was in January, it was still a bit cold outside, but not crazy cold because this is Texas .
We spent a couple of hours playing at the beach before heading home for dinner.
When it was time to go home, everyone wanted to come back soon. Hopefully we can squeeze in a trip to the beach over spring break.
Auntie Momo also sent all of you little onsie pajamas of your favorite animals. This was too cute I had to take a few photos.
The past 2 months was officially gymnastics season. We drove to 5 different meets in Dallas and Houston and Hannah, I am so proud of the progress that you have made. You generally place right in the middle of the kids in your age group, but 2 times this season, you got to stand on the podium with a bronze and silver medal. My phone loaded the pictures in chronologically, but this is the pictures from the first meet.
Our gym won first place at this competition.
Hailey's 100th day of school was in January too, so of course you wanted a shirt with 100 seals on it. You helped me find the seals that you wanted to put on your shirt, and you recruited both Nathan and Hannah to help you.
Science fair was also this season. Hannah and Nathan, you both picked topics that interested you. Hannah you determined if the cast before a back hand circle affected the power to go around the bar.
Nathan, you love to play video games, so you did an experiment to find out what distance away from a TV will give you the least amount of eye strain.
Hailey, we didn't plan on having you do a project, but you saw both Hannah and Nathan have fun with their projects, you came up with your own. I just couldn't say no to that initiative, so I bought another trifold board, and we did an experiment.
At the dojo, kids have an opportunity to complete fitness challenges to earn extra patches to go on the uniform. Hailey you completed the jumping jack, sit up and push up challenges so far. You are now working on jump roping and splits.
Before we recycled the delivery boxes that we had, you girls wanted to make a house for your dolls.
Every Sunday we go to church and it is a arts and craft session. You guys are furiously tearing paper to make origami and drawing pictures. I'm ok with it because I think you guys are still listening while you are working with your hands.
Hannah's Simone Biles Meet
This year was the final year where all 3 of you kids would be at Baldwin. We had a multi-cultural day and so I partnered up with another mom from Taiwan and we shared with people my culture and served everyone some bubble tea.
Belt promotions also happened in February. Hailey has moved up to a green belt with a white stripe. Since solid green belt is the highest you can achieve in the little warriors class, Hailey has gotten to be Senpai (which is the highest belt in the class) a couple of times already and you have no problem with telling other kids what to do.
Nathan, you are now an 8th level red belt. 2 more belt tests and you will be eligible to test for your jr. black belt. You are almost always Senpai during class but you are taking a break from martial arts so that you can play spring baseball.
For Valentines Day, we decorated some cookies. Nathan, you are not a super fan of sweets (except for ice cream) these days, so you just wanted the cookies plain.
Also in February, we went to UT's STEM girl day where many student organizations and local companies provide hands on activities for the kids to do all over UT campus. It was a huge event that we only got to attend the events in 2 buildings.
Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches
Copper Plating Silver Charms
Building tallest tower challenge
air powered rockets
Giant bubble making
At the end of the day, I asked you guys what your favorite activity was. You guys said "Medical jeopardy" which actually tells me that you guys really like to win because it was me who was answering most of the questions.
That same evening we got together with some of the families from Nathan's baby group for some cookie decorating. It's crazy to think that we've been friends with these families for 12 years.
Kids from 3 families. It is tradition that we line up all the kids on a couch and take a picture. Feb 2024.
Feb 2014
The last gymnastics meet was at Houston on a Friday afternoon. We arrived and Hannah, you've been wanting dumplings, so we stopped by a dumpling restaurant and just got a bunch of different kinds.
This last competition had the least lenient judges, so many of the scores were low. However, Hannah, you performed a beautiful floor routine that was almost perfectly executed, which earned you a silver medal. We drove home late that evening because Nathan had a baseball game and Hailey also had 2 back to back swim lessons. It's a busy life, but I would have it no other way.
Spring break is coming up and I will try to maybe squeeze in another post afterwards.
Love,
Mommy
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