Professional portraits

We had some fun at Sears on Saturday getting professional family portraits. Here are some results. (We did buy the copyright so we could do what we wanted with them.)

No more medicine

Everyone in our family has been sick this fall, but we are slowly recovering. Sergey, in particular is showing some enthusiasm at smashing the last reminder of his medicine.

Sergey goes to kindergarten

Sergey started school with a half-time public school and half-time private school kindergarten schedule. It was very exciting to send him off for his first day of school. He was nervous, but excited that he was going to be able to see Lonya sometimes on the playground. Here are the first day of public school photos.

Karate for the family

The boys have kept up with karate. Lonya successfully tested for his yellow belt. Sergey earned a black stripe on his white belt and will test for yellow this spring. Even Sue decided to get into the spirit of it, since the exercise benefits are great. She is only a white belt, however, so the boys have many pointers for her.

You can see Lonya demonstrating excellent flexibility before his test.

Also, sparring classes are now required for all levels and enjoyed immensely!