Boing, boing, punch, kick

We quit something today. Hannah and Ethan have been going to trampolining for ages - Hannah for about three years and Ethan for a year. No more.

We got fed up with the number of exclusion dates for the course that meant that often there would be three weeks between classes. We also hated the rush to get there straight after the school run and we weren't happy that, if we did get there on time, the class would start late anyway. There was also the attitude of some of the instructors who would turn up late and spend more time attending to their text messages than looking at the children on the trampolines (the exception to this was the lovely new Portuguese coach who was very keen).

So we needed a new diversion for Thursday after school. So how about Karate?

Only Hannah can go at the moment, but in six months time Ethan too can join the fun.

Hannah was initially nervous, but seemed to have a lot of fun in her first session. I think she particularly enjoyed trying to look mean, although she wasn't very good at it and corpsed many times. I was surprised she didn't excel at this given her genetic advantage...