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Welcome to another episode of this week in kayaking. My extent of kayaking was in my class on Tuesday. Boy were my shoulders sore after it. We spent the entire time in the pool sans paddles. It was mostly a waste of time though. I only learned a few new things. All of my time on YouTube has paid off. I'm excited for this weeks lesson though. I think we will be learning a few new things. If nothing else, I will gain some more stability in my boat. It was nice to play a game in class in the boat. I finally took my mind off of balance, and had fun despite being in a nerve racking boat.

We took Jarrett to Back to School Night this week. He acted shy at first in front of his teacher, but opened up very quickly. He started soccer this week as well. I took him to his Monday Practice. He and Kris try so hard to be friendly to all people. I got asked on Wednesday at his game to be the assistant coach. I told them that the one time I was there I would help but other than that I wouldn't be able to. Jarrett scored the first goal in the game. His team ended up losing. But they don't really make it about that at his age group.

Kristopher was very adamant that I get him a skateboard when I picked him up on Friday from Cathy's. I told him he would have to earn it. He tried to tell me that Cathy said he didn't have to earn one. She was sitting right there and corrected him by saying, "nope I didn't say that." He then tried to tell me, "mommy told me I could get one." I asked him, "do you think we can just get everything we want without having to earn it?" He said, "yep." I told him he could earn one. It turned into a day long argument. He wanted to do exactly one job to earn it. Even after I made a chart today he pointed to one box, and told me that was all he was gonna do. He ended up doing 8 or so jobs today. There were 12 boxes, but I felt like the point of having to earn it had been made. We went at about 8:30 tonight to Target to get his skateboard. We brought it home and he immediately had to ride it. He fell once in the kitchen and hurt his butt a little. Not too long after that he was doin fine though. He has already learned how to ride his bike. Jarrett want nothing to do with his. He is a tough little cookie. I think he will be our athlete. After watching Phelps in the Olympics thought maybe my tall lanky Jarrett will have to become the family fish at 10 years old.