6 1/2 Hours

Parker had a Tae Kwon Do tournament today. Four different cities were competing from Mexico, Arizona and California. We got there at 9:00 and left at 3:30!!!! Yes, 6 and 1/2 hours! How long did Parker's part last, you might ask. 15 minutes! I LOVE watching him. What parent doesn't? But there has got to be a better way to do this! I had 3 other kids (not to mention Parker when he wasn't competing) and we had to watch all belt levels do the first part (forms) and then the higher belts do their weapons and then the red belts do a performance (I was pulling my hair out by this time) and then they finally moved on the the sparing (Parker's favorite part). You might ask how I did it (2 of the girls were sick). Portable DVD player, movies, dsi's, food, ipods and coloring books. It was like packing to go up North for the summer! I think that they should do all the events by belt, then nobody has to stay and watch people that they don't know or could not care less about. By the way, Parker took 2nd in forms and 3rd in sparing. He had a blast. He got one kick in that hit the other boy in between his legs. All of the men around me groaned in response, but that kid ended up winning! lol