sweetest boy ever

--i truly believe i have the sweetest boy who ever was. yesterday was aidan's tae kwon do testing date. he did all his forms, some sparring, and even worked with his weapon. at the end of the testing period, they sit and each kid is called to get their new designation of rank. the ones with just belts (of whatever color) get a headband of that color, and the ones with a headband move up to the next color of belt. aidan was a yellow belt with a yellow headband going to a camouflage belt. most of his class was a yellow belt going to a yellow headband, with two camo belts going to a camo headband. so, aidan was in a class by him self...literally.
--anyway, everybody sat through the presentations, and when they went from the yellow headbands to the camo headbands, at first i thought they were saving him for last for some reason. yeah, not so much. they didn't have his belt on the table, and completely forgot to promote him. without calling out or jumping up and down, i tried to get one of the instrutors' attention. that didn't work. they finished the presentations and then moved everybody over for pictures. aidan was the last one to get up. his instructor came over to him, and i though i couldn't see aidan's face since his back was to me, i could tell by mr. gunzel's face that aidan was upset. he asked aidan what was wrong. i couldn't hear what he said, but mr. gunzel looked up at me with a concerned/apologetic smile, and called ms. moren over and ran to get his new belt. they were both upset that they had missed him, and ms. moren announced that they had one more presentation to make. that aidan was sooo mature that he sat quietly and then politely asked mr. gunzel if he made rank. then she praised his efforts and said the next class level better watch out, because he's moving up to "karate for kids" in january, from the "tiny tigers" class.
--when he got his belt he was beaming, sweet boy. he was very proud. when i got to talk to him, i asked him what he said to mr. gunzel. he said he said, "my mama told me i was going to get my camo belt today....." then he told me, "i was about to cry." awww...love him! and so proud of him too. :)