Tooth Fairy

The days continue to fly by -- I'll be back to school before I know it (or want to be).

Andrew lost his first tooth this week. He pulled it out all by himself when he was at Vacation Bible School on Monday. He was so proud of himself as he exclaimed - I didn't cry or anything mom! He has a second tooth that will be coming out soon. They are both on the bottom in the middle.

The tooth fairy came and brought him a dollar and two quarters. He was impressed -- I guess he hasn't talked to the boy down the street that got $10. We just had to go shopping for something to spend his money on... His store of choice was Target.

As we wandered up and down the aisles, he couldn't find anything he wanted. That was until we got to the video game aisle. Then of course he wanted a Wii. Daddy has been saying how we need to get a Wii, but luckily every store mommy goes to doesn't have any. My luck ran out... Target had a ton of them this week. Apparently it was in the add and they had gotten very large shipments to every store. So... Andrew spent his dollar fifty on a Wii -- the cheap tooth fairy had to make up for the rest!

So far he has fallen over backwards and knocked over a tv tray with a package of batteries and a bowl of salsa mommy had been snacking on while golfing (batteries and carpeting covered with salsa is not a pretty sight). Then as he was boxing, he got a little too close to the tv and began hitting his opponent on tv. He's very good about wearing the wrist strap -- which is a good thing since he doesn't always have the best grip on his controller.

He's already been grounded from the Wii for a bit. I told him that as soon as he cleans his room, he can play it again. So far his room is not cleaned, but he has picked it up a little ;-)

Let's try this again!

So... I created this blog during a training where I got paid to create a blog and a facebook account. I've been pretty good about the facebook account, but I haven't looked at this blog since. Now that my sister has her blog for her adventures in Alaska, I decided that it wouldn't be too difficult to give this a try.

This summer is flying by. Andrew has a million activities that are keeping us busy. Soccer and baseball are over for now, but June was crazy! He loves any kind of sports and seems to have a little bit of talent -- Lord knows where he got it from, Bill and I certainly don't have much ;-)

Andrew really loves soccer and seems to be where the ball is at all times -- Even if he is the smallest kid on the field (actually #5 is smaller than him, but Andrew is much more aggressive).

He was very proud of his trophy and medal for soccer. It is on our mantle where he shows it off to everyone who comes to our house.




When the baseball season first started, I thought it was going to be his last. His team was a mess. They were more interested in playing in the grass or digging in the dirt than they were in catching the balls. He had a few kids that had some natural talent on the team, but many of them were there just because their parents had signed them up. It turned out that the team came together and got much better. During Andrew's last game, he got two hits, made a double play, and threw the ball to first for another out. I guess I'll have to sign him up for soccer and baseball again next year. Oh-well he's worth it!

I orginally put Andrew in gymnastics because I wanted to improve his balance and coordination on the soccer field. He loves it and it gives him the opportunity to bounce out some of his energy -- if only I could bottle it ;-)

These pictures were taken at their end of the year celebration. As you can see -- he's not the only boy in the class -- even Bill has come around saying that it won't make him into a fairy! This next year he will be in a class with all boys. The coach is awesome and he is very excited to be in her class.


Well -- hopefully I'll get better about updating this blog.