One more time!

Kyle lost another tooth tonight! It's been exactly one week since the last one. This is his 4th loss. He's a little more lispy than normal now. I guess the tooth fairy will have to come visit us again in this cold weather! I think this will be it for awhile.

Update on my mom

It's been three weeks today since my mom dislocated her shoulder. She's recovering quickly as I expected. Today she had a recheck appointment with her orthopedic doctor. He was pleased with her improvement. My mom will continue her physical therapy three times a week for the next month. She's allowed to return to work tomorrow if she wears her sling to remind herself not to use her right arm too much (otherwise she hasn't been wearing it). She's anxious to get it back her muscles back to normal, but knows she can't rush the healing process.
That's a picture of my mom's elbow. It's pretty nasty. Apparently that bruise started at her shoulder and is making it's way down.

2nd quarter report cards

They did it again! Justin and Kyle brought home excellent report cards today! I'm sure some parents dread report card day. Jason and I love it!
Like last quarter, Justin got straight A's. He was very confident that he would. Good to know he's meeting his goals.
Kyle gets that weird report card. He had 8 E's and 9 M's on his (E=Exceeds the grade level, M=Meets the grade level). As for Kyle's reading level, his number is a 28, the benchmark for a 1st grader at this point in the school year is an 8. This is the comment Kyle's teacher wrote: "Kyle continues to be a terrific student. We will continue to give him individual reading instruction based on his high ability. He is a true asset to our class." How nice is that?
I couldn't be more proud of them!

Two in a row!

Kyle lost another tooth tonight! Well, I yanked it out again (as if I didn't deal with enough teeth at work today!). When I left for work this morning, Kyle was still sleeping. So when I came home tonight I asked him if the tooth fairy visited him last night. He said she did and she left $5 under his pillow. He then told me that at lunch he pulled his fruit roll-up with his front teeth and one became REALLY loose. So I took one last picture of him with his little top teeth still in place and off we went. My little boy is going to look a lot older pretty soon!

FINALLY!

Kyle finally lost his 2nd baby tooth tonight! Actually I had to yank it out. It's been extremely loose for the past 3 days. He's a brave kid, but not when it comes to pulling his teeth. He's also behind in losing them. When Justin was six and a half, he had already lost four teeth (reminder: Kyle turned 7 last month). And then there's Kyle's 5-year old cousin Joel who lost his 2nd tooth a couple weeks ago. Kyle's top two center teeth have been loose for awhile. When those come out he'll really look different!

Trust me, I'm not making fun of our new president. I couldn't be happier that he is leading our nation. I just love my lol cats and had to post this!
I watched so much inauguration coverage yesterday! I've never been interested in that stuff before, but I could listen to President Obama speak ALL day. He's just so interesting. I surely hope he can accomplish his goals. He definitely has his hands full.

IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!!!

Really that's an understatement. It's just plain brutal out there today!!! I honestly wish Henry would just do his duties on our kitchen floor for a few days. I hate putting him outside. He can barely even walk through the snow because it's so deep right now. He looks like he has no legs, just a body on the snow! And he's a pretty tall dog. I think we got 6-7 inches just yesterday morning and that's on top of whatever we already had. It's also the coldest day we had in like 13 years! The wind is really nasty! I'm glad the sun is out and shining into our house so the furnace gets a little break.

I went out to take these pictures today. The light fluffy snow was easy to shovel yesterday, but the snow is so high on the sides of our driveway that I had to pick the shovel up as high as my shoulders to clear it off!!! Henry insists on putting his face in the snow so this is how he looks when he comes in. It takes me about 10 minutes to get all the snow out of his feet and out of his long leg hair.