In Adam's Sleep

The other night I was woke up by a noise.  The noise came from one of the boys.  I laid in bed trying to figure out if I needed to get up.  Adam had already talked and walked in his sleep, so I thought that was out of his system.  I heard it again.  Is someone sick? No, it's not the right sound.  I heard it again.  Wait....is someone crying?   What?!  So, I get up and check Adam first, turns out that is where the noise is coming from.  I open his door to see him sitting on his bed, doubled over in laughter.  I tell him to lay down, so he does, but continues to giggle. 

I sure do wish I knew what he was dreaming about.

Toothless

We went to Grandma and Grandpa W's this past weekend.  Austin lost a tooth each day we were there.  I joke with him that if we had stayed longer he would have left toothless.  These are the 13th and 14th teeth he has lost.
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The other weekend Austin was having a pain.  He told me I should call Carol since she is a nurse.  I had already done this, but she didn't know much about this area (ortho)  I explained to him that she was Oncology.  He said, "Oh, is that one of those nurses that doesn't go to College?"  I was so confused, but then I heard it like he did "Un-College-y"  I don't think I will ever hear that word the same again.

Sometimes Austin really surprises us!  He is able to wear jeans and a t-shirt to school but every now and then he dresses like this...

I'm not sure what inspires him to wear a tie and suit coat to school and certain days, but I will not argue!  I think he looks quite handsome. 

Without Him Knowing....

We have started the process of orthodontics.  Adam is VERY crowded and the orthodontist suggested we have 2 teeth removed in order to give a little space in his mouth.  I made the appointment a while back, and it came up on us this week.

I took Adam to the Dentist office and he acted very calm and cook in the waiting room.  I was a nervous mess inside-for him.  The dental assistant came and got him.  He hadn't been back very long and she told me he was done.  WOW!!  I walked with her to go back and see him.  She stopped me before we got within ear shot of Adam.  She told me that the teeth were out, but he did not know it yet.  The dentist apparently came in, "wiggled" the teeth to see how loose they were.  They then told Adam that put magic gauze on his teeth and when they pull that out the teeth would be gone.  They told him all this because when he got out of my range he got very nervous and they found this calms kids down.  He didn't know that what he was told was a story until we were half way home. 

 The root on the one tooth is so long I don't know how he didn't know more, but I'm glad he didn't.

Both teeth are lower teeth, they are m and r (for my future reference-I can look them up later ;)

These are the 9th and 10th teeth that Adam has lost.

Concerts

 It is getting to be the end of the school year.   This is the time when the boys schedules fill up with concerts.  They get to show what they have been working so hard on at school. 

Adam has had 3 concerts in the past week.

 First we had the Spring concert at school. (This group is a bit smaller than normal, some of the other kids had sports to go to.) These are the Eagle Singers. They sang a few songs they have been working on.  They did a great job!  Adam is in the middle row third from the right.

 Then later in the week Adam was in the all city concert.  (Look how many kids are on stage!!  I couldn't get them all in the picture~Adam is just to the left of the mic on the second row down)

Here is a closer picture.

These kids did an amazing concert.  They did the same songs that they did for the other concert earlier in the week. 

At the winter concert Adam's school group sang a song in Swahili.  This time they sang a song in Hebrew.  I love that they work other languages into the concerts!  A song was done, that Mom says she remembers listening to that song on the radio when she was a young girl (Catch a falling star), The one that stands out to me was the indoor rainstorm we had!!  :)  The kids used their bodies to make the sounds of a rainstorm.  Rubbing hands, snapping, clapping, patting legs, and jumping for thunder.  Adam was so pleased he was one of the thunder kids.

 Adam's music teacher Ms. Lendvay.  She is a wonderful teacher.  She has enough energy for about 3 people. Her love for music is contagious!  Eagle Singers would meet before school at 8 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  If Adam happened to be sluggish getting ready for school on those mornings, all I had to do was mention Eagle Singers and he would kick it up at notch and get ready much faster!

I sometimes get the opportunity to say  hi to Adam while he is at lunch.  A few months ago the opportunity came, as I went to his table I found he was not there.  I asked his friend where he was and he told me the music teacher got him and took him to her room to talk to him.  My first thought was, "oh no!!  What happened??"  A few minutes later he came out with a paper that invited him to play in the local University's Orff for Elementary and Middle schoolers.  I wasn't sure what Orff was, but decided I would look it up that evening.  Looked like fun so I signed him up.

 They did singing-All is Russian.

They danced~These pictures did not turn out great since they were moving way too fast!!

 Adam played the xylophone for 2 songs.

They also played recorders.  However, Monday Adam took his to practice, but lost it somewhere in the music building.   We thought he would find it when we went tot he concert, but sadly he did not.  He did not mind.  He just sang the part he was suppose to play.  It was Okay--I love his easy going attitude!

Ms. Lendvay~Thank you for inviting Adam to this.  He loved every minute of it! Thank you for being an inspiration, and sharing your energy for music.  I know Adam has felt it this year!  :)

Easter Eggs

It is Easter time!  For years we have dyed eggs with the boys at Easter.  I wondered this year if the boys would feel they were too old to be doing "such things."

Friday after Adam got out of school (Austin had the day off for Good Friday, Adam and I had to go for snow make up days) we got together with Grace and colored eggs.

 I really think the boys like to help show Grace new things-like how to color eggs.

 But this year, we have Jason.  Jason had never colored eggs before, so the boys were able to show him how it is done as well.

 The eggs turned out in very vibrant colors!  We have stopped using the kits you buy and doing vinegar and food coloring.  The colors are much brighter, and it uses items that are usually in the kitchen anyhow.

 Adam tried to act out the Humpty Dumpty story with his eggs.

Here is his poor Humpty.  He looks a little beaten and battered from his fall.

This year was the most stress free egg coloring that I can remember.  The boys knew what to do, and I could just stand back and watch them have fun!

Payment

A few things to know about Adam.  He LOVES his screen time (we have to put limits on this child), and his teeth are very crowded.

Recently, the orthodontist suggested that we have some teeth extracted due to crowding.  I made the appointment and we are waiting.

The other day, Adam was eating something  and he mentioned that a certain way he bit,  it made his tooth loose.  I told him to work on that.  (I'm thinking, if he can get it out then I won't have to pay for the extraction)

I told him if he gets the tooth out before the extraction date I would give him $10!  He looked at me and said, "How does that convert to screen time?"

I told him it would be an extra hour.

He was very excited and walked away working on that tooth.