Today is Thanksgiving and we had a great dinner at Ama's house. The boys and I played wii Party... and shockingly, I won!
On Halloween Night Gabriel lost his very first tooth... but apparently he ate it with his Halloween candy so he had to put a note under his pillow telling the Tooth Fairy that he literally 'lost' it. Then today on Thanksgiving Day Gabriel lost his second tooth! He keeps losing them on holidays. This time he didn't swallow it though. During dinner he just calmly came over to me and said "Look what I did." and he was holding his tooth. Apparently he pulled it out himself. So he's our holiday tooth-loser while Cameron is our vacation tooth-loser.... he lost a tooth a the beach (twice I think), he's lost his tooth at the cabin and he lost a tooth at Great Wolf Lodge. Dylan just loses them on non-holidays and non-vacation days. :) Gabriel is super excited to finally stick a tooth under his pillow.
Gabriel will be starting wrestling in about a week and a half. Dylan and Cam are still doing cub scouts and Cam is still also playing the guitar. Cameron has been taking guitar lessons for only 3 months and he is doing fantastic! He is at the level that most adults reach at around 6 months. I got an email from his guitar teacher the other day that said:
"While I'm thinking about it.. I know I have mentioned before how
happy I am with Cameron's progress, and I'm sure you can appreciate it,
but he has a true gift! I've probably had about 400 students over the
past 11 years and he really stands out! I expect every student to hit a
wall at some point when other stuff comes up and they don't have the
time to practice as much, but if he keeps this up he has the making of a
Grade A musician! I really look forward to our lesson all week! I've been meaning to email you for a while about it." - Brent
Dylan's teacher this year, Miss Schin, is wonderful. She is helping Dylan working on speaking goals and rewarding him. She said that his participation has drastically increased over the last week and a half. He has also started on 5mg of Prozac a day. He's been on it about 2 1/2 weeks now. He seems so much happier and calmer - yet I don't think the medicine can take effect that fast, can it? He laughs at things that usually make him super angry. Regardless of whether it's the medication or not, I love seeing him more relaxed.
Can't remember if I wrote it yet or not, but Dylan's mole biopsy came back ok. They said it was an abnormal mole, but that it wasn't anything dangerous. They just said to keep an eye on it just to make sure it doesn't come back since they didn't get it all, but for the most part there is nothing to worry about. It's healing good although it itches him sometimes.
11/12/12
Gabriel (instead of 'oh say can you see, by the dawns early light'):
OH SAY CAN YOU SEE. THE DOCTORS AT NIGHT.
10/31/12
An eventful Halloween day for
Gabriel. First he went to school and then we had lunch with Ama. On the
way to lunch I called the dr because Gabriel's entire body was covered
in a rash head to toe. After lunch we went to the dr and found out he's
allergic to the Amoxacillian that he was taking for his sinus infection
(he missed 4 days of school last week because of the sinus infection).
Then after we went to the dr Caden and Caleb came over. Around 5pm
Gabriel said that he doesn't want to be a fireman for Trick or Treat -
he wants to be a policeman.... Trick or Treat starts at 6 (one hour!). I
quickly threw together a policeman outfit (using Cam's cub scout
uniform, some police toys, printed images off the computer and face
paint). After trick or treating I looked at Gabriel and said "Where's
your tooth??".... apparently he lost his very
first tooth -- and literally 'lost' it. I'm guessing he ate it with a
piece of his Halloween Candy. We wrote a note to the tooth fairy and put
it under his pillow. What a day!
Yesterday
and the day before school was closed because of Hurricane Sandy.
Luckily it only brought wind and a little rain. Nothing major like they
had predicted. Although NYC and NJ got hit really hard. Shockingly we
didn't even lose power. We have a nice supply of flashlights now though!
Everyone went into full disaster prep mode - all the stores were sold
out of flashlights, oil lamps, D batteries, generators, water etc. The
kids were SO bummed that we didn't lose power. They were really looking
forward to it.
Dylan
made his own Gravedigger Monster Truck costume with working headlights
and I made Cam an M&M costume. Dylan won 3rd place in the 4th and
5th grade costume contest at Red Mill and won 'Most Original' at the cub
scout Halloween Party. Cam won 'Funniest Costume' at the cub scout
party.
10/17/12
Dylan had a biopsy at the
dermatologist today for a black mole on his right rear. We'll find out
the results in about a week. Poor Dylan, it was a looooong, painful shot
of Novocain. After he got the shot he bolted off the table crying
saying that he's "Not doing it!" He pulled away and put his clothes on
while we begged him to let the dr finish. He already did the hard part
(the shot) and now they just needed to remove the mole. The dr and nurse
left the room for a few minutes and I calmed Dylan down. He agreed to
let them finish and I agreed to buy him a Hot Wheels
Ballistic and take him for lunch anywhere he wanted to go. It only took
a minute to remove the mole and he was fine the rest of the day. We
stopped at Target to get his Hot Wheels and had lunch in the cafe there -
yummy chicken tenders and Bullseye BBQ
Sauce.
10/14/12
We've had a busy week! Last weekend was Cameron's 8th
birthday! How can he be 8 already?? It feels like he just turned 5. He
had a great birthday party with a dolphin theme. He made his own cake
and did a great job! For his birthday we got him his own digital camera,
a dolphin blanket, a dolphin stuffed animal and Mario Party 9 for wii.
Me, Chan and Ama also got him tickets to spend a few hours playing with
dolphins at the Baltimore Aquarium! Mimi got a hotel for Cam and I for
the trip. We had a GREAT time!! It was nice to spend the night in the
hotel with just Cam and I. One on one time. It had an indoor pool so we
got to swim together and played vollyball in the pool. Then the next day
we walked to the aquarium and he got to play with a dolphin named
Spirit. It was a really nice trip!
10/4/12
Cameron and Gabriel predicted their future tonight.
Cameron
said he's going to have a boy and a girl (the boy first) and the girls
name will be Sara and the boys name will be Bob or Steve. Cameron's
wife's name will be Susan. One kid will have blue eyes and one will have
green.
Gabriel
said his wife's name will be 'Rope' and they're going to have two boys.
Both will have blue eyes. One will have curly hair and one will have
straight hair. One will have freckles. He's going to name them both
Gabriel, but if he had a girl he'd name her Alayna.
9/27/12
All three boys had school today. Since Gabriel is only half day Mimi
took him over to play with Emmett and Juliet today. I went and bougHt
stuff for Cameron's birthday cake - Gum paste to decorate his 'under the
sea' cake. And bought things for mom's 64th birthday present. I had
lots of friends and family write a memory for mom for her birthday. Then
Dylan had environmental club and after that Cameron had guitar lessons.
9/20/12
Cam got his 3 page Goo Goo Dolls
song tonight at guitar. It's funny because as he was playing it he said
"Wow, it sounds like a real song. Not at all like a lullaby." I said
"Why would you think it was a lullaby?" He said "Because it's the Goo
Goo Dolls". I started to laugh. It never occurred to me that he doesn't
know that they are a rock band made up of grown men... the name made him
think it was a baby song. lol. Then I was thinking back to how he has
heard me tell people that I can't believe his first song will be a Goo
Goo Dolls song -- he was probably thinking that I was shocked he'd be
playing such a babyish song when it's actually the complete opposite. It
is a pretty song though - it's mellow. Cameron's instructor said it's
the song he always played in high school that made the girls swoon. Just
what Cam needs -
haha. I'm super happy that Cam loves guitar and is picking it up so
quickly. I love listening to him play.
Then Cameron said, matter-of-factly, "I think I'm just a guitar kind of man!"
9/16/12
June 2012:
The
other day when I was cleaning out Gabriel's nose and pulled out an
entire mint leaf. I said "There is a leaf in your nose!!" and he just
casually said "I thought that might be there. I just wanted to get a
good smell of it." 
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