Addie's incredible solo

Last night Addie got to perform her solo during the concert called Earthworms Make America Great. The performers were the entire kindergarten and first grade classes at her school (about 120 kids). They sang for 30 minutes straight. Addie had her solo and I have to tell you that my heart was beating out of my chest with nerves for her, but like a true champion, she rocked it.

The kids were supposed to wear white t-shirts and jeans. They had all colored individual earthworms that were pinned to their shirts.

These are stills from the performance.

Each song had choreographed moves, which some kids did more enthusiastically than others. Addie, though, stole the show as expected.

Oh yeah, feel that.

We videotaped each song, so I will post them on Youtube too. You will be so impressed, even with the non-Addie parts!

First tooth!

Ben lost his first tooth this afternoon!! Not quite as we would have liked it-- he had to have a molar pulled because of an abscess. The good news is that the got to take it home so tonight the Tooth Fairy can give him some lovin'. Here's the tooth- holy smokes look at the roots on that bad boy!!! Yowzers!

And then look at that little face-- he looks like he got into a brawl between the rollerskating scratch and the gauze!

It took no more than 4 minutes once he was numb! He is SUCH a trooper with dental work. We go back in two weeks to get him fitted for a spacer, which will hold the space for when his grown-up molar comes in. It's essentially a piece of metal connected to a loop which fits around the molar behind where the one today was.

What happens when a 5 year old....

is rollerskating in Muddy and Guppy's basement and turns around quickly with his cheek meeting a shelf.

The good news is that he WAS wearing his helmet.

Ben the builder

Benjamin has taken to building with his Timber Tumble (aka knock off Jenga) blocks. Here are two of his creations.

He was so excited to show how he managed to have the blocks lean against each other, etc.

It's like stone henge in little blocks.

Fancy

Brian and I got to go to a black tie fundraising gala on Friday night, while Addie and Ben spent the night at Muddy and Guppy's house. We even bought Brian a tuxedo finally, so we never have to rent another one!

Hey, Aunt Kim!

Look! It's not the post about the bottle anymore!

Lesson learned

In case anyone was ever curious about what it looks like when you suck the air out of a bottle for a long time.

It's virtually a hickey mustache...aye caramba. He realizes that's not a good choice ever.again.

Addie's school play

Room 109 has been practicing a play for the past week. Each student was assigned a character and the teacher grouped kids together to perform the play. They've rehearsed a lot and today was the grand performance.

Addie's group was first.

After watching all of the other groups perform as well, all I can say is how hard it must be for the teacher to have such a broad range of abilities in the class. There were some groups where, in total 100% honesty, I couldn't tell what language the kids were speaking- if one at all. It was really surprising.

Overall though, my daughter rocked it like a superstar. I like how you can see Addie lip sync all of the other people's roles too.
For some reason it's no loading, so you'll have to go to Youtube to see it.
http://youtu.be/EUf5EIvCGd4

Tough to believe...

but Sprinkle and Sparkle are still going strong!! I guess that very delicate eco-system was a load of baloney! I swear each day I ask Addie very hesistantly, "are they still alive?"

Happy birthday to my little brother Jeremy today too! Welcome to the 30s!!