David's First Dance

How totally adorable!  The fourth grader's in David's school have been learning some dance moves as part of their P.E. curriculum.  This morning was the big dance day to show off what they've learned ...just in time to be ready for tomorrow night's "Family Valentine's Day Dance" at school. 

Of course I forgot to bring my camera so I had to settle with using my cell phone.  Most came out blurry (I should read my phone manual!) so my apologies.

David danced with 4 girls (haha, only a mom would count) plus me ..and with "the guys" of course.  They danced the waltz, fox trot, salsa, group dance, conga, and free style.  We all had fun (the parents were invited to one dance with their child).

Oh, they were so cute!!  The awkwardness and such were priceless.  Anyway, here they are:

Girl #1

Girl #2

Girl #3

Girl #4

Snack break with "the guys"

Low, low, low, low, ...

He's in the center somewhere

The finale!

First Day of School

It's official.  We have a 1st and 4th grader in the house!  Yeap, today was the first day back to school for these munchkins.  Hallelujah!!  Yes, you read that right.  I'm so glad they're back!  This summer was exhausting!!  I'll have to catch up on the happenings later.  Anyway, they were pretty happy with their teachers.  David actually got the teacher he wanted.  Sophia described her teacher as funny and nice.  Happy that they're off to a good start.  Speaking of start, last night my home teachers came over to give the kids a blessing to start off the school year.  It was a last minute indirect request (facebooked a wife to hint to her hubby, my HT) and they came through for us!  Actually one of the men was our official home teacher while the other came to fill-in for the other.  Both I'm sure were tired and ready for bed but they came to see to our need first.  Love the priesthood!  Thanks Brother F. and C.!  You guys are awesome!!  I even sneaked in for a blessing too. :)  ..btw, Steven wasn't in the mood for company so he was off in another room playing and missed the whole event. 

We were cutting it very close to making it on time for school so these were the only snaps that I was able to manage getting before we took off.  I have a few of Sophia in her class on my phone but I haven't figured out how to upload pictures from there yet. Anywho, here are our cuties!! :D

Our cool 4th grader.

Yes, she had to sport her Justin Bieber shirt ..she's growing too fast!

Firsts

David had his first judo injury today.  He went to judo class with his dad this morning and David tells me that he did something wrong when he did a roll.  He was in great pain so Dave took him to urgent care.  David came home with a brace similar to this Googled image (he didn't want his picture taken).  He said that the doctor told him that he suffered a small crack on his clavicle.  It should heal on its own but he's to see an orthopedist for further assessment.  David's in no pain now ..it actually subsided while he was in the urgent care waiting room.  In fact, at this very moment he's playing Wii with such gusto!

Also a first today was Sophia's full blown hug with a random boy!  While Dave and David was at judo, Sophia, Steven and I were at church stake conference.  About the last 20 minutes or so of the session, a boy in front of us was lured to our aisle by Sophia's drawing board.  Sophia didn't mind sharing it with him.  At the end of the conference, the boy's mother and I discovered that they were hugging.  Sophia's face buried on the boy's chest, both kids' arms wrapped tightly around each other.  So cute and scary at the same time for me (I thought the boy was at least a couple of years older and I suppose I jumped 20 years ahead).  The boy's mother however beamed and voiced adoration.  She kept saying how cute Sophia was.  Then we went on our way.  Apparently the boy chased after Sophia and when he finally caught up with her, they hugged again.  Mother and I then introduced each other and our kids.  Although no numbers were exchanged in the brief conversation, a play date might be up ahead ...Sophia wants to track him down!  She definitely wants to see Spencer again.  Aww, the joys of childhood.  ~Oh by the way, the boy turns out to also be 5 years old ... he's just tall for his age. 

Oh my, my kiddos are growing up! 

(images acquired through Google Images)

I can ride a bike!

Yeay, finally David can ride a bike!  Out of the blue too.  He hasn't been practicing.  Though a few weeks ago when his Uncle Neil was in town, he gave him lessons but David didn't pick it up then.  It looks like playing video games (Wii) paid off.  He said he got the idea of "boost start" from playing Speed Racer and thought he'd apply it to bike riding.  It apparently worked!  Congratulations, Son!  ~Now, if I can get Steven potty trained ...

Worst mother ever!

Little David had NOT turned in his first lost tooth to the Tooth Fairy last night and I about threw it down the kitchen sink this morning!! I had forgotten that he kept his tooth in his lunch pail (the tooth came out during lunch at school yesterday) and this morning I cleaned it out ... shaking off the crumbs into the sinkful of dishes. Later I realized that his tooth was there and I gasped! Panic strickened I searched through the dishes and used a strainer to dump out the water collected from the bowls. No luck, just plenty of mozzarella cheese and such. Turning pale, nauseous, and feeling like the worst mother ever by the second, Dave asked if I had found it. When I hadn't, he pulled up his sleeves and bare handed he stuck his hand into the disposal in a disgusting search for the tooth. Meanwhile, I was hanging by thin ice with racing thoughts of what I'm going to do without a tooth for the Tooth Fairy. Is there a tooth on Ebay, Craigslist, etc. that I can purchase and receive within 6hrs (when David returns from school)? Should I pretty-package an empty box saying that his tooth was in there? Can I make-shift a tooth? I don't know!! I was going crazy!! So back to Dave, when no luck was found in the disposal he went back to my strainer. My savior!! It was there after all! He roared with laughter when I told him that I must have thought it was a piece of mozzarella cheese!! Whew!!! That certainly jump started my day!! My heart is still pounding!!

Tooth Fairy night

My seven year old finally lost his first tooth! Wonder what the Tooth Fairy will leave for him under his pillow tonight?