8th Birthday

Since we had a big celebration in CA for Andrew, we were just having a small one here at home. With a choice of any sweet treat he wanted, he chose to have ice cream sundaes instead of a cake. 

So with this untraditional approach it was only fitting that instead of candles, this is what he wanted to do...

After that he had the idea to do another stunt...a bit messier this time...

And for the grand finale, as we were enjoying our ice cream, he asked if he could stick his face in his ice cream..."sure!" Here is what preceded to happen...

Andrew is such a fun and adventurous kid. He always keeps us guessing and keeps life fun an interesting. Eight is a big birthday. Baptism is a week away, and cub scouts starts in a few days. I knew the time would come when we had 3 scouts...it just felt like it came so fast. 

We love you Andrew, and we are so excited for everything that is to come!

"I pulled out my tooth ALL BY MYSELF!"

We were driving to meet a friend of mine and this happened on the way. Luckily I had Matthew in the front seat with me and I put him on camera duty so I didn't have to stop driving. At first Andrew was in the backseat telling me that his tooth hurt. I asked if it was loose and he said, "kind of". But to my surprise I hear, "I just pulled out my tooth! All by myself!!!" Andrew was so, SO proud of himself and kept saying, "Daddy will be so impressed!" He was very cute about it.

And just to be clear, the new hole is the one on the top. This is the 8th tooth that Drew has lost!

Andrew The Red-Nosed Reindeer...

While riding his scooter down the neighbor's driveway he hit a rock and face-planted into the concrete. I'm glad that this is ALL that happened! So now he has to sport a scabby nose for a while. I think I'll wait to take our yearly family picture until it heals. He's still cute!

The "Fourth"

Andrew and I talking while driving to go grocery shopping. So cute. Classic Andrew:

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Andrew: Mommy...do you know what the fourth is?

Me: Yep I do.

Andrew: Well what is it?

Me: When you're counting and you count 1-2-3-4...the one that is #4 is the fourth.

Andrew: Nope. That's not it.

Me: Really? (At this point I'm only listening to him half way...at least until he said this...)

Andrew: Pretend I'm Obi-wan-kenobi...and the window is down, and there is a bad guy over there. I'm going to use the fourth to win a fight with him.

(By now I am holding back my laughter...see, Andrew has a lisp. All of his "S" sounds come out as "th".)

Me: Ohhhhh...ok. I get it now........

Andrew: The fourth gives you power!

Me: (Quiet for a sec) Lets practice your "S" sounds again ok? Say "sssssssss"...now say "forsssssss".

All About Dinosaurs:

Drew makes me laugh. Here is one of our conversations on the way to pick up the boys from school...so cute!

Andrew: Mom...dinosaurs are all killed right?...And they live at the museum?

Mom: Yep! Dinosaurs are extinct.

Andrew: Yeah...they ARE pretty smelly!

He's Not Afraid of Water Anymore!

Before going "swimming" for Andrew meant walking into the pool waist (maybe shoulder) deep. He took 1 session of swim lessons (6 weeks) and viola...his fear is busted! Whew...I was starting to get worried. Now he's just like the other boys and just goes for it. Lily is actually following suit now and has started to want to jump in the water too. Here are some fun pics of the first day that he jumped into the pool without one of us there to catch him. Go Drew!!!

These are 3 separate jumps. I love the puffed out cheeks and the great poses that he does.

Treasure!!!

Andrew now has a "cool stuff" collection. He has his treasure box and whenever he finds something cool enough it gets put inside. He asked me to take this picture of him. So cute.