a video and some pictures

my son in three parts.

the first is a message he left on our answering machine, letting us know he would be eating at a friends’ house. i like how he tells me who he is, in case i’d already forgotten.

the next is a picture that he drew, along with a special note on the back for me. he put it all into an envelope, addressed it to me and put it on my bed side. i love when kids start writing sentences and they spell phonetically, it’s the best.

take notice on this first picture, he’s pointing out the fact that he is a boy.

(this is new thing, hello kitty said it’s ok. she’s an art teacher so that’s how she knows.)

a big event tonight, he lost his first official tooth! he was in the shower, finishing up by brushing his teeth. i opened the door to help him floss and noticed one of his teeth was missing. i looked down, and there it lay. the golden tooth, on the shower floor.

he hadn’t even noticed it came out, which was surprising due to the million questions he has asked since we realized they were loose. such as, “will it hurt?”, “what will it feel like–like a shot?”, and did i mention, “will it hurt?”

his top teeth were removed by the dentist, i won’t go into why lest a handsome man in texas has another weak monkey.

the one right next to it is loose too, so it’s officially on.

he was in the middle of his “i lost a tooth dance”.

he lost that second one this morning (again while brushing his teeth), it was exciting and i didn’t have to fight with him to go to school.