Orange Belt Graduation

This is his main karate teacher, Mr. Kelley.

Ashton is saying "OK mom, enough with the pics".

He's trying to give a thumbs up!!!

Tonight was Ashton's belt graduation at USA Karate. He tested for his orange belt this time. They have a test every 2 months. They make a very big deal out of each graduation. I learned the hard way when he tested for his yellow belt about this big deal. I had a camera but no video camera except for what is on my digital camera which of course is not good for long time recording. Anyway, I felt very much like a bad parent for not being better prepared, so of course this time I brought both cameras. I would post more video but it is way too long.

The tooth came out!!!

Yes!!! the tooth has come out on it's own. I picked Ashton up from school today and he was so excited to tell me his tooth came out during lunch. He said he thought it was part of his pretzel and when he spit it out, after not being able to chew it up, he said he saw blood come out of his mouth. He said it didn't scare him, he thought it was so cool. And yes, I do realize the pic of him has his middle finger sticking up, lol.

Loose Teeth

OK, I am officially freaking out about this. Last night when I was helping Ashton brush his teeth I just happened to notice that he has 2 loose teeth, 1 on top and 1 on the bottom. He seems to think that this is really cool but I have a major problem with it. First of all it doesn't seem right that he is old enough to even have loose teeth. Second, I am totally freaked out about the whole teeth falling out thing. I was grossed out about it when I was little and I am still slightly grossed out about it. You see I have dreams a lot that my teeth are falling out and from what I understand there is a meaning to this type of dream, (according to some sort of dream expert). Needless to say I am not looking forward to going down this road just yet, although I am keenly aware that as a parent I have no choice but to go down this road. It is inevitable. I'll have to keep you all updated as to how and when they will come out. God Help Me!!!