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!!!

Snow Again!!!

Ashton had a fun day today since it snowed again today. Of course he was excited that he didn't have to go to school today and he got to go to work with me instead. He watched movies pretty much all day and played in the snow only for a little bit. When we were getting ready to leave he saw this big ice cycle hanging off the bottom of the truck and he just had to hold it.

The letter "P"

It is the letter "P" this week at school and Ashton had to dress like a pirate today. Do you know how hard it is to find pirate clothes when it's not Hallowen. I lucked out a bit and did find him some pirate stuff at Party City. We just had to put the clothes together at home. Needless to say he was pretty easy to get up this morning to get dressed for school.

Snow

It snowed this week and Ashton thought it was just amazing. He thought that it was going to stick but was highly disappointed when he discovered that it wasn't.

Paramedic Bound

Well, Nathan has finally gotten registered for the paramedic program. He will be starting on this Friday. He is pumped about starting and getting that out of the way for good. Hopefully it will take only 9 months to finish although he has 12 months to complete it. He will be very busy with working and going to school full time but it will be worth it once he's done.

I will try to get some more pictures posted soon!!!