The other night ,Finding Bigfoot was on right before bed time.  It was getting kind of late so during a commercial we told the boys to brush their teeth and they can come back to watch the ending.  Since the boys were dinking around when they should have been brushing, it was taking them longer than normal.

Dad saw opportunity . . .

* Dad walking into the bathroom

Dad:  Boys, you missed it.  They found Bigfoot!

* The brushing stopped and the look on their face was priceless.  Wish I had the camera handy.

It took Ben a second but by now, they both know Dad’s humor.  They stopped dinking around so that they could watch the last part of the show (just to make sure).  Let the hunt continue . . .

Ben’s sense of humor comes from the things he says.  Mom and Dad tend to get a good chuckle from what he says or asks.  These are often easier to post about.  Andrew, on the other hand, his comedy stylings is more physical comedy.  Whether he is dancing or making a funny face, he keeps Mom & Dad smiling.

His comedy is harder to capture in a blog post so instead, I took a peek back at some photos to grab some examples.  Along with the funny faces, funny poses, he also has an infectious laugh that makes us laugh a little extra harder at some of his bits.  Enjoy the comedy stylings of Andrew:

The first session was great and both boys came home excited.  They were began to eye the “official” uniforms and were asking . . .”when do we get uniforms?”

The trial period was 4 sessions and they loved it from the start.  At the begin of their 4th session, we invested in the uniforms as it was obvious this was something they wanted to pursue with a passion.

A few weeks later we could tell that the lessons were paying off.  In this time period, Andrew had his tonsil surgery.  When the doctor came out to give us an update, she asked,

Doctor:  Does Andrew play soccer?

Mom:  Not soccer but he is in Taekwondo.

Doctor:  That explains it . . . he has a great kick!

Ooops, his self defense instincts must have kicked in.  Hope he didn’t come out of anesthesia kicking and punching

As he was recovering, Andrew was able to sleep in Mom & Dad’s bed so that Mom could monitor him at night and provide the nightly pain medication.  Ben was a bit jealous (even though we did the same thing for him a couple of years back).  Since Dad was kicked out of his spot, he crashed with Ben that night.  In the middle of the night Dad woke up with a jab to the stomach . . . shortly after, a kick to the chest . . . finally waking up wondering what’s going on, Dad stopped the upcoming blow to the face and quickly yelled out:

Dad:  BEN!!! *while holding Ben’s foot, inches from his face*

Ben:  *immediately waking up* oh, sorry dad . . . *rolling over and going back to bed*

In asking about this the next morning, he explained that he had a dream that kids were chasing him at the playground and was trying to kick them when they started going after him.  :D

Definitely getting our money’s worth.

Judy:  ”umm, where are you at?”

Me: “I’m about 3 minutes out.”

Judy:  ”You might want to hurry home, Andrew is spitting up some blood.”

As if I needed an excuse to break the speed limit.  Luckily no troopers on the way home so by the time I got there, Auntie Leslie was on her way to pick up Ben and Judy was ready to go.  Andrew was surprisingly calm.  I think he was handling it better than Ben, as Ben probably remembered his experience.  Off to the Emergency Department . . .

Today (October 12th) is surgery day for Andrew. He is having his tonsils out just like his big brother did. His recovery time will be about two weeks so we were able to get a collection of homework while he is out of school.

Mom and dad are probably more nervous about his procedure than he is. He is our tough little guy.

I will try to update this post on how everything is going.

5:50 am
Wake up call for Andrew.
Andrew: *in a sleepy voice* Dad, what day is it today?
Dad: It’s Wednesday.
Andrew: Only two more days for Star Wars the Clone Wars.

His favorite show that comes on every Friday. I was expecting him to mention his surgery but it was Star Wars.

6:30 am
Checked in. Andrew scored some stickers at the front desk and the check-in desk.

7:00 am
Andrew: *looking around in the waiting area* When are we going to go?
I think he is looking forward to going back to sleep.

7:30
Back in the waiting area. Andrew gets a new friend…Cubbie (beanie baby). Meeting with the staff that will be performing the surgery. So far so good. He is given a choice on flavors for his mask. Mom and dad are not surprised that he picks cotton candy. No cameras allowed! Nurse takes a picture with Andrew decked out in his scrubs.

7:50
Still waiting. Nurse brings dad some scrubs since dad will be going back with Andrew. Dad is appreciating the no camera policy.

8:15
Walking back to the OR. Resident makes a comment on how cute Andrew is, walking and soaking everything in. Dad walks to the OR with Andrew. He doesn’t want to hold dad’s hand…he’s a big boy.

8:20
Anesthesiologist puts Andrew at ease with a story about cotton candy…dad almost falls asleep from the story. Andrew dozes off with no issues.

8:25
Procedure starts. Mom and dad waiting…….

9:03
Procedure done. Out of the OR, waiting for them to call us back.

10:15
Andrew is waking up and is eating a Popsicle. Nurse informed us that we will be here until 1:00.

10:30
Ice cream + Rango on the TV. Recovery is going well. He’s definitely a trooper. Nurse is great, chit chatting about Alaska. For the record, she brought it up first….

12:50
Given the okay to head home.  Andrew immediately sits up and tries to “help” take out the I.V. and pulse monitor.  I think he is looking forward to going home.

1:00
Time for a ride in the wheelchair.  Feeling a bit dizzy from the medication and laying down all morning, he has a choice to be carried by dad or wheeled in the wheel chair.  He hesitates but chooses the wheelchair.  Dad is happy with that decision.

1:20
Home sweet home!  Thanks for the well wishes, time to recover.

The other day we were running around and had to exchange some items at Kohl’s.  The idea was to get in and out and not spend too much time, or hopefully money.  As we pulled into the parking lot, both Ben and Andrew got excited and screamed out “Kohl’s!  We can pick up some puzzles!’

Since we were on a time crunch, Mom politely said, “Um, probably not.”

Benjamin’s response . . .  ”Did you hear that Andrew, she said ‘Probably’.  That’s good, right?”

That made us smile.  Based off that response, we were going to let them pick up a puzzle or two.  Too bad they didn’t have any in stock

This year, the Kindergarten class at Pinewood Elementary worked on a book called “All About Me” where the kids in the class wrote a little something about themselves.

Here is the challenge . . . Write down how you think the following words would be spelled by a Kindergartner and then check your answers with the link below.  Remember . . . throw out all the rules of spelling and spell it exactly how it sounds . . . have fun!

1. Doctor
2. Noodles
3. Color
4. Brothers
5. Nurse
6. Scientist
7. Strudel
8. Purple
9. Pizza
10. Police Officer
11. Policeman
12. Car Racer

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Here are the answers

1. DOCTOR – dockter
2. NOODLES – noodols
3. COLOR – cular
4. BROTHERS – bruthars or bruthers
5. NURSE – ners
6. SCIENTIST – sintist or sientest
7. STRUDEL – strodl
8. PURPLE – prplp or perpal
9. PIZZA – peesa
10. POLICE OFFICER – pels ofisr
11. POLICEMAN – poleesman
12. CAR RACER – car wrcer

Here is Andrew’s entry for the “All About Me” book:

We are trying to keep up with the creative writing skills through the summer so we are having the boys keep a Summer Journal.  For Andrew, the spelling is less important than the writing itself.  He is so proud of his journal entries and we are proud parents when we see the joy on his face when telling us about what he wrote.

Benjamin is also enjoying the Summer Journals along with doing a Summer Reading Log.  They get to pick out a new Lego after X number of minutes read . . . I’ve never seen a boy so excited to read .

When Dad dropped them off the next morning, the concerned Auntie wanted to see how things went:

Oh, did I mention that they had a full examination?  I quickly explained this to Auntie to break up the awkwardness

I wasn’t surprised at this answer based off of Judy’s story of the appointment . . .

After sitting in the waiting room for over an hour, the boys finally got a chance to go back to the examination room.  Since it was  a full checkup, their heights were measured and weights taken.  The exam consisted of the usual, heart, pulse, lungs, reflexes, etc . . .

Once the preliminary checks were done the doctor looked at Ben and said, go ahead and take off your pants.  Ben immediately looked at Mom with confusion.  Mom reassured him that it was okay and as he began to take of his pants, Mom further explained . . . “she just needs to examine your privates”.  This was followed by a wide-eyed Benjamin taking a double take at Mom and the Doctor.

When it was all said and done, Judy and the boys walked out of the Clinic with a prescription for allergies that we were looking for and an unexpected experience for the boys.

Even though the boys shared this story with Dad when he got home, Dad was not expecting them to share this story with Auntie when asked about their allergy appointment.  Here is to an allergy symptom-free summer!