Comedy Styling of Andrew Davis

Judy and I were discussing the jeffnjudy site and I mentioned that I should probably post some stories of Andrew.  The one thing that I noticed is that Ben is the one that usually says the off the wall stuff that I usually post.  I started to analyze why there wasn’t more post with Andrew and it came down to comedy stylings between the two.

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:

Taekwondo lessons paying off

The boys have recently started with Taekwondo lessons and they’ve come out swinging.  I am proud to say that their first exposure to Karate Kid was with Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita (although they love the Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan version too).  They were so excited to hear about us signing them up for Taekwondo lessons.  Not exactly Karate but close enough for them.  Like other kids trying out new sports, we threw in the disclaimer that this is a trial run and we wouldn’t officially sign them up unless they really wanted to continue.

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.

Surgery day

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.

Kindergarten Spelling Bee

The great thing about Kindergarten is the innocence and honesty of learning at that age.  From the drawings, imaginations and their spelling.  At that age you can almost see the world through their eyes by the drawings they bring home from School and the many other small projects and assignments.

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

==> Check Your Answers <==

Write a comment and let us know how you did.

Kindergarten Dictionary

Did you take the challenge?

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 .