Sunday, November 25, 2012

Brady's 1st Tooth

Wow! Brady has (finally) lost his first tooth. This must be some kind of record considering that he is 7 1/2 years old. I imagine they are all going to start falling out now.

It has been wiggly for weeks and he pulled it all by himself today at school. Luckily, I was at the school while it happened. I was putting up Christmas decorations in Mason's class and Brady passed by to say hi and that he was on his way to recess. Not long after that, he ran back in and said, "Mom, I pulled my tooth!" He said it was "soooo wiggly." By this time his class was eating their snack. All the kids ran up to me and told me that Brady had pulled his tooth. I think they were excited, too! He had a little treasure box and his tooth was inside. I told him I wanted to see it, but he said we couldn't open it because it might fall out. I hope he doesn't lose it and that he remembers to bring it home.

He was a little shocked, but also excited. I'm so glad he did it on his own. He was about to let Ryan pull it out last night, but I interfered and told both of them no. Brady needed to do this on his own time and do it for himself. It's definitely a right of passage and I don't want to have to be pulling all his teeth for him. Let's be honest, it kind of grosses me out.

Here's our snaggle-tooth now. He might be singing "All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth!"

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Parting is such sweet sorrow...

Batu Cave
I'm so sad, my parents have left. We had so much fun while they were here. My sweet mom is such good company and always helping with the boys. My dad is so easy-going and fun to travel with. The boys stayed entertained and we got to see a lot of sites. The first of those was Batu Caves. As my dad would say, "it's appropriately priced." This little jewel was free and that was a good thing. A tourist attraction? Yes. You get what you pay for? Yes.


Batu Cave


A cute pic at the FRIM



Snorkel Tour

 
I realized that I didn't have any pictures of  my mom! I was taking the easy road and using all the pictures that she had taken. So, here are some with her actually in them. We had a fun time on the speed boat to Phi Phi Island and snorkel tour. Mason was a champ and snorkeled with the best of us. We even got to see Nemo! Mason also said he "danced with the fish."




See my mom? There she is!


This was actually a really nosiy picture. The boys just got "instruments."


Aaggh!


Look at us - no kids!
 


One day we left the kids and grandparents at the resort and Ryan and I went on a canoe tour. It was a cool trip and we got to see the island caves. This young boy paddled us around. I think he is so cute.
 

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Phuket, Thailand

A week of fun in the sun, sand and water.

We've enjoyed the hotel pool and a day trip to the islands for snorkeling, sight-seeing and more swimming.