Misc. Updates

Just a quick post to update everyone on the happenings of the past week:

Drew tripped over a friend while playing basketball at school last Wednesday. He had some pain, so the school nurse recommended we get a x-ray. So, we went to NKC hospital, where the x-rays were negative. The doctor still had Drew wear a soft brace on his wrist, and Drew sat out of his basketball game Saturday. The team lost its first game by 1 point, so I think he was missed! As of today, Drew's wrist feels a lot better and he should be able to resume normal activity.

Drew also had his District Pinewood Derby race Saturday. 34 cars were entered in his age group, and the rules were double-elimination. Drew made it through the 1st cut, but then was eliminated during the 2nd round of cuts. He officially finished in the "Top 26".

Jordan quickly followed up her tooth loss with another. She now has a 2-tooth gap, as she is missing both front, top teeth. The Tooth Fairy is quickly running out of money and is hoping Congress adds some assistance for her to the Stimulus Package being debated.

Jordan's Tooth

Well, it finally happened! For those of you who saw Jordan over Christmas, she had a tooth that was seemingly going to fall out any time. However, New Year's came and went, she started back to school, time marched on ... all with that tooth still hanging there. This morning, however, it finally came out, and she's very excited about the Tooth Fairy coming tonight.

Pinewood Derby

Drew raced in his Pinewood Derby for Scouts tonight. His entry was a car shaped like a Hershey's chocolate bar. One picture shows the other cars in his age group. It was a pretty impressive bunch, but Drew took 1st place in design! He went on to get a 3rd place trophy for design for the entire pack.

His car not only looked good. It was also fast! Another picture shows his car winning one heat by such a great margin that the other cars are not even in the picture! Drew went on to win 1st place for the fastest car in his age group, and again finished 3rd in the entire pack. (The pack had over 40 cars racing.)

I believe Drew now gets to take his car to Districts to race against all the other packs in the Northland. To be continued ...

Halloween

Here are the kids for Halloween. Drew was an evil sorcerer, while Jordan was Sharpay from the "High School Musical" movies. Like always, they got more candy then they could ever eat.

Dance

Jordan is taking Dance at church this year. Here is her first performance.

First Day of School

The first day of school is here, and the kids were excited! On Saturday, Jordan told me she wished it was Sunday, because then she could go to school the next day. It was a very smooth morning, and they were ready to go well in advance of the school bus' arrival. Hopefully every day will go as smoothly!

Scout Camp

Drew and I went to Scout Camp last weekend. We arrived at 1:00 Thursday, and left at 5:00 Saturday. Drew had a lot of fun. He got two bullseyes in bb guns, and one in archery. He especially liked the pool time, and learned a new game - Mountain Ball.

The weather was a constant source of conversation. The heat index was over 100 each day, and prompted the camp to implement some heat advisory rules which meant Drew didn't have to wear his uniform at all during the camp. The combination of the heat, humidity, and constant walking everywhere caused one of the dads to remark that they ought to market the camp as a weight loss program! I'm pretty sure that Drew and I each drank over a gallon of water each day.

We didn't get much sleep Thursday night. The group sharing our campsite had some raccoon issues (a piece of advice - don't keep food in your tent or you will get a midnight visitor. And also apparently raccoons can open coolers!), and then a thunderstorm kept us on our toes later in the night. We all slept much better Friday night.

Overall Drew enjoyed it. He already mentioned that he wants to go back next year.