Another Tooth Bites
One more down for the Xak man!!
How Do You See Yourself in Five Years?
Xak’s math assignment about missing teeth came with a bonus credit. It says, “Have you lost teeth? DRAW YOUR TOOTHY GRIN.” And so, the boy flipped the page and drew this, his very first self portrait. The black spots for missing teeth are accurate, two on the bottom, one on the top. Oh, and the shirt says “GO DUKE”…well, I knew he would learn awful things from the other kids at school.
Home Run, First At-Bat
Hip-hooray for Nova. I was a bit nervous for her first real dentist visit. She was a bit nervous at first, but she relaxed right into it, and went to the operating theater on her ownsome.
GOOD BABY.
Dr. Felicia is summarily upgraded to “AUNTIE” status.
Soooo much pressure off my rickety old shoulders….
UPDATE: Student of the Month
So, I wrote in to Xak’s teacher, asking exactly why he got the “Student of the Month” award…Xak has been less than expository, and I was thinking, you know, maybe each kid in the class takes a turn, I dunno. So, here is the teacher’s response, in which I am greatly pleased:
Snowmageddon 2015
We had 5 inches of snow. we lost the internet for two days. Savage times, I was sharpening a stick at both ends…
Instant Ancestors
My grandmother and her sisters were a riot to be around. I knew that from the time I was born onward. Any chance to get in the middle of their fun was a good chance. And so it was that I, a preteen American boy, begged my way into a day trip with my Maw Maw and her sisters – Peggy and Nancy. Â A rollicking round trip from middle Georgia to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
I guess it says a lot about them that they let me go. At the age I am now, I do not know if I would so gladly welcome a pre-teen on a day trip I was taking with my fellows. It would have to be the case of one really cool kid. …