Ultrasound results

Adam's ultrasound came back normal but the spleen is still slightly enlarged.  Our pediatrician has an order in for some blood work and has referred us to a hematology specialist at Children's.  I'm hoping to bribe Adam to get the labs drawn this afternoon so we can see as soon as possible if the cbc shows anything.  Why didn't she draw labs a year ago when this started?  Ugh!  Nerve-wracking but hopefully it will be nothing.

Taekwondo

Adam has enrolled in Taekwondo!!  There is a place 5 minutes from us that has a try a class for free to see if you like it and then a special price for 4 weeks unlimited classes.  Today started a new session so we headed over to try it out.  Adam was "shy" when we first got there so Mr. Perdue took us to the "shy spot" to watch class. He emphasized that it had to be Adam's choice to join and he could come back as many times to watch as he needed but would not be able to sign up for class unless he participated in a whole class.  Well...5 minutes into the session, Adam said, "I'm going in."  He joined the group and had the BIGGEST smile on his face as he was running from one end of the room to the other, doing push-ups, and whatever else was asked.  Mr. Perdue made it a lot of fun but still was able to make the kids listen and show respect.  Adam and the 2 other new kids received white belts to show that they were allowed to enroll.  Adam said he liked it sooo..we enrolled and he  was issued his official Taekwondo America Uniform! Exciting! 

7 year well-check

Height 53 inches (98th percentile)
Weight 61 lbs (83rd percentile)

All is well.

Next ultrasound is in 2 weeks so we'll see how that is then.

Adam's first sleepover

Adam got invited for an awesome night out and a sleepover Friday.  The D's picked Adam, and 3 of his friends up from school.  They went to Cane's for dinner, Power Hour at Dave and Buster's, the new SpongeBob Movie, and back to the D's for a sleepover.

The Mom emailed me after the movie to say all was going great and they were heading home.  She took a couple of pics and in the one, 3 of the boys were huddled together and Adam was slightly off to the side.  I was like, "Uh-oh!"  But he was smiling soo...

Adam ended up calling me on FaceTime about an hour later (he has my old phone as an ipod so he must have gotten on their wifi).  Hilarious!  He asked if I could hear something but we were in the car and I could barely hear him.  He showed me a big TV that looked like they were getting ready to play video games and then said bye! Ha ha!  It was good to see him and he seemed to be having a good time.

Got a text around 11:00 saying they were almost asleep.  Another at 8:00 am saying they were up eating donuts and having a foam dart fight. We picked up at 10:30.

Adam was all kinds of wound up when we got there!  Apparently he was the big winner at Dave & Buster's.  He said he found an easy game that gave lots of tickets.  :)  The D's said when they got back home, the boys got to play with cap guns and glow-in-the-dark silly string outside then came in for and hour of Minecraft and then to bed.  The best part??  Adam said, "We get to say curse words in this house!!"  Mr. D was like, "What?!  No!".  Ha ha!  Adam told us in the car that when they were up in H's room, the other kids started saying  sh*t and calling each other Sh*t heads!  They were also punching each other and giving Indian burns.  Dave was like, "Well, that's what you do at sleepovers!"  I was like, "Umm...we played stiff as a board, light as a feather and tried to hypnotize people.  We didn't cuss and hit each other."  Boys vs girls, I guess.

When we got home, Adam got all sad that 1) He didn't win any candy at Dave & Buster's (but he came home with plenty in a goody bag), 2) He wanted to go "back home" to the D's and he didn't like us anymore, and 3)He really wants to go back to Dave and Buster's!  Meanwhile, we're trying to get him to calm down because we needed to get to the post office to apply for our passports.  FUN!

Oh - and he came home with 3 pairs of underwear (one his, one "G's", one we don't know), a pair of pants that belonged to "G" and a sock that wasn't his.   We still need to find his pants, belt, and socks. :)

He was asleep by 8.  :)

A funny story

Adam's class has been doing a unit on Community.  They are learning about different cultures, what other people do when they lose a tooth, how to not call unfamiliar foods "disgusting" (call them "different" instead), etc.  Adam brought home a paper last week where he wrote, "I would like to try a hot dog made out of pig snouts and hoofs."  Dave and I said, "You probably already have!"  He got SO upset!  He said it had to be something he never tried before and he didn't know!  We told him he might not have - we usually buy turkey or all beef - but he's had hot dogs other places...  He also got very upset with us when we told him he didn't live in Columbus...because his teacher told him they ALL lived in Columbus (even though he knows his address says Westerville).  His teacher was trying to do a very general lesson on how they live in the state of Ohio and in the city of Columbus (except for one kid who lives in Lancaster).  If Mrs. Klug says something, it has to be true!!  She had a good laugh about it at our conference.  She said he hangs on her every word. :)

Adam's first musical

The 1st graders are going to be performing a mini-musical "The Little Red Hen" on Tuesday, October 28th (8:15am  in the theater).  Adam's class is the Pig Chorus (there is a cat chorus, a cow chorus, fox chorus, and chick chorus).  Adam gets to be "Bob the Pig"!!  I think he gets to come out and snort or something.  Ha ha!  His first taste of the spotlight! 

Basketball

Adam has signed up to play on the junior basketball team!  I knew if there was at least one friend signed up,  he'd want to try it!  Practice and games start at the end of the month on Sunday afternoons.  Ought to be interesting.  :)