Our Favorite Shades of Green: Jaxon Alexander . . .

What a day it has been for our sweet Jaxon. I am such a proud Mama!! Yesterday we took Jaxon out of school a couple of hours early, so he missed going to the book fair during library time. He was a little bummed, but was excited to spend the afternoon with Grammie, Pa, Grandpa Michael, and Paula. It was Grammie's birthday today and Grandpa Michael's was this past Sunday. A little late and a little early on celebrating birthdays. It was so nice to have such a great lunch with everyone. The kids were all calm and everyone was able to talk and enjoy each other. Since Jaxon was a bit bummed about missing the book fair, I made sure he had his money in backpack for today. He got in the car and was so excited to show me his book. He bought "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." with the money Aunt Nena sent him for his great report card. He got eight dollars (a dollar for each A). The book was $7.67 after tax. He was thrilled to have enough. He is such an avid reader and would rather read than play outside or watch tv. I am so blessed!!

After he got in the car, he told me all about the book fair and how he got change back and how excited he was to have bought the book. It was just him and I in the car since Dad was working from home today and the 3 younger kids were with him. It was great to give him one-on-one time! I love our talks. We got home and worked on our homework. He had extra stuff because he missed two hours yesterday. It took us a bit, but Dad was home so he helped keep the others busy. He is so smart and flies through his spelling tests. He has me totally blown away. I was terrible at spelling in school. (I still am actually!)

We have known for a few months that Jaxon was December Student of the Month, but he hadn't been recognized for it since the PTO meeting in January was cancelled due to snow. While we were getting ready for the PTO meeting, Jaxon and I were in the bathroom. I had just finished flossing and brushing my teeth and thought I should take a look at his. His front tooth has been loose for a bit, but not enough to really do anything with. I knew that this tooth was going to be a tough one. When Jaxon was two, he fell and hit his tooth on the floor. This fall caused his tooth to turn a little black and pushed it up into the gums a bit. I called the dentist and they said at two years old there wasn't much they could do for him unless it was causing him pain (which it wasn't). So we just lived with it. When he went to the dentist for a cleaning last August, Dr. Givens said that they would have to pull the tooth because the x-rays showed that the tooth was fused to the bone. At that point, he hadn't lost any other teeth, so they recommended waiting until he was seven. So long story short. . . the tooth finally came out. It took us about an hour to pull. He was such a trooper. I pulled and wiggled for a while and then he would mess with it. He was so fascinated that there was so much blood. He thought he was such a "cool guy!" I was so grossed out, but then my "mother mind" kicked in! I really didn't want an extra dentist bill! We had to pull it!!!!

After Dad messed with it some more, he decided his fingers were too big and he couldn't get them n there. So Mama to the rescue!! I finally got in there and yanked it out! I wish I could have recorded his reaction! It was such a beautiful sound to hear him squealing with delight! He was so thrilled. Me too!! We pulled it out just in time to get everything together and get to the PTO meeting. It was close, but we got there and got a seat before the meeting started. It was so sweet to see him receive his reward. He was so proud and full of smiles. I just loved seeing all of us there with him and supporting him. Noah and Asher were so excited to be in his school and yelled and hollered when they said his name. Priceless!!!!

Got to get the kids off to bed. Enjoy the pics! What a great day!! :)