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His First Demonstration

Andrew did his first karate demonstration on Sunday at the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission)... He even chose to do a kata all by himself *sniff*..

Happy Days

With the warm weather comes great play. FINALLY the temperature is starting to climb. And so, Andrew is the happiest kid on the block. I LOVE LOVE LOVE going outside with him. He still has soooo much curiosity with the world, it really makes me appreciate the old things in a new way. Thank you Andrew Siddhartha <3 I love you soooo much.























We met up with Alexander and went to Highpark for an afternoon. They get along soooo well, I love seeing the two interacting. While we were there we went on a hike on a trail. There we saw lots of trees that were fallen, half fallen, partly fallen by beavers. So we decided to take a closer look at them and to see if we could see any turtles in the lake. At that point Andrew looked down and noticed the ants, TONS of ants. It was rather creepy. I swear to god that you couldn't see the ground through them all. ICK. So of course he starts panicking (I would have too if it weren't for me trying to be the strong mom and teach him to remain calm in these situations - har har). In the mince of his panic Alexander helped his poor little bro out and carried him out and swiped his pant legs for him to make sure there were none on him. Then we headed to the Japanese apple blossom trees that were in full flower. They were so beautiful.

Dandelion

Andrew LOVES them. He thinks they are the most beautiful flower out there. He has never been told that they are weeds that everyone hates, I don't think I will ever tell him different. He see's beauty, I have to agree with him.

7 Yr Checkup

So, that time of year again where the boy goes to the Dr. He now weighs 45lbs, and 3'10. He has 20/20 vision. Besides being on the light side he is healthy (YAY). He also got his CBC drawn, not too happy when they stuck the needle in but he did great in my opinion, he didn't even cry.

It's Heaven to be 7

And that's what Sir Andrew turned today at exactly 4:33pm this afternoon.
It makes me sad that he's already almost half way to been an adult. Childhood is going way too fast. Everyday he brings fresh awe into our lives. I don't know how we ever did it without him in our lives. Thank you Andrew for bringing such joy to our lives. You truly are an amazing person. You're so compassionate. You're so creative. You're so loving. Last night before he went to bed we were all sitting on the couch and I lit some candles, he wanted to blow them out and make a wish for the last day of being six, he closed his eyes, and thought a moment and blew the candles out and looked at them and said, "I wish for the memory to last forever".... Not I want this, or that, nooo, the moment to last. Incredible if you ask me. He's going to have a pool party on Saturday with his friends. He's so excited about it too.

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY my little Siddhartha. Mommy and Daddy love you very much.

First Grading

Andrew had his first karate grading last weekend (April i6th).. It went ok. He was more focused on staring at us watching him then the actual grading. (Must remember, unlike most kids his age that are in school and have preformed in plays and choirs etc, this is his FIRST time EVER doing any performance for us let along all the other ppl that came to see him and the other kids parents as well.) It was a full house. Actually he was the only kid there that kept being told by Sensei to focus, not only once either. He was also the only one that needed to go to the washroom half way thru. But besides that he did well. I asked his Sensei the next class afterwards about it and he said it was very normal for him to act that way for the first grading. Phew. His Nannie, Grandpa, Great Aunt Lydia, big brother Alexander and our friend Mike were also there the see him. Afterwards we all went to this REALLY GOOD East Indian restaurant and let me tell you they made the BEST curry chicken dinner I have EVER tasted.

Now for the pics.

Stuff and Such Randomness

Is randomness even a word?

My personal computer with all "my" editing programs has been malfunctioned for about a month now.. Trying to fit time in to get it done, does anyone out there have any? So I have been stuck using a crappy laptop that has nothing on it. And a VERY annoying thing where whenever I put my hands on the mouse sensor thingy it puts my cursor somewhere else. And the letter L sometimes works, after a lot of pounding on it. /vent.

Stuff

Again, not a whole lot to report on our doings. I am getting so sick of this cold, snowy, rainy, grey weather, this year it seems to be lasting FOREVER. I don't remember the last sunny day we had. So of course because of it we have been indoors wayyyy toooo many dayz.

OUCH

When I was homeschooling Andrew on Wednesday I was bending over to reach something and the chair that I was sitting on slipped from under me landing me on the floor right onto my baby finger. I knew right away I messed it up. So off to the clinic we went, x-ray showed that I had 2 dislocated joints and a fracture. My Dr wouldn't touch it, so off to the ER we went. When we arrived they took me in right away. Looked at my x-ray, came in and told me that they were going to have to freeze my hand and relocate the bones, and I have 2 small fractures. For some reason I was VERY calm throughout the whole ordeal even when she came in the room with the 6 - 8 in syringe and NO I'm not kidding, wish i would have taken a picture of that. By the way i am having a really hard time typing this, i have to stop and take a break frequently. Ok where was i? Oh ya, so she froze my hand and then she pulled at my finger, yuck. She took another xray and it still wasn't in its proper place so she had to do it again. That one did the trick, so they splinted it up and sent me home. Now I have to wait until next Wed to see how its healing. Wish me luck.

Arggg

I'm getting really lazy with this blog lately. (Sorry future Andrew, I will try and be better at keeping up to date)...

Ok, What have you been up to?

Word. Mario.

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Ok, just kidding, but really that's basically all you think of lately. Mario, Lugie (forgive my spelling), Princess Peach and Bowser. You sleep, breath and live for it. HELP.... It has gotten to the point where I had to limit your play time on them because you would be on it 24/7. The other day when you were playing you pleaded with me "MOMMY, PLEASE just let me save Princess Peach so that I can get on with my life". lol Good grief.

When you're not playing the game you're watching walkthroughs online. And if your not doing that then you are playing with the characters we bought you for Christmas and pretend you are in the video game and role playing the game with them.

Homeschooling is going well. Although you would much rather play then learn, so I have to come up with a way to make it more interesting for you so that you can enjoy learning rather then have it being a chore.

You are in your 5th week of Karate, that is going well too. You're learning how to count in Japanese and say other works as well. You seem to be really enjoying it.

Your favorite shows are still Scooby Doo. And some new ones as well. They are, Garfield, and The Winx Club, everything you get into you REALLY get into, like obsess into. You can watch them endlessly and still laugh.

Favorite food is still french fries. Mini pizza, chicken with chalet sauce or katchup. You are the fussiest eater on the planet.

Favorite color is still pink. What I like about you is that you DON'T care what other kids say about it either. It's what you like and that's it.

Health wise you are good. You've had a couple of head colds this winter but nothing major. You have yet to be put on any antibiotics in your life. YAY Andrew. Although I do pump you with vitamins because of your fussiness.

You're a great person to be around. Ya, like i'm not going to say that! haha. But seriously, you really are. I think that part of the reason is, is you're not picking up habits from peers. You love to be goofy.

All and all, you're just one small big FANTASTIC dude.

The Ick, Weeze Have It.

Again.

Karate Kid

Isn't he just sooooo adorable?

First Time Tobogganing

My dad bought Andrew his first sled for Christmas so we brought him to a little hill in our court yard and he had a BLAST. The first time he came down he got off the sled and started squealing with pure joy in his heart. He kept repeating WOW, oh WOW, this is awesome, I don't ever want to grow up. It was priceless. We even managed to get Don down the hill a couple of times. :)

I'm Pathetic

Or just too busy to post. Or too lazy. Or something. No excuses.

I will post later today on what has been going on in Andrewdoms world. Right now i have to take him to karate. :)

HAPPY NEWYEAR 2011

Oh god, another year. It's going way too fast. Soon Andrew will be all grown up and out of the house. I'm not looking forward to that. I wish there were more months to a yr, more days in a month, more hrs in a day, more seconds in a min. The new year is supposed to be a time of new hope, challenges, love, money, health, yada yada. But to me it's just a sad reminder that Andrew is getting older and soon he'll not want to celebrate it with mom and dad but with his friends.

Ok, i'm jumping a bit, but because I have been lucky enough to have a second chance with having another child i KNOW how FASTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT childhood flies, so there.

This past month has been a really busy one. And painful. That's why I haven't been posting at all. For one, my breast have been too sore from the surgery to sit for too long in front of the computer. 2. Christmas. Enough said.