Before bedtime just a while ago, Calvin announced that his front tooth was very wobbly.  I said “good! let’s pull it out!”. The boy was so frightful when he heard what I said, I kid you not.  Anyhow, I promised only to shake it a little to see how wobbly it was.  True enough, the tooth was very ready to be extracted.  Of course he would not allow me to do the surgery, and so he decided to take matters into his own hands.  He said bravely that he would try to pull it out himself.  Wow, what a brave boy, I thought. And so, Athan and I sat next to him, watching him trying his best to pull his tooth out.  I only gave him a wet towel.

After some time, he was still unsuccessful and the sight of blood worried him a bit.  He wanted to give up, but I told him I would reward him with 2 stars on his behaviour chart (more on that in another post) if he could persevere on.  Athan, sitting there watching quietly suddenly said he wanted 2 stars too! For? For being supportive of his brother. 🙂

After some more shaking of the wobbly tooth, it finally came out! Phew! He went to the mirror, took a good look at himself without his 2 front teeth and tried to said “the” to check if he could say “th” :). Well, not much success!   Anyway, this is how he looked like now:

There will be some getting used to without the two front teeth, but this is part of growing up.  By the way, I was instructed not to put any money or leave any money for him because he wanted to see if the tale of the tooth fairy is real. :)  I am thinking maybe I should …..

We were at a lake where there were lots of black swans and pelicans as well as other water birds.  The boys had fun watching the birds … although at some point, I think they were a bit too close!

New school term has started and the boys are well into week 3. Calvin had a little problem adjusting to new teacher and friends.  He kept wanting to go back to year 1 teacher and classroom! The very kind Mrs L has been reassuring the boy and it seems like Calvin has made some progress.  I hope he will settle and be happy soon.  As for Mr A, he is happy as usual although he is tired from the full-time school.  I think it is a matter of time before his body gets used to being at school everyday.  He is definitely enjoying himself — much more than when he was at day care last year.  He has a fantastic teacher — same one as Calvin when in pre-primary.  I am sure he will be happy in Miss B’s class.

Calvin has also started learning piano.  It is exciting!  Thank God that we have found a very good teacher.  Calvin seems to be enjoying learning and making progress each week.  I hope he will learn to appreciate music and be able to play the piano one day.  Learning a musical instrument is a very expensive investment, I kid you not.  We hope to give the boys a chance to learn when they are still young.  We shall see how far he can go.  Mr A will be learning when he is a little older — when he can sit still for a bit longer. 🙂