Atticus Lost Tooth and home moving

Atticus has this thing with calling his sisters, "stupid", "idiot" and "fat."  He has been sent to his room a number of times for this.

This morning he lost is left maxillary central incisor.  the first tooth he has lost in a long while and what I think is his third total.

Went to our new house in Linville Land Harbor and moved furniture from the old hose at 168 Galax Loop to the new house with the better view.  We worked all day moving furniture, televisions, throwing crap away and rearranging.  It took forever to disassemble the bunk beds and reassemble them in an upstairs room of the newer house!  Today was a beautiful day- high of about 65 and sunny all day.

Adrienne wanted a playdate so she brought outside a  towel and a blanked and wanted to snuggle!  How I love my little daughter.  We ended up drawing on the driveway with driveway chalk. I drew "The Wheel In the Sky" and Adrienne drew (keeps on turning) and I wrote "Don't know where I'll be tomorrow."  I also wrote Adrienne's and Londons name in large block letters and BFid loves Tamara.

Tamara and the kids are staying in Linville Land Harbor this week while I am home.

Atticus questions

What if you bought a house for one dollar and then blew it up with dynamite?

Concerns about London. Adrienne's new sleeping arrangement. Atticus baseball.

London has been running a fever now for over a week and has been to the doctor three times.  At first they thought it might be mononucleosis but the tests were conclusively negative.  Now they don't know specifically why so the doctors have put her on a strong form of penicillin.

We are concerned because we hear of other children that run fevers for extended periods of time and it is a symptom of something much worse- cancer.  I don't think it is likely but that thought is always in the back of your mind.

London just doesn't feel very well and is moping and laying around.  She just isn't herself.

Adrienne has maybe turned a corner.  Last night she said she wanted to sleep in her room by herself.  This is a big step because up to now she was always scared to sleep by herself so she slept with London in London's room.  Tonight is the second night that she has slept in her room by herself!  Big and welcome step.

Atticus' baseball game today.  It was a good one:


 He plays first base and bats clean-up. His team, The Landsharks beat Maiden's team 9-0.

First time on the XR80 and possible mono

I recently purchased a Honda XR 80 trailbike from an individual at Lake Wylie.  I had to put another $80 in it to get both tire tubes replaced.

The XR 80 has a clutch and four forward gears. This was the first time that Atticus had a chance to ride a bike with a clutch.  He did pretty well and only stalled it a few times and fell over with it when he came to a stop a few times as well.

He did figure out how to successfully change from first to second gear on the fly.

We were riding at my mother and father's house with Atticus' best buddy Smith.

On another note it appears that London might have mononucleosis.  She has been running a fever for about a week and is been to the doctor. The doctor says it is too early to positively diagnose Mono, however next week we will try again for positive verification of her condition.

If it's mono it will really suck because that means she'll miss a lot of school and almost all of her softball season.  But I guess I'd rather be mono than some other type of worse disease.