I am slowly becoming addicted to FaceBook. I joined last year or so just to keep up with Brenna. I'd sign on every couple weeks to peek at the new pictures Brenna had posted. A few months ago I heard word that our church had a FB page. What? really? Yeap, so, I checked it out and joined. Then I saw others in the NBUMC group and I asked them to "be my friend". Then I noticed that I knew some of their friends, etc etc etc. I don't have 400+ friends like Brenna, but, I am finding FB to be fun and a cool way to catch up with old high school "friends" and others that I've lost contact with along the way.
One of the many things I remember about my dad is the way he would "sign words". I can picture him sitting in his chair watching tv and his fingers just a-going. He would often sign the words (with ASL letters) he was hearing on tv. Well, Larissa has learned the ASL letters and guess what she does? Yeap, she signs. She doesn't sign words (yet), but, she has developed a habit of just repeating the alphabet over and over again. She doesn't even realize she's doing it. I was trying to paint her nails the other night and she could not keep her fingers still. I think its kinda cool that she does that!
Brag time on Will - he brought home a letter stating he qualified for the Duke TIP program. This is for 4th graders that scored in the top 5% of the school district. I am so proud. He actually scored in the top 95% in both Math and Science. I guess he gets his brains from Alan. Funny, Will has two best friends, Adam & William. They both are in the top 5% too. AWESOME.
Will had an "incident" at school this week. In music class, they were singing a song and doing a funny dance I guess. The last lines of the song say something like "choke on bubblegum". The music teacher told the kids to NOT put their hands around their neck. Well.....next thing she knows, Will goes falling off the risers, hits his head, his arms are shaking, face is red/purple. Will doesn't remember falling and he says he did not choke himself. He says he was just trying to make his face red. I think he held his breath, got dizzy, fell and hit his head which caused him to black out for a minute or so. It was at the end of the day so they pulled Alan out of the pickup line and explained what happened. He had a big knot on his head and we observed him for signs of brain swelling, etc. He is fine, thankfully!!! WHEW!
