An Unexpected Event

There is nothing like sitting in the living room, relaxing on a Friday afternoon after a long week and getting prepared for a busy weekend when you all of the sudden hear one of your children come barging through the garage door crying and screaming, "Nooooo, noooooooo, noooooo!" I recognized the shrill as Camden's voice and honestly thought he had broke a bone, or had watched Casen get ran over outside while they were playing with their friends. I jumped up out of my chair to see him holding his bloody hand over his mouth. When I asked him to let me look, it was obvious his lip was injured as was his left front tooth. He no longer had two pearly whites in the front, but instead had about one and two-thirds of his two front teeth left. After getting him to calm down just enough to tell us what happened, it was clear he had some sort of run in with his scooter handle, which was evident by a tooth mark left in the metal handle.

As I was consoling him and trying to figure out the extent of the injury, I had our dentist, Dr. Wainwright, on the phone explaining the situation. After I sent him pictures of Camden's poor mouth, he felt that the nerve possibly was not involved and felt Camden needed to let his lip heel a little over the weekend before he worked on his tooth. We would keep our fingers crossed that a root canal was not needed. I was instructed to have Camden rinse his mouth out with warm salt water, give him Tylenol, ice his lip, and then call and make an appointment first thing Monday morning for Dr. Wainwright to assess the damage. He did tell us that if the pain was unbearable to let him know and he would see him prior to Monday. So we did just what the doctor ordered.

Camden and I then went upstairs and sat together just letting him calm down, hold ice on his lip and relax all while watching some Henry Danger on TV. After he calmed down enough I asked him about the whole incident. He still was not exactly sure what happened, but thinks his scooter either hit a rock or a dent in the road and his handle bars just came up while his face was coming down and busted out his tooth. He said he never fell off the scooter, he just felt the pain.

After a few hours of us relaxing, Shane went and picked up McDonald's for us to eat. As we were eating, Shane asked Camden why he was yelling, "Noooo, noooooo, nooooo," as he was coming into the house. Camden's response was "Because I thought I was going to end up with a silver tooth!" Shane and I died laughing. Poor thing - if he heard it once, he heard it million times from me when he was younger that if he didn't take care of his teeth, he would end up with silver teeth and nobody likes silver teeth! You know, as a mom, you will say what you need to to get your kids to do what they need to do - like brush their teeth!!!! Isn't it funny that aside from the pain of his lip, that is what had him terrified the most???? He now knows that his dad busted out his two front teeth at about the same age and ended up with two pretty pearly whites and in no way would he have to have a silver tooth.

Despite his busted lip and broken tooth (which was just a little sensitive) Camden played in two soccer games over the weekend and did great.

We also cheered on Casen while he played baseball.

This is how his lip looked Saturday night.

He was a bit embarrassed by his chipped tooth and I offered to let him stay home Monday until his dentist appointment but he did not want to miss any school. Camden instructed me to schedule his dentist appointment during PE (at 9:00am) if able so he would not miss any academics. This instruction came only after Shane had checked with the PE coaches regarding mileage club, which Camden is in first place in the 4th grade and was not about to lose his position for a dentist appointment. Due to the weather and the fact that they are currently doing the Fitnessgram, they would not be running for mileage club, so that would be the perfect time. Unfortunately, that is not when they requested us to come in. Instead his appointment was at 10:00, which still upset him because that was when they took attendance and now his perfect attendance would be ruined. Ugh!!! Oh well, he was willing to give that up to have his tooth fixed. :)

After multiple x-rays and some questioning, it was determined that all he would need is a filling at this point, but later on down the road to be prepared for a crown or veneer. Dr. Wainwright was so great with Camden and did everything he could to protect Camden's poor lip that is still bruised with  two ulcers on the inside of his upper lip. He got Camden all fixed up, and has him looking like his old self, despite a little lip swelling!

We are now wondering when he will get back on the scooter . . .

Baseball Tournament

This weekend Casen had his first tournament with his 8U Suescan team. They have only had cage practices since January due to the weather. Their current practice schedule is Monday in the cages and Wednesday on the fields. Every Wednesday it has rained, thus keeping them off the field. Honestly, we had no idea what to expect as we have 3 new players on our team that we picked up after the Fall season.

Earlier in the week, Shane came home and told me that Casen was smashing the ball during hitting practice. I love watching him drive the ball to the fence and running the bases, so was looking forward to a great weekend. Unfortunately, we have no idea what happened, but he struck out at most of his at bats this weekend. The poor boy couldn't buy a hit if he had wanted to. By the last game, his bat finally found the ball and he landed on base a few times. Can I tell you how stressful it is to watch your child when they are not hitting??? This is the first real slump Casen has been in since playing ball. While I know this is not the first time we will experience, I pray they are few and far between.

Luckily, the team played well together as a whole and ended up winning both our games on Saturday with a  good run differential which put us as a one seed going into the games on Sunday. On Sunday, we managed to go undefeated thus winning the tournament.

A Weekend With My Valentines

Friday was Valentine's Day, and while we are not huge celebrators of the holiday (thank goodness) Shane and I did exchange gifts and got the boys a little treat.

Saturday morning, bright and early we were at the ball fields ready to watch Casen play some baseball. He was asked by the 7U team to guest play a tournament with them this weekend. (Apparently there are only two kids on Casen's 8U team who, age wise, are even eligible to play on the 7U team.) Since his own team was not playing this weekend nor have they had the opportunity to practice on a field due to wet weather the past month, it was a great opportunity for him. While the weather was cold, it was beautiful and sunny! He had two games back to back which they won both. It was nice that they were both early so we had the rest of the afternoon to do some things at home.

Saturday afternoon, Color Me Mine texted and said the boys pottery pieces were ready, so we went and picked them up. They turned out pretty awesome!!!!

Sunday morning, Casen was back at Ballpark USA playing another game. Camden really did not want to go, so we sat in our pajamas and enjoyed watching it on our TV at home. Gotta love technology!!!

They won that game, and the championship game was scheduled for noon, of course the same time Camden had a PDF game scheduled. Since the PDF games are normally not overly intense and are not his 'real' team, Camden had no problem with his best friend's parents picking him up and taking him to his game while I headed to Baseball USA to watch the championship game. As a matter of fact, Camden was hoping and praying that Casen would play in the championship game so that he could go to Cole's house after his PDF game. :) 

Casen's team ended up winning the tournament, so I was so glad I was able to be there. The coach was pleased with his performance and told Shane that anytime Casen didn't have a tournament with his 8U team, he would love for him to play with his team.

Double Digits

How can it be that 10 years have passed since I gave birth to my first tiny human????? With Camden's birthday falling on Tuesday, we have celebrated him pretty much all week! Nothing wrong with that!!! Last weekend Shane's family came over for some tacos and Reese's ice cream cake. While the cake was tasty, my lack of patience made its appearance not as pretty as it should have been. We live and learn, right??? But Camden was thrilled with it and that is all that mattered!

He was thrilled to receive a new scooter, Pokemon cards a Texas A&M flag for his room and money.

On Tuesday, I had lunch with him at school. This was the first time he actually wanted me to bring him food instead of him eating his packed lunch. So at his request, I arrived with McDonald's as well as Little Debbie birthday cakes for his class.

On Friday both boys received their awards for the nine weeks from school. Perfect Attendance for both as well as a celebration of great grades.

This weekend was the Puma Cup, so Camden had two soccer games yesterday and one bright and early this morning at 8:00. Luckily with his game early today, it gave us a chance to go and celebrate his birthday dinner at his restaurant of choice and do something that he wanted to do. He invited his best friend, Cole, as well which made it all the more fun.

Camden chose Shogun to eat at because he wanted to watch someone cook in front of him as well as try sushi. Unfortunately, our chef was not very entertaining, which was a bummer. The boys did try sushi for they first time and while Casen loved it, Camden was nervous and only tried a little. Shane of course did not even indulge - chicken!!!!

After eating, we headed over to Color Me Mine for the boys to paint some pottery. Camden and Cole both chose a dragon type piece while Casen chose a gnome. We were there over three hours as you have to put three coats on your piece in order for the colors to be bright. The boys chose pieces that were a bit intricate, so it took some time. I must say, I was very impressed with the time and effort they put into their pieces. Casen, who is not one that cares for art, really did much better than expected. And of course Camden, who is my art lover, did awesome!!

We will have to wait about a week and then will be able to pick up the pieces after they glaze and fire them. We can't wait to see them!

After painting their pottery, we headed back home for Camden to open the gifts he received from Cole.

I think Camden would agree that his 10th birthday celebration was a fun one. He would also agree that while it is awesome that he is now double digits, his teen years are coming faster than anticipated. I mentioned to him that before too long he would have armpit hair and his reply was, "I am NOT ready for that!" Neither am I buddy, neither am I!!! For now, we will just celebrate him being ten and will continue to enjoy the smart, loving, caring and outdoor playing boy that he is.