Jake lost his upper front tooth today. He lost a lower one last week, so now he looks like a pro hockey player when he smiles. He's pretty proud of his gap..and school pictures are coming up at the end of the month, so we'll have a permanent record of how he looked when he lost his teeth. I'm a bit sad about it - he's my little guy, the baby of the family, but he's growing. He's the last kid I'll get to see lose his teeth ... it's just kind of poignant.
In other news from our house, Davey got transferred to the 'Talented and Gifted' class at his school. His teacher called me last week with his test scores (he's reading at beyond a HS level, among other things) and she said that she's spoken with the Principal and they both strongly recommended that Davey be moved into the TaG class for all his subjects, starting as soon as possible. I was a little taken aback....I knew he was smarter than the average bear, but his test results, and what she said about his consistent class work..well, I was surprised. So, he started this Monday, and is loving it. Comes home from school enthusiastic about homework and full of stories about what they did in class that day. I'm pleased, I'm very pleased....and I'm starting to wonder if some of the behavioural problems he had last year weren't because he was frustrated at school. Time will tell, I guess.
Finally, Dave found out that he's in all likelihood getting deployed to Iraq next spring (if not before). Wonderful. I just get him back, and they're already talking about when he's going to have to go off again. Ah well, such is the lot of a Air Force wife.