A week in the life of Kyle

FRIDAY - Mom is off to the store for paint (yellow) and decals (a cobra head) for the pinewood derby car. After 45 minutes and two stores later, I can claim victory! Thank goodness, now I do not have to try and paint a cobra head free-hand...yippee!

SATURDAY/SUNDAY - Jason and Kyle spent these days sanding and painting his pinewood derby car. The cycle begins...sand, paint, let it dry, sand, paint, let it dry. Finally, the paint meets dad's approval and the car is now ready for it's finishing touches.

MONDAY - Mom completes the finishing touches...

COBRA 95

Monday...6:00 p.m. ... The count down to the race begins. We arrive at the school check in Kyle's car and wait....and wait...and wait. So after an hour of waiting, we begin the evening with the beloved "Pinewood Derby Song" (sung to the tune of Camp Down Races), lead by the 65-year old Scout leader and the official pinewood derby guy. This was followed by 15 minutes of rules of the pinewood derby race...ahh...can we start already?!

7:15 p.m. ... The first round of races finally begin...

waiting in the pit

On your mark, get set....go

Waiting for the victor

After four rounds of races, the champs were determined and they get to go onto the finals in April. Kyle did not come out as one of those champs...he would always win the first round, but then lost by a hair on the second race. There's always next year.

8:30 p.m. ... The den races begin....

2nd place in the den!

8:55 p.m. ... finally at home and in bed!

TUESDAY, 8 A.M. - Kyle and I are off to the dentist to get his braces. This is the first step in the process of straightening his teeth. And so this cycle begins, once a month trips to the dentist for the next 16 months. Somewhere along the way in these 16 months, Kyle will receive head gear to push his upper front teeth back to eliminate his overbite. We are excited to see what he will look like in 16 months. I can only imagine, he already looks so much older :(

KYLE AND HIS NEW "BLING"

9:30 a.m. - Arrived at school, only to be late for a district writing test. Good thing he had a couple of days to complete it! All the kids thinking he's pretty cool.

12:00 p.m. - LUNCH! Apparently eating a hamburger for the first time with braces didn't go so well. He did his best and ate what he could.

3:30 p.m. - Home from school and not feeling the greatest. His teeth are hurting and his cheeks keep getting stuck on the wires on his back teeth.

6:00 p.m. - Dinner time. I made chicken for myself, Jason and Kory. Because of Kyle's chicken allergy, I made him turkey. Unfortunately, his turkey wasn't done at the same time as our chicken so he had to wait. However, I had bought organic (no antibodies or hormone injected) chicken so I thought we would give it a try...Jason gave Kyle a bite the size of a dime...10 minutes later his throat hurt and felt swollen and he was in the bathroom throwing up. As if getting braces wasn't enough for one day!

7:00 p.m. - I was making Kyle a smoothie, which he drank camped out on the couch with dad watching American Idol.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY - Finshed up the week of school, had a few tests and is learning how eat, talk, etc. with his braces and coping with the canker sores.

FRIDAY - SPRING BREAK BEGINS!