Owen at school

Owen loves school, to put it mildly. His close friends are Rabei, Omar and Ahli. They race all the time to see who is the fastest. Owen sits at the "leopards" table. They have a rewards system and at the end of the day the table that has the most points, for various duties/good behaviours, get's to keep the trophy on their table. Owen is very keen on learning about the body and comes home and tells me all about it. He reads on his own now, writes well and maths is a natural talent for him. Mondays is swimming and I am a volunteer parent in the pool for the year 1's session. Tuesday and Wednesday is P.E. They have to take their P.E. kit in a P.E. bag and get changed out of their school clothes. They return home in their P.E. kit though. Wednesday is library and they are able to choose one book and bring it home for the week. I am very pleased he is such a happy school goer.

Owen loses his 2nd tooth

Owen's bottom tooth (the second one to appear in his first year) has been wobbly for a little while now. He was sitting reading a farming magazine on Sheila and David's couch when he wobbled it right out. He came through with the little tooth in his bloody hand. Brendon decided that it needed to be spotlessly clean for the tooth fairy and went about giving it a good rinse in the basin. What followed next was a bit of a challenge. Before Brendon knew it the tooth had fallen out of his hand and down the drain. He looked at me desperate! I looked at him like "now that wasn't very clever was it?". Owen looked devastated. Without an exchange of words Brendon found a plastic basin and unscrewed the pipe under the sink. And there was the little tooth. The day had been saved! Owen was very pleased to have it in his hand so that he could put it in his shoe and next to his bed ready for the reward the tooth fairy is going to leave.

Owen loses his first tooth

Today Owen very excitedly ran down the stairs to tell me that his tooth was loose. He wiggled it about to show me causing blood to ooze into his mouth and for me to feel a little ill! When Brendon is away I always have to deal with something that I would rather not. So I looked on the internet and some opinions said pull it out and others said nothing. So I consulted the wise woman in my life (Lynese and Jo) and both said do nothing, let it come out on it's own. Shoooo, glad I didn't have to pull it. It is said that normally the first tooth to arrive is the first tooth to go and sure enough after going back to Owen's records this was his first tooth which arrived 8 July 2008.
We had swimming on our agenda today and that is the last time I saw Owen wriggling it about. After a grocery shop and some Arabic bread Owen informed me that the tooth had disappeared. So either it is at the bottom of the pool or the bottom of his stomach!
In anticipation of the tooth fairy visiting our home tonight we drew a tooth on a piece of paper and put it in a slipper that will go next to Owen's bed. The latest internet research shows a child can expect £5 for the first tooth then £2 for each one thereafter. Glad we live in The Gulf to keep up with the cost!

Swim lessons

Owen has started swimming lessons again. Today he had a lesson all on his own and Nicole worked him really hard as he is a bit of a lazy swimmer and would prefer to "snorkel" around the pool than kick his legs and use his arms. Erin loves to play with the figurines beside the pool while he does his lesson.

Owen's taste buds

Owen really battles to eat peas and beans and most times I have to manipulate him into eating them. However, I have found some baby peas that are sweet tasting and that seems to do the trick although he does not like them in large quantities. It must be a particular taste in green vegetables because he eats broccoli without too much of a fuss. Before he even starts his dinner he picks them out and puts them on his placemat as he cannot stand them being on his plate the whole of dinner time!