Gabriel at the dentist

Gabriel had his first ever dentist appointment yesterday. I liked it because he is now more interested in brushing his teeth. The hygienist who cleaned his teeth couldn't believe that he was only 3 1/2 and had never been to the dentist before. He sat very still and was remarkably cooperative. They found that he has a small cavity on a front tooth. The dentist decided that he is cooperative enough that he is willing to try to fix it. I don't think he usually does that on children Gabriel's age. It makes me happy to know that he was such a good boy.

Special friend?

Gabriel's teacher told me that he did something really cute today: he was tattelling for his friend. There is a little girl in class with whom he is friends. I believe her name is Haley. Some kids were taking things from her or something and Gabriel would go to Mrs. Fundanet and tell about this. He did it in a way that confused the teacher, though, and he had to explain to her that it wasn't something happening to him; it was his friend who was experiencing this. She just thought it was so cute. This was the first day I heard that he was friends with a girl. It caused me to wonder how much he plays with her and what he really thinks of her since she isn't mentioned. He talks about Gretchen, a girl from church who is also in his class, but he has never talked about this girl. We will have to see what happens and if he talks about her.

(Not a) Newsflash: Vikings Play Like It Doesn't Matter

Fourth quarter. Vikings are not in the lead. Well, duh. At least the Vikes are only down by one.

Private message to Childress. Let your offensive coordinator call the plays, or you are going to get fired.. finally. Geez. Childress is not going to be the head coach after this year anyway, thankfully.

I imagine that old Brad is in panic mode by now, knowing that he is toast. At least Jackson is out for awhile, or the Vikings would not have won even a single game. Frerotte is not flashy, but he is at least somewhat consistent out there. Oh, if only we had a team full of Adrian Petersons, eh, Childress?

It looks like Longwell is going to win this game for us again. Winning is always a good thing, but winning by a fieldgoal (when the Vikings actually manage a win) is B-O-R-I-N-G!!!