The Tooth Fairy Commeth

HOORAY!!!!! We've been on the edge of our seats here in Boon, waiting for Mitchell's tooth to fall out. Its been hanging on by a thread for days now. We made his own tooth fairy pillow in preparation for the event. This afternoon, at long last, it fell right out. In fact, he approached his teachers saying his tooth was gone, and he didn't know where it was. They were able to find it on the floor, thank goodness. We wouldn't want the Tooth Fairy to miss out on such a nice one!

Coincidentally enough, Mitchell had his dentist appointment tonight after school and had the chance to show off the fresh space created in his smile. While there were cleaning, they found 2 MORE wigglers! AND bumps where his 6 year molars are moving!!!! Now we now his mouth has been busy.






Lucy is still impressing us. Last night she slept 8 and half hours straight for me! YAY! She woke up to feed that one time and slept again until the alarm went off. Love that Lucy!!!













And on another note, it's only 20 days until the pitchers and catchers report to spring training in Mesa, AZ. Go CUBS!

Ears Lowered, Times 2

If you haven't noticed in the blog shots of Owen, he tends to have hair like a blond Harry Potter. It's crazy and everywhere and grows like mad. We've tried to let it grow out to see if it would lay down, but it doesn't... it's just 4 inches long as it stands up straight. So today we got out Ken's clippers and went for a buzz cut. Cute! Mitchell was so amused he decided he wanted his like that too, so off went his hair! It's a different look, but these boys are pretty cute no matter what. Here they are, fresh from the "barber's chair".

Monday Monday....

Mondays can start the week off on the right foot, or they can be a thorn in your side. Today was more towards the former, thankfully. Today after school the kids played nicely while I made dinner (Yes, I really made a dinner. It wasn't take out or anything!). They even let me get a few pictures afterwards.

Here is Mitchell's wiggly tooth. Here's to hoping the Tooth Fairy visits him soon. How fun!

Here is Owen, being as crazy as ever, bless his heart!










And here is his bad self, tackling Mitchell, as he often does. The "big-little-brother" phenomenon has begun.... But they really do play well together most times. Even today it was all good natured fun.

















To balance out the boys, here is our sweet little Lucy again, who graced us with her first all-out laugh yesterday. We were at Linda's house when she did it.... how appropriate. I think she's saying she likes "Camp Linda" too! She tried out her giggles again today, much to our pleasure.

Here she is this afternoon, although she didn't quite know what to make of Charlie's kisses.

Lucy's "Great" Room

Today was very exciting (yes, I have a very limited social life)--Lucy's handcrafted curtains arrived from Great Aunt Mary! So check out this little girl's room--painted by Great Aunt Amy--and newly decorated with work from Great Aunt Mary. It really does look sharp. Now we are just waiting to hang a little shelf so we can put up Lucy's name on the wall with the letters I painted. Such cute things for this sweet little girl of ours.

January Joys

Miss Lucy has been smiling up a storm for me lately. Its probably because she gets so excited to see me, or at least her preferred food delivery service, now that I am back to work. She has had a few nights since my return to work that she has roused during the night for a few hours (not welcomed timing), but I am sure its largely related to her not used to being away from me so much.

She is holding her head up very well and looking around following people as they move around her. She continues to earn gold stars for her behavior.... after her first day at daycare last week I was greeted with, "Your little girl is an absolute angel" from the staff. Way to go, Lucy!


Aside from being tired, my return to work has gone as well as can be expected. I've been lucky in that I had reinforcements at dinnertime the first few days back, and this week Ken didn't have to work Monday or Tuesday nights like he usually does. We also had 2 days of delayed starts due to the fog, and I took advantage of that and got some extra time in my classroom to re-organize after being gone so long.

On other fronts... especially front teeth... Mitchell has his first loose tooth! It may be a while before this first one wiggles its way out, but the process has started. I am sure he'll be trying to encourage things along so he can get his first visit from the Tooth Fairy. Maybe it will happen before his dentist appointment later this month.