Spaghetti; a Mom and Kids Best Friend

Tooth Fairy Purse

The night Carys lost her tooth we whipped up this little tooth fairy purse for under her pillow. It has a little pocket for the tooth and a big pocket for the cash. Inflation has hit the tooth fairy hard.

Helen Time

With Carys in school during the day, Helen gets to be the big sister and have some time with Mommy and Walker to herself. I'm trying to make the most of this time before her school starts to do some fun things with her. We've gone to the conservatory yesterday and the zoo today. I'm not sure what's on the agenda tomorrow, but I'm going to try to make cookies with her tomorrow. We're also reading, working on her writing and playing at home.

Another First-Tooth Fairy Where Are You?

Carys has had a loose tooth for a few months now. After almost a year of talking about it (because one of her school mates lost one at 4 yrs!). She finally managed to wiggle the tooth free tonight without tears. According to her she was in the closet when she finally managed to break it loose and heard a "crack" (her words). She showed me and I must say I did not expect my stomach to feel so queasy, but it did. So I offered to try to pull it out-eek. Napkin in hand, I tried to yank it halfheartedly, I admit. Carys was adamant, I was not to yank it (OK, no problem) but I could pull it. So we agreed she could continue to wiggle it until it fell out (it was literally hanging in her mouth). After playing with it while I cooked dinner, it came out without a frown.

So she's on cloud 9, Helen is happy for her and a little jealous of the impending tooth fairy visit, and I'm glad I did not have to do minor surgery before dinner. We made a little tooth purse for it and currently, it's under her pillow with a little baby Carys tooth waiting to be exchanged for some tooth fairy goodness.

First Grade for Carys!

Carys is officially a first grader! We started the morning alone reviewing some of her baby pictures. I'll have to put some here b/c I was not blogging at the time and she was such a little doll as they all are. We had a breakfast taco breakfast and the entire family walked Carys to her first day of school. We all had a little tear in our eye and lump in our throat this morning after she filed in the school building with the rest of her class.

Carys was quick to inform me that they did have snack and they did not do math. It was a short day so I think they just gave them all a tour, accounted for their school supplies, and the kids got to make name tags for their desks. Her teacher seems to be a more seasoned veteran, I'm a little glad for it. I think Carys will need some quick assessment to make sure she stays challenged and does not lose interest in reading and her other skills she's been developing.

Tomorrow is her first full day, we'll see how the family fares once we are in full swing. For now, the kids are in bed, her lunch box is in the freezer and I still have breakfast taco fixins to pull out in the morning.

Basement Play

We need to babyproof the basement, Walker is an equal opportunity toy grabber and the girls toys have small parts, just small enough for little fingers to want to grab and little mouths to want to eat. It's a little scary.

Walker on the move

Walker has become very skilled at getting where he wants to go although he's not crawling on his hands and knees yet. He's an expert army crawler and can turn any direction and get toys quite easily. Of course, he seems to also prefer to chew the corners of rugs and grab power cords. We are reviewing our babyproofing needs ASAP.

Walker can push up in what Carys and Helen's gymnastics calls the "Bear Crawl", belly and knees are off the ground. He does not crawl this way but if he tucked his leg under he could sit up by himself. He will figure it out pretty soon.

Carys' first loose tooth

Carys has a loose tooth on the bottom. She's been waiting for a few months for this occasion, some of her younger friends have already lost teeth. She now never fails to remind me when she's eating something that it bothers her loose tooth. At the moment, she has banned all hard foods from her diet that would require her to bite and hurt her loose tooth.