Little Chicklet

I know her face isn't in focus.  But look at the detail in that pine tree right behind her.  Stunning!  Really, I meant to do that.  This post is referencing that tiny gap in her bottom teeth.  It was a tiny tooth.  One that could easily be forgotten.

This is the letter Rhon received under her pillow this morning...

Dear Rhon, 

          It appears there has been a misunderstanding.  I have just spoken with my good friend and associate, the Poop Fairy, who has been visiting your house every night for the past two weeks.  apparently when you requested fairy services, it sounded like you said, "Poop Fairy" not "Tooth Fairy".  To some extent, this is understandable, as it is not always easy to make all the correct sounds when one's tooth is missing.  We would appreciate it, however, if the next time you lose a tooth, you made every effort to enunciate properly.  Thank you for the tooth.  Even though it was a bit dry, it was still terribly delicious.

                                                                                 Yours Truly,

                                                                                         Tooth Fairy

P.S.  Next time, try to remind your parents more often that I'm due for a visit.

P.P.S  You'll be happy to know that the Poop Fairy's time was not completely wasted.  Your youngest brother G, kept her well supplied with poopy diapers that she described as, "Simply delectable!"

I wish I could take credit for this.  All I did was transcribe.

My Mother's Day Post

I get amazed easily.  It happens to me several times a day.  For example, I am amazed that I can type letters on this keyboard and they magically appear on the screen.  I am amazed when I push the gas pedal of my car, it goes.  Spring is full of amazement for me.  Flowers just pop out of the ground where there was nothing there before, and blossoms form on trees that were just sticks during the winter.  Don't even get me started on how a microwave works.  I am amazed at how you can throw a few ingredients into a bowl, roll the dough into balls, and you get a delicious cookie.  I am amazed that the sun comes up every day, that people can speak different languages, that bees can sting you, that my house can get so messy, that we can smile and laugh.  

I am amazed that my body can create another body inside of it.  I think often about the process. How ears form, and finger nails, and hair on their tiny heads.  It is amazing that my body creates another heart, and it beats.  My belly gets bigger and I feel the baby.  I actually feel her growing.  Not even this amazement compares to how I feel when I see my baby the first time.  Words can't describe how I feel when I am face to face with the child that has been inside of me for 9 months.  And the love I feel!  That is truly amazing.  

As a mother, these were the 5 best days of my life.    

In Other News...

                    

Dare had her kindergarten orientation.  She was so excited she could hardly contain her bouncing.  But when she was told to go with her group to the different activities, she wouldn't go.  She wanted me to go with her.  I wasn't the only mother that had to walk their kid over to the group leader.  I just didn't think I would have to with this one.  She has her assessment today.  We'll see how she does on her own.

Oh, she also informed me that I am not allowed to call her Dare anymore.  She prefers her given name.

Downs and Ups

It is a bad day when...

it's Monday.

you wake up late.

as you are fixing breakfast, you forget you didn't check homework over the weekend.

you realize you are out of bread so there isn't anything to make for lunches.

you go get your baby so you can take the kids to school, and find out he has poop everywhere.

you make the girls late for school because you have to give your baby a bath.

the baby not only has poop everywhere, but in his ears too.

you are sorting laundry, and that same baby destroys the beautiful tulips your husband got you for Mother's Day.  (I know, I cried).

Then...

he rips the plastic off his bed.

the girls are fighting.

there is no dinner made.

I'm tempted to get pizza, but the thought of it makes me throw up in my mouth.

But...

I got all the laundry washed, folded, and put away.

dinner turned out to be okay.

the kids went to bed.  (This is always a highlight).

I watched Bride Wars.  It was alright.  It cheered me up a bit.

That was Monday.

It is a good day when...

your husband works from home.

you leave sleeping children alone.  (I usually have to wake them up to go to school).

you get to talk you your husband all day.

you take a nap.

your husband makes dinner.  It was really good!

everything is done and cleaned up by 6:30.

after dinner, you get to go to Leatherby's for a girls night out.

you eat chocolate while laughing with friends.

you bring home some ice cream for your husband, and talk some more while he eats it.

you laugh with your husband until you fall asleep.

That was Tuesday.

G is Out

Mads is my new favorite.  I have two reasons for this...

1.  see post below

2.  Stinky G.

                                                 

                   

M & M

When we were taking the girls to school yesterday, I told Dare and Mads that we had to go to the store before we went home.  Mads said that we couldn't go because he didn't have his shoes.  I told him I brought his shoes.  Then...

Mads - "What about my socks?"

Me - "I brought your socks too."

Mads - "Yay!  Mom, you're my favorite best girl.  Really, you are."

That made my day.