Coming Out

Spring is finally here! You wouldn't believe it, but this morning when I went to feed Diddles at 4am, it was already light outside! The sun is up and shining into our bedroom windows by 5:30am! Like or not, it's time to wake up. The plus side is that it doesn't get dark until almost 9pm. You might think that we would keep our kids up until then. Nope. They go to bed when the sun is still up!

Boo's tooth is loose, and what's more, her permanent tooth is coming in right behind it, shoving the loose one out of the way. It's driving Josh crazy. He wants to yank that thing outta there. I think we still have a good two weeks left before it's loose enough to pull it without traumatizing the girl. Approximately 12 times a day, she will come over to me and say, "Mom, is my tooth okay in there?" I ordered a helpful book we've been enjoying called "The Tooth Book: A Guide To Healthy Teeth and Gums" by Edward Miller. It's an informational book that presents everything about teeth in a very simple, funny, and clear way with illustrations that are clear, but not gory. It covers baby teeth, losing teeth, permanent teeth, brushing, flossing, tooth decay, cavities, fillings, dental hygienists, dentists, eating healthy, etc.

Diddles got her first tooth last week, and she's been cutting another this past week. It's been kind of hard on all of us (no pun intended).Before long, she'll have two pearly whites on the bottom. I'm not sure if the faucet-nosed cold is a result of the tooth, or if it's just a lovely BONUS that we get to have both joys at the same time.

I recommend these little Safe Feeders.
We've put cold apple, cantaloupe and pear slices in them so she has something cold to chew on.
It's awesome, and she loves it!

After she cut her first tooth, she slept all night. Well, she slept until 4am, and then went back to sleep until 8. I call that sleeping all night! I think we've turned a corner. Hooray!

This is how I scream at 4am!

Haha, just kidding...not really.

While Boo is at preschool, Yaks is free to come out of his shell and do whatever he wants to do without any distracting demands from his sister. He usually chooses to build something. We get every bucket of toys that we have handy and we build until there's no more stuff to build with.

To the untrained eye, this just looks like a big dump of toys, but in his eyes, each little piece is in its correct place. Then of course, we can't wreck it (this scene alone took us an hour to build), so we're walking around it all day until we have to put it away (I have to re-sort all of the stuff back into the bins they belong in). A small price to pay for the joy on his face!

We had a fun RS meeting this past week called "Summertime on the Palouse" (The Palouse is the area in which we live). We shared ideas of things to do in the summer around here, and we asked the groups to create a skit, sort of advertising things to do and see. I was assigned two short commercials ahead of time. The only thing I could think to do was one of my rhyming poems (which many of you have experienced as a card or invitation), so I did that and put it to a rap (that's right, I said RAP).

I'm here tonight to tell you 'bout the Reaney Pool,
It's the perfect place for kids who are out of school.

The pool opens up on June 12th, it's true,
so listen to this info that I have for you!

It's open one-to-seven, every single day,
so come splash in the water (every day but SUN-DAY!)

Come to Reaney Pool where the water's cool!
Don't be a fool, get to Reaney Pool!

The cost is two dollars for kids, it's true,
Three bucks for big kids like me and you!

Let your kids come to the Reaney Pool,
Use it-as-a behavior managment tool!

So don't sit on the couch this summer and drool,
Come swim and cool off at the Reaney Pool!

Call 338-3221 for more information,
and now my rap is DONE.

I tried to make it funny, but after I performed it and sat down, I felt completely ridiculous. The people who didn't know me well now probably thought I was totally insane. (Groan) It was perhaps a shell I shouldn't have come out of...just yet anyway. Well, if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger, right? Right? (crickets chirping) Oh, gosh.