Two loose teeth & out of the mouths of babes

Monday night, I did a more thorough check over Abigail's teeth (upcoming dentist appointments). Normally I just look in her mouth to be sure she was effective in brushing. But this time I put my finger in pulling her cheek out to get a closer look at the back teeth, and finally landed my thumb on the two bottom teeth to find that they MOVED. "Whoa!" Abigail panicking, "What?" I felt again, and then gave her the big news! To this, she began crying. She wails, "I want to stay 5 years old forever. I want to keep my teeth forever!" We've talked about losing teeth before, but when it didn't apply to her at the time, I guess she really didn't focus on it too much. Now that it DOES apply, she is so worked up about what could happen. She worries they'll call her "hole girl" (where do they come up with this stuff?), she worries her tooth will come out in her food, and that it will hurt. So to make her feel like she's normal, we have polled just about everyone about their experiences of losing their teeth. Though a bit overly sensitive on the issue, she was quick to prep Anna (who now is scared too of losing her teeth), "It won't hurt Anna, everyone loses their baby teeth" (acting all big sister and stuff!!). Ahh fun times!

And lastly, out of the mouths of babes!
1) Aliza bumped her chin on the cedar chest and began crying.
Abigail then says, "Bless her heart." so cute!

2) While out to eat, a hispanic man and his 12 month old daughter noticed Aliza waiving at them and so he walked over to us. Speaking minimal English, he asked how old Aliza was and so we began watching the two babies interact. Curious Anna pats him on the leg asking, "Are you her mommy or daddy?" His hair was thick and hung just to the bottom of his ears, but had NO other female characterisitcs, other than having a soft voice. I'm not able to get her attention and so I repeat twice, "Yes, Anna....that's her daddy." She's not satisfied with my answer and continues to prod. He looks and asks me what she's saying, to which I respond, "She wants to know if you are her daddy." I just pray he really didn't understand Anna. (Is that mean? I just would have hated for MY child to hurt his feelings).

And finally, 3) Anna again- a man is bent over tying a child's shoes, and Anna walks up and says "Hey Mister, I can see your underwear." I could have crawled into my grave right then and there.

Make a Smilebox postcard

Word Sorting

Our St. Pat's Week learning game with over 30 words

Great job today, Abigail!!! You read words man, am, cat, mat, ran, Sam, pan, and rat all by yourself. With help, you read ram, jam, can, vet, tan, and ham! You got a little mixed up sorting the words with endings -am, and -an.

Funny moment: How do I explain what a tan is when we always lather up with sunscreen to prevent sunburns?

Cancelling Cable

I've always loved tv. Over my lifetime, my favorites have been the Snorks, the Jetsons, the Smurfs, Care Bears, Little House on the Prairie, Full House, the Brady Bunch, Matlock, Murder She Wrote, Commish, 90210, Lifetime movies, 7th Heaven, CSI, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, and currently- HGtv!!! I don't even want to KNOW how many years of my life have been spent in front of the tube!!

A few weeks ago, we gave up tv for Lent. Not movies, just cable. I didn't even know the term, Lent, meant anything other than fuzz in your pocket, until I met Louis. Anyhow, we've shared this tradition of giving up something to spend more time in prayer and Bible reading for as long as we've been married. It has made us realize we NEVER can measure up to our PERFECT Savior, Jesus Christ! Anyhow, we called to cancel cable two days before Ash Wednesday and they just got around to turning it off today (based on our billing cycle). In the beginning we were worried about cancelling it altogether (what about tornado warnings, you know?- thank goodness for the internet!). The cable was shut off around 4 pm today....it felt strange- like we were cutting ourselves off from the world! I've been praying about this decision, but I guess a part of me almost regretted it at first, until about 2 hours later when Anna said a terrible word. She just said it, PLAIN AS DAY. We were stunned! Where had she heard this word? "TV', Abigail stated, innocently. Talk about AFFIRMATION!