Instead of a family bed tonight, we opted for a play date. These five watched Airplanes until almost 10:00. It was a bold move on my part to let them stay up so late, but it paid off in the end when they all slept in until after 9:00 the next morning!
Ka was in charge of Winter Formal, so she had to get her hair and makeup done in the afternoon. Their dance was at a raceway, and she was going to have to put a helmet on her head, so we kept it down in a romantic half braid with a lot of texture.
When I got a text later that night saying that she had won”Sophomore Princess”, I wrote back “It must have been the hair”.
Obvi!
If Pippi is awake, and I am missing other kids….it is a safe bet that they are mugging on their little sister.
The little Pips is one week shy of being four months, and she is a weakling.
So I have had her practicing her tummy time, and she tries her hardest.
She grunts and groans as she turns herself into a rocking boat and holds it for 45 seconds.
She puts her all into it and in just a few short days, she has gotten way stronger!
After her big workout, Bella came in for a smile.
But the Pips was WAY too tired.
And can you blame her?
The poor thing is only 10 pounds.
I listened to my messages on my way to pick up Scout from school.
One said, “Hello Mrs. Denison….this is Carol from the nurses office at Scout’s school. Don’t be alarmed….Scout is okay, but I am just calling to inform you that Scout lost a tooth. It is a bit bloody, but he seems fine. I just felt like you needed to be notified because a girl kicked it out at recess.”
Are you kidding me!
Seriously!
When I picked up this boy, he was grinning from ear to ear without his two front teeth.
This time it was a second grader named “Nora”. I was annoyed he was playing boys vs. girls again, but he told me that he wasn’t! He was actually just playing chase. And there was a boys team and a girls team. (HUH?) Anyway, Nora was coming down the “twisty thing” and he was at the bottom, and when he tried to tag her, she started kicking. And when she kicked, he got tagged in the mouth - and his tooth went flying. And when he went to find it, it was lost in the sand. I asked him if had learned his lesson by now. According to him he did, but will still engage in the really fun chasing games at recess.
THat night, he was really concerned about the tooth fairy, because he didn’t have his tooth.
(And he was really upset about the fact that “knocked out teeth” get $6.00 from the Tooth Fairy — A deal she made when she was sure that getting teeth knocked out was a rarity.)
His note said, “”Mrs. Tooth Fairy, I lost my tooth but it fell in the sand. A girl kicked it out. I hope you give me money or candy. Please give me money or candy.”
The next morning, he received $2.00 and this note.
“Dear Scout, I am sorry to hear you got another tooth knocked out by a girl. I think you need to learn the art of dodging. I can’t give you $6 for getting a tooth knocked out because I don’t have your tooth for my jewelry line. Here is $2. Love, T.F.”
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So that is where all of the teeth go.
Navy, Dash and the Pips have some sweet moments before preschool on the days we aren’t rushing.
This day, Navy made a cake on the IPad with Dash.
And then Dash insisted on holding the Pips and giving her a plug.
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And then we were all off….
Shoot me now if Dash is getting night terrors.
But when he mentioned the dog from Sandlot, I felt a bit guilty.
I guess I might be the culprit on this one.
I had absolutely NO recollection of how terrifying he was.
Or how advanced that movie was for my kids.
I broke my own rule of only G’s.
Never again in the near future!
Navy has taken up tagging lately.
She was bummed when she had to give Dash back his red scooter, even though “[her] name is on it!”
I told her that possession nor written name are nine tenths the law.
But that in our household, what mom says is ten tenths the law!
We had a bit of extra time today, so we decided to take a walk down to karate.
But there were a LOT of diversions.
Like stopping to blow the flowers.
Or scaling a wall.
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Good thing we allotted more than enough time to walk the mile.
Cause it ended up taking us over 45 minutes.
I think I get as excited as Scout does when he gets Student of the Week.
I love putting together a poster with him of his favorite things.
After we were finished, I asked, “Does everyone’s look as good as yours?”
His answer….”Well, everyone else just brings in a paper with some things they write on it.”
Whoops…missed the directions on that one.
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