Final class

We're bummed that Lainey's "Blast Off for Babies" class ended yesterday, but . . . we sure had fun while it lasted!

A Half Birthday Present

Today Lizzie lost her first tooth! At school. She was SO excited. She coughed, felt something on her tongue, and that was it. Her bottom tooth was out. No blood. It had been a very, very loose tooth. I had a hard time getting a gap-toothed picture of her, but in the one below you can kind of see that the remaining bottom tooth is also pretty loose. Lizzie showed off her missing tooth to her friend, Jordan.

To celebrate the lost tooth (and coincidentally her half birthday) we took Lizzie out to eat at her current favorite, CiCi's.

At home Liz wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy explaining that she lost her tooth (while playfully snapping the tooth box open and shut) in the van. She included our license plate number so the Tooth Fairy would know where to collect her bounty.

Lee Rec Center Park

We went to the park after school today. The weather was perfect for it and the girls had a wonderful time. I was surprised by how willing Alaina was to go on literally every slide--with company and without. At the same age Liz was not as brave with the slides. She either wanted me to hold her hand as she went down or catch her at the end. Alaina apparently required neither. Though sometime I did have to remind her to sit down. She kept trying to walk down the slides. Inevitably her feet would slip out from underneath her, she'd fall on her bum, and slide down laughing the whole time.

GS Cookies

Lizzie has enjoyed selling them and I've enjoyed eating them, but I'm glad Girl Scout cookie time is nearly over.

Dance Costumes

Liz her got recital costumes this week. They are super cute and Andrew is pleased that they are "seasonably appropriate" (he was annoyed that she was a Christmas reindeer in June last year). I can't wait to see her on stage. Hopefully childbirth does not conflict with the performance.

Sick Day

How cute is this? I love the way kids look in their pajamas (especially when they are asleep) and it was sweet to see them sleeping together. The not so sweet part? They are both in my bed. It's pretty typical for one or both of them to end up in the early morning. Oh well. Someday I'll miss this, right? I let Liz stay home last Friday because it was the second day she complained of a sore throat. I told her if she was sick enough to stay home, she was sick enough to go to the doctor and take a nap and she agreed to my terms. But before our appointment, Lizzie was actually pretty helpful. She and Alaina unloaded the dishwasher.

She helped Alaina at her "Blast off for Babies" class.

Lizzie built tunnels.

She also went on the slides with her little sister. She did not seem that sick after all.

We still had more time to kill before our doctor's appointment so we went to a playground and then to Krispy Kreme (because I was craving it--funny that I used to think donuts where disgusting, Krispy Kreme in particular).

Then it was on to the doctor who said Liz wasn't that sick after all. The visit was a bit unpleasant. Lizzie had to have a throat culture and it took three tries to get it because Liz kept turning her head and slapping the nurse's hand away. I finally had to hold her down. So embarrassing.

Since Liz wasn't very sick (possibly allergies) I took her to school, pretty much kicking and screaming. She even tried to refuse to walk into her classroom. Nice try. Obviously I let the sick day be too much fun.

How I entertained Laines at the last pottery class:

MARKERS!

Andrew suggested that next time, I watch her closer.