Mom, Dad, I have a loose tooth!

Luke made a surprise announcement at Family Home Evening this week. "Mom, Dad, I have a loose tooth!" It was very exciting, and a little emotional (Heather), Luke had us call every one he could think of (Grandma) and some others we could think of (you know who you are).

So after about 3 days of serious wiggling, it came out at school.He got a little treasure box to keep it in. That night, he and Olivia were so excited to put it under his pillow, before we had finished reading books and saying prayers, he had check his pillow three times. I think Olivia was even more excited than Luke at the thought of a Tooth Fairy bring Luke a dollar. A dollar! Boy, teeth were going a lot cheaper when I was little... Sigh... must be inflation.

Posted by Mark. (I'm sure Heather will edit something in here).

Happy Bedroom's Day

We have been talking for a while about getting Olivia a BIG bed. When she heard that it was Veteran's Day she thought it was "Bedrooms Day". So, she wanted to get her new bed for "Bedrooms Day". I think I may need to get her hearing checked out.

Mark let the kids "break the bed in" by jumping on it. That's great Mark! Hopefully we don't have a broken bed and a broken child before "Bedroom's Day" is over. Olivia is so excited to be in her new bed.

Happy Halloween!!

Early in October, Luke decided that he wanted to be Ash Ketchum for Halloween. For those not familiar to the Pokemon world, Ash is the main Pokemon trainer. He looked just like Ash. The pictures don't show it but he has spiky black hair poking out from around his hat.

Miss Olivia wanted to be a butterfly for Halloween. I wanted her to just be a butterfly, not a butterfly princess, but the skirt and the wand came with the wings so that was one battle I chose not to engage in. Olivia is now three and I am choosing my battles already.

All ready to go trick or treating. Just waiting and waiting for it to get dark.

Flu Shot

When Olivia heard that Hannah, our afterschool buddie, was getting a flu shot, she got very upset and started to cry because she didn't get a flu shot. I asked Olivia if she wanted a flu shot and through tears she said, "yes, I like flu shots and you didn't let me get one." So, feeling a little guilt stricken, I made an appointment and got her a flu shot. I don't think she really likes flu shots but she sure doesn't like to be left out of anything.