Sunday Shoes

These shoes would make me so thankful this week of Thanksgiving! (I know, I'm so cheesy, whatever!)

Pulling Teeth

So M lost her fourth tooth last night. Ever since one of her top middle teeth came out the other one got pretty crocked and got lose quickly. She hasn't been able to eat very well because it has been bothering her.









Last night she decided she was going to try and pull it out herself. (After the time we helped her pull a tooth out and she cried the whole time, we decided she would have to be the one to pull her teeth from now on.) She probably worked on pulling that tooth out for about ten minutes!







When the tooth finally came out I think she was a bit surprised as well as happy!












M was finally able to eat her food today without that silly tooth in the way. She also likes that she has a window in her mouth. I think she has a harder time saying a few words, which is kind of cute!

And while M was working on pulling that tooth out, B insisted on being in the bathroom involved in all the action. She playing with just about everything in the bathroom, which isn't much. I think she is worried we are going to try and pull her teeth out, but I reassure her we won't...at least not until she is older!

First Snow!

On Monday we got a few snow flurries for the first time. It wasn't much, since when it hit the ground it immediately melted...which I'm not complaining about! I was watching M come from the bus stop and had to grab my camera quickly to catch her trying to eat the snow!

It was so funny watching her look up and turn in circles trying to eat the snow! I guess fresh snow might be refreshing after being on a crowded bus of kids!

It is funny to watch her coming home everyday. I usually wait on the porch for her since she is a big girl now and can come home by herself! She never walks straight home. She is always looking in the grass, kicking some rock or leaf, looking in the bushes, or kicking the dirt. I guess it is nice she has found things to entertain herself on the walk to the house...even though it is only up our driveway!!

Soccer Star

A week ago Saturday M, you finished up your first soccer season. It was a good thing too, because it was pretty chilly for the last three games! After your game the coaches (including your daddy) handed out trophies and a soccer ball to all the players!


You were so excited about your trophy. You brought it to the bus stop to show the kids on Monday and have carried it around for most of the last week. B has also taken a liking to it and has loved putting it on the table in front of her while she tries to draw it!


I am so proud of you M. You scored two goals this year and were so excited about them! It is so fun to see you do something and feel accomplished in it. I know you weren't the fastest kid on the field but I don't think anyone ever outdid you in the fun you had. You ran around the field each game with a smile on your face. When it was your time to sit out you couldn't wait to get back in the game!




I know that in life it isn't always easy to be the best at what you do. There always seems to be somebody who can run a little faster, or work a little harder. As long as you do YOUR best at whatever you set out to do, I know that will be good enough. I am so grateful that you are a good sport and feel happy for others when they accomplish things. I know if you take these lessons from soccer and apply them to life, you will go a long ways. I love you and am so glad you have become such a little athlete as well as a great cheerleader!

Love,
Mama

The Rest of the Pictures!

I know it has been a week, but here are the rest of the Halloween pictures!!

B makes the cutest little Lady Bug I have ever seen! She went out with the big kids trick or treating and R brought her back about half way through. He thought she had had enough. When he left with M to finish trick or treating, B got upset and I had to run out and make R come back for B! They went out about 6:15 and called me to come pick them up at 8:15! (They had walked quite a ways and were to tired to walk home!)

M had so much fun dressing up as a Butterfly Fairy and trick or treating....she is so cute! She could hardly wait to leave the house. She wanted to trick or treat and pass out candy! I told her she could help when she was here but that kids weren't going to wait to come to our house so she could give them their candy!

Both girls were pretty hyper when they got home! B thought wearing her antenna's over her eyes was pretty funny. Having the other kids here laughing at her probably encouraged it a bit!!

M was also pretty wound up when she got home! She had so much fun trick or treating with her friend this year! She to was trying to get a laugh out of everyone here!

M and B went trick or treating with the kids who live next door. They had so much fun together. After their initial high, the kids calmed down and got pretty tired. I think they only ate one or two pieces of candy because they were too tired by the end of the night!

I enjoyed passing out candy this year. I do think that a lot of kids have lost the art of saying thank you (I know, I totally sound old here, but it is true!) I even had one teenager who was on her cell phone when I answered the door. She was the last in her group to get a candy but she didn't even acknowledge me until she had finished arguing with her dad on the phone. I was shocked that she stood there without even looking at me, until her conversation was done. She then took a candy and just walked away (no trick or treat or thank you). I was too shocked by this or else I probably would have just shut the door on her. Maybe next year I will be more prepared!!

M's Tooth Necklace

Ever since M started kindergarten she has wanted to lose a tooth at school. When you lose a tooth at school you get to go to the school nurse and you get a tooth necklace that holds your lost tooth. She watched several of her friends get these necklaces last year and she really wanted one as well!



Fast forward a year and M has a really loose front tooth. She has been wiggling it for several weeks now. The past few days she has come home from school telling me that she tried to pull it out at school but it just wouldn't come out. Last night when I looked at it I could actually see a space at the bottom of her gum where the tooth comes down. I told her she should stop playing with it so she could try to pull it out at school!

Today, when M got off the bus she walked up to the door with a huge grin on her face. She was holding something in her hand but her mouth was closed as she smiled. When she got close
enough to me she opened her mouth and smiled really BIG! I immediately saw the missing tooth and realized she was holding onto her tooth necklace!!

She was so excited that she pulled out her own tooth (a first), lost it at school (another first), and was going to get a visit from the tooth fairy! It was so funny how she surprised me with the news and didn't just run up and tell me. She is such a cutie. I love her beautiful toothless smile! I can't believe my little girl is growing up!

Here M is with her new tooth necklace. As I type M is in bed with the tooth necklace (with the tooth inside) under her pillow waiting for the tooth fairy to arrive. Before she went to bed, she asked me if the tooth fairy ever left toys instead of money. I told her I was pretty sure the tooth fairy just left money. I asked her if she remembered how much money the tooth fairy left her the past two time she came and M said..."I think five dollars, no ten dollars." Okay, I am pretty sure her memory is a bit fuzzy on this one, but I have to give her credit! At least she is aiming BIG!!

Voting!

Okay, yesterday I voted and got a bit emotional doing so! I have yet to miss a presidental election since I have turned eighteen. I find it exciting to be a part of something so big!

I haven't thought of talking about the election with M. I didn't really think a six year old would be interested. Apparently they have talked about the election at school and even held an election of their own. She came home super excited that she voted for "Obock Obama!" I thought that was funny since we have never discussed the president elects with her! Since last week she has been super excited to see who wins the election.

Last night she went to bed super excited and when she woke up this morning she could hardly wait to see who was president. She told B she hoped "Obock Obama" won and B promptly informed her that she wanted Mickey Mouse to win!! I thought that my dad especially would appreciate that sentiment! (My dad doesn't seem to like many politician or mickey mouse, but I am guessing between the two he might pick mickey mouse!!)

Now, my six year old is dancing around our living room singing "Obock Obama!" She is so funny! When I told her not every country can vote she seemed quite incensed. I am glad at this young age she is starting to understand the importance of voting!