Completing the look

I was at school yesterday for a parenting class (Parenting with Love and Logic, highly recommend it) and when it was over, checked to see if Sophie's class was still eating lunch. They were, and she waved me over excitedly when she saw me come in. It was hard to hear her over the din of her classmates, well at least the girls, all trying to tell me the same thing....she lost her other front tooth that morning in the bathroom. It was hilarious to hear them all tell the story....she was wiggling it, it fell out into the sink, Maeghan picked it up and gave it back to her, then went and knocked on the teacher's stall to tell her what had happened. A trip to the clinic and one tooth necklace later she was all set. Of course, each of her classmates had to show me their own mouths and the story of how and when they lost their front teeth. I had forgotten what a right of passage it is, kind of like getting glasses or braces.

So here she is in all her glory. I made angel hair pasta for dinner last night so she could slurp away. Michael and Emily both insist they have loose teeth too.


With the big tooth necklace from school. Have to keep that tooth safe until you get off the bus!



Posing by the new lamp that we got to go in her new room. When it's on the whole room is cast in a pink glow...I told Terry it's like something you would have in college.

We are getting ready to change the kids rooms all around. All three of them will switch rooms, and Michael and Emily are not only moving to beds, they will now each have their own room. We hope this ends the hour long party they stage each night before falling asleep. Sophie wants pink for her room, and since Emily's new room could stand to be painted, it will be pink too. Michael's will be a light khaki. Here's Terry last night painting a swatch of pink on the wall to check it out. You can see where the border covered the original mint green, we painted it yellow when we were expecting Sophie. Terry was able to peel that border right off, which was a huge relief for him. However, this pink is too bright, in the light of day it's overpowering. The girls think it's fine, luckily it's not a decision for them to make!