The Tooth Fairy Pillow

One of these days I really am going to get around to posting pictures from Christmastime...but that won't be today. :)

Here it is! Josiah's first sewing project. I cut out the fabric and pressed the pedal on the machine (because his legs aren't long enough...plus I'm not sure he's THAT ready to sew) but he chose all the fabric and which pattern to use for each part, he helped pin the material and guided the fabric through the machine, plus he sewed on the eyes and mouth. Great Job, Josiah!! I am very impressed.

And there it is! His tooth fairy pillow. The green at the bottom is the pocket for him to put his tooth in.

Today is equally exciting because IT SNOWED TODAY!! Not enough for a snowman, and it melted around lunchtime (although we do have ground cover again) but hey--it's SNOW!! Here is a picture of the boys watching through the window when it first started falling.


Micah didn't want to go outside and play in the snow. :( I asked him several times, but it was a no go. Josiah went out and played by himself and had a great time. Micah says if there is any snow left tomorrow he will go play in it. We'll see...Here is Josiah trying to catch snowflakes on his tongue.


And there you have it--the highlights from our day. Hope you had a good one, too!

An Even Trade...One Lost, One Gained

Do you see anything missing from this beautiful smile?


That's right...JOSIAH LOST HIS TOOTH!!
YIPEE!!!

He lost it last night. According to him, he was just sitting there wiggling it with his finger and...it just fell into his hand. BIG EXCITEMENT!! His tooth was getting pretty loose and I think the process was helped along by the apple he ate yesterday morning (that he first tried eating whole which pushed on his tooth and made it bleed...and oh, the trauma of blood!). Anyway, we are all VERY excited!! (There is a bit of jealousy on Micah's part...he's feeling a little left out and keeps checking his teeth to see if they are loose.)

But why does this make me feel so much older than the birthday I have coming up? For some reason having a kid lose a tooth makes me feel a lot older than having another birthday. Hmmmm...

In other tooth related news...Emilia sprouted another one this week and is now up to 5 teeth, with one more sure to pop through any day. She's averaging a tooth a week lately!

Last thing for now...this is my Micah Monster. He's such a goof!

Bits and Pieces

Still no pics for you because most of them are on my mom's computer, but I've got some stories to share while you wait...

I found where Micah cut his hair yesterday. There is a chunk above his right ear that is missing. Depending on how his hair is laying, though, it is very hard to tell (obviously since it took me so long to spot it!)

Josiah still hasn't lost his tooth. It's still hanging in there, but it is getting loose enough that he has trouble eating some things. We still haven't started sewing, either, but that's on the agenda for today or tomorrow. I'll post a pic of his creation once he makes it.

Josiah is also reading quite well now. Yesterday and today he has been reading a Dick and Jane book that we have and he is about 100 pages in and has read the whole thing on his own. I've been trying to work with him on reading because I knew he could do it, but everytime I tried he would get whiney and say, "I can't! It's too hard!" I have very little patience for whining and I didn't want to make reading an un-fun thing (because it is SUCH a fun thing!) so I let it drop. Then I decided he just needed a little motivation, a little competition. So I got a "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Lessons" book from the library (very simple lessons) and said I was going to teach BOTH the boys to read. Well, what do you know, that same day Josiah was reading on his own the same books that were "too hard" yesterday. :) (By the way, Micah did very well on the first reading lesson yesterday)

Emilia got a stroller/baby walker for Christmas and has been walking all over the place with it! She's pretty unsteady, but hasn't had any major spills with it, yet. She also has four teeth now, and two more coming in. YIKES! Oh, and a few days ago she was standing at one of the boys stools and then just....let go. And there she was, 9 months old and standing all by herself. What all this means is that instead of typing on this blog I should really be baby-proofing my house, especially since she is so attracted to wires! Add it to the list...

Micah went skiing for the first time last weekend. I think he liked it. He told me about learning to make pizza wedges and french fries. And Josiah got to go on the big lift and down the "big hill" this time. He was excited about that! They have both asked me several times about when I am going to ski...um, never. They don't like that answer, but too bad!

John's car has been getting some work done on it so the kids and I have been without a car for the last week. We're getting a little stir crazy, but so far, no one's been hurt....I'd say that's pretty good. So, for all of you still waiting for me to mail your Christmas presents and Christmas cards...hang in there--they're coming! But I am NOT walking to the post office with three kids, countless envelopes and several boxes. I'm not that crazy!!

That's all I'm coming up with right now. A photo slide show will be coming your way soon...at least I plan for it to be soon. Could be a week or more. Who knows. One of these days I'll get organized again. But not today!

I'm Sooooo Behind!

I can't believe how quickly the last month has gone by. We had a fun and busy holiday and hope yours was wonderful, too! I still don't have time to do a real post about Christmas and our trip to Texas and what all we've been doing, so I'll have to do that another time. But I did want everyone to know that we are doing well, having fun and have all sorts of new devolpments to report to you! For now, here's a picture of all the cousins down in Texas. Wouldn't you have liked to be in the house with all of these little ones for five days?? :) Although I do think the kids had more fun than the adults, we all had a good time (mostly)!

BIG NEWS!!!

Big news, everyone!

Josiah has a for real loose tooth!

I wiggled it myself.
He is not nearly as excited about it as I am, since he's thought he's had a loose tooth for the last 4 months. But he is excited about learning to sew and making his own tooth fairy pillow!