Did I mention there are NO PICTURES!??
So, when the girls get home from school we will definitely do something to fix that. Time continues to fly by and it gets overwhelming.
So for now, a quick update with no pictures will have to do.
The girls both have a loose tooth. I thought it was really cute and thought it would be fun if they lost it on the same night! Well, this morning I discovered that Allie's permanent tooth is coming in behind her baby tooth. So we all know what that means...time to call the dentist. I'm not quite sure why both girls are having this issue with their teeth. After some research today, I discovered that about 10% of kids go through this and the best option is to pull the teeth.
Poor Allie knew exactly what it meant when I said I could see the tooth coming in. She burst into tears and let me know that she did NOT want to get her teeth pulled out. Poor kids. They just want to wiggle a tooth out on their own like everyone else they know! Hopefully this isn't going to happen every time. I'm afraid to look behind Lauryn's loose tooth (it's a top front one)...she so badly wants to pull it on her own.
Anyway, I am beyond thankful that teeth are our biggest problem right now. There has been so much tragedy and heartbreak in the past few weeks. A former co-worker of mine lost her husband tragically and suddenly, leaving her to raise two pre-teen girls on her own. She has been on my mind daily and it has made me step back and appreciate every single day of "normal". The problems that I thought we had certainly don't qualify as problems anymore.
The girls are begging for snow. Lauryn checks the weather on my phone each and every morning. They have seen an unusual amount of snow in the past three years. It is supposed to be in the 70's this week, so I'm kind of wondering if the snow might just pass us by this winter!
Our sweet Hope turned 10 on Sunday! She is starting to have some health problems and is on a special kidney diet. She recently started medication for her gallbladder and liver. She is still the sweetest dog ever, though...just moves around a lot more slowly than she used to!
Spring Break is approaching and we are trying to make plans for that week. The girls are begging to go to the beach. Or camping. I love that they enjoy our family trips, and I hope that never goes away!
Well, it turns out that without pictures I have a hard time figuring out what to write. Or it could be that I'm exhausted. Allie was up coughing all night with a cold and felt the need to wake me to let me know that her medicine was "NOT working"!!!! She is cracking us up lately and she is really growing up. She just seems older somehow. Her conversations are more detailed and inquisitive. She told me that she never wants to leave kindergarten or turn 6. I have to say I agree with her.
Lauryn was invited to go to the movies with a friend yesterday. I planned on joining them and of course brought Allie, too. A couple of hours before we left, Lauryn said "I know! You and Allie can sit in the row behind us. Will that work?"
Bless her heart. She was trying to be so nice about letting me know that it was not cool to sit with me at the movies. I couldn't believe it crossed her mind already...7 years old! I just smiled and shrugged it off and said we'd see what happens...if the theater is crowded we might have to sit together.
Five minutes later she came into the room crying and saying that she felt bad and didn't want me to think she didn't want me to be there. She was so worried that she had hurt my feelings.
Someone tell me again what I did to deserve these incredible kids? I don't think I'll ever know.
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