TOOTH FAIRY TROUBLESHOOTING

Pal lost his 3rd tooth yesterday. Hooray for him! He's been working on that one for weeks now. However, the dreaded question that embarks on little ones trying to grow up too fast was posed "Mom, is the Tooth Fairy real?" My response didn't get much better than "What do YOU think?" "Ethan said it's just the mom." says the all intelligent 6 year old. "But what do YOU think?" replies mom who doesn't want to burst a bubble. "Well I don't know. I guess we'll see." says the toothless one.

This morning Pal came upstairs a bit bummed. "The Tooth Fairy forgot to leave me money for my tooth last night." As I, the panicked mother,sat back wondering how that possibly could have happened, a brilliant response finally came (after a bit of fruitless dialogue passed back and forth) "I guess that means she is real doesn't it?" My boy, a bit confused, stared at me in wonder. "Well, Mom forgets stuff all the time and I'm real, right?" Pal thought for a moment, "Oh, ok."

So we'll try again tonight....and I'm sure the Tooth Fairy won't forget to cash out the boys treasure this time!

AIR SHOW

We decided to brave the yearly air show this morning. For a small town, I think they did a pretty good job. We saw stunt planes and WW 2 fighter planes and I'm sure other types of planes, but I don't know what the heck they were! The kids had a great time cheering on the planes and throwing weeds into the canal while waiting for the next one to take off. I had a blast enjoying the beautiful weather (finally!) and avoiding house/yard work for a couple of hours.
My favorite of the day...the yellow jelly belly plane. It scared the pants off of me when it lost part of it's wing. I literally grabbed the kids and wanted to take off before it crashed. How dumb do you think I felt when I finally realized it was all part of the act? The only redeeming factor...Aces thought the same thing! LOL!

WINDY CITY

So our little town was hit by an incredible wind storm all day Friday. I have the most beautiful multi trunked maple trees out front, and unfortunately, the wind snapped one of the trunks. I am so grateful it didn't blow into our house. I have the other trunks to thank for holding it up.

Aces helping the affair along.

The fallen section is about 30-40 feet long.


After the wind storm passed and Aces got the broken part down, we went out to see Iron Man. Great movie for those who haven't seen it yet. The next morning, we went out to breakfast together and then went shooting at the range. Let's just say I have quite a lot of room for improvement! I should have taken a picture of the target to show you, but there wasn't much to see!

T-BALL

Today was the boys first t-ball game. They both did great up at bat and fielding the ball. Pal even hit a home run on his first try. They were sweet and encouraging to each other and to their teammates. It was adorable to watch.
My favorite quote of the day: When they were in their huddle after the game, the coach said, "Let's say Ra-ra-ra yellow!" Where after one of the children replied in a rather matter of fact way, "Uh, no. Ra-ra-ra blue." The coach had to explain that we cheer for the other team. It was just a moment of sweet inoncence that made me smile.

RANDOM SAMPLER

Where did all my chickens go???
Mmmmm...tastes like chicken!

Mei's artwork.



Mei diapering her baby. How cute is that?!

Here, Grandpa and Grandma. Proof that the deck is done and safe!!!