Tooth Fairy: Imaginary or real?

The tooth fairy is very much real in our house right now. Chan has lost 2 teeth in less than a week and is on his way to lose two more very loose teeth.

The best part was Chan's comment that was ever so mindful of our situation: "Good thing the tooth fairy pays me, because you guys don't have any money."

um, yeah. good thing.

Happy Birthday BEANS!

SIX!!! We can hardly believe how fast they grow.
We Love you Beans!

Table Top Dancer???

Not a term I was ever hoping one of our girls would have us use to explain their behavior- but in fact it is true.

I cannot say that I am all that disappointed, it has provided endless amounts of entertainment in our house and well, she's good at it :)

KD has discovered the art of climbing. She has yet to master pulling the chair out by herself, but if you leave your chair pulled away from the table- then lets hope you have at least cleared your plate.... or she will.
No less than 4 times a day we are scooping our talented little girl up off the table and putting her back on the floor. She will dance, sing, or clap once she has arrived at the top of the table and she is so proud of herself.
Earlier today, when I came in to the dining room, found KD on the table. Before I could pull her off, she reached for Nooshies sippy cup and off the table she went. I looked at her. She looked at me. She was laying on her back- didn't cry. Then she turned over, grabbed the sippy, started to suck and got up and walked away, like it was no big deal. Mission accomplished.

Earlier this morning I found her on the table- eating other kids leftover french toast and drinking a cup. A closer look revealed the cup was the little one that was full of syrup. Too late. She was now drenched from head to toe in syrup.

I guess as long as she is only looking for table scraps instead of tips- we'll be okay.
Thanks for keeping us on our toes little girl!

The picture shows proof of her rummaging with the syrup mess to her right and part of Nooshies lunch to her left. :)

First day of School

Introducing Mr. Smarty Pants and his sister, Teacher's Pet!!


First day of school at their cute school in our little town in the armpit of a Midwest state.
Ahhh, have I ever told you how much we like it here (just a tad bit of sarcasm)

Our days are now filled with just one child at home. C embarking on a new adventure, and me attempting to pack the house (does thinking about packing count??)

Life- still good.

A little more faith required, a little less pride intact- a new year, a new direction- Cheers to 2009- 2010 school year!

just in case you missed us...

We're Back!

We had a great time on Vacation and really enjoyed our time in the NW.

Home is not necessarily where you live- it is where ever YOU are.

Chillin

With my peeps in the Couve- be back soon.

And by peeps, I mean my mom, my sarcastic and hilarious brothers and sisters and all of their children. Life is good.

I really like living in Iowa, but I was sure that coming back to the Northwest would make me wanna move back here. And while a little bit of me does want to live here, the other bits of me cannot get over how BROWN everything is in the "Evergreen" state. My mom has been reminding me that it is only temporary and come September it will be green again. I am just having a hard time getting over how disgustingly ugly brown is for a color of grass.

The weather has been very summery here. high 90's. perfect. They are of course complaining as Iowa has been holding the cooler summer weather hostage, but I am sure the Northwest will get it back soon.

No pictures yet. They will come and I will share- but later. :)