"Things You Don't Say to Your Wife"

This is SO funny! If you need a laugh today, here it is!

Isaac's 1st loose TOOTH!

My little guy is growing up so fast! He noticed that he had his first loose tooth on his 6th Birthday on July 29th. For a MONTH that thing didn't come out, in fact the new adult tooth was grown in behind it! Every day I'd tell him to give it a good wiggle and he'd say "But I don't want to". Finally on Aug 28th, it was just so ready to come out. So we decided to put a dental-floss lasso around that thing and have a yank at it. Daddy pulled it out with little effort, and almost put his own eye out in the process as the tooth flew right at him! Other than the initial blood, Isaac was THRILLED at the event. He was sure the tooth fairy was going to bring him $20. Ummm...not unless the tooth fairy won the lottery since I was a kid. I was lucky to get a quarter! Isaac tucked his tooth securely in his tooth fairy pillow, and was pleased enough to have a dollar by morning. :o)
He lost his next tooth 3 days later!
It was kindof bittersweet for me as the mommy. These two little teeth were the first ones he got as a 4 month old baby, and I remember how excited I was when they first broke through the gums. And now here they are, of his mouth for good.

Uncle Sam's Visit!

Sorry it's been a while!
This last week in August, my youngest brother Sam came to visit. He spent 4 days with us, then continued on his journey to Washington DC for an internship arranged through BYU. It was his FIRST time in Okalahoma, so we wanted him to have a great experience. We took him to the Bombing Memorial, to OU Stadium...and we were lucky enough to get a private tour of the football team's equipment facility. We took him out to Mikey's folks place in Gore for Horseback riding. And the highlight was of course....a princess TEA PARTY with Leah!!! Unfortunately, my digital camera is starting to get VERY old, and it takes pictures very slowly. Too slowly for my husband to tolerate, so many of the photos from our week with Uncle Sam are on Michael's digital camera that is for his Banking purposes. I hate having pictures from the same event on different cameras! But here are the ones I got! Sam was such a good sport to dress up like a princess for his tea party with Leah!

Isaac is our BIG 1st Grader!

Isaac started school this week, and is now in 1st Grade. He has mixed feelings about the whole thing, as it is sad to see the summer end. He became quite fond of his freedom....and the Nintendo 64 Uncle Daniel gave him. He is sad to leave it all behind in the quest for further knowledge at school. He has told me what he DOES like and what he DOESN'T like.
Isaac Likes: Recess 3x's a day, his nice teacher Mrs. Mackay, lunch, that he has his "own desk" with his name on it, and friends.
Isaac doesn't like: Mosquitoes out on the playground, that school is longer than 1 hour, that now he "has to LEARN stuff".
I think he will acclimate, and as the teacher really gets into the curriculum he will become interested and excited about things. For a boy who is constantly asking me SO MANY QUESTIONS day in and day out (examples; How do airplanes get gas if they can't go to the gas station? Why does Daddy mow the grass and then it just gets tall again?, Why do I have blood under my skin?) you would think that he would be ecstatic about the fact that he gets to go to school and be TAUGHT so many new things. I'm sure as things move along, he will enjoy it more and more.

Isaac loves his Speed Racer backpack.

And of course Leah wanted to be in the picture when we dropped him off at school. This is what Leah looks like on a BAD HAIR morning before Mommy can remedy the situation. As much as she will argue with me on it, she just has to accept that she has to be 4 before she can start Pre-K. So another year at home with Mommy is what she gets!