The First Visit from theTooth Fairy

Emily's tooth has been loose for over a week. This weekend it has just been hanging by a thread. Last night I pulled it. She was so happy and excited!!! She said, "Oh this is so good, I am a big girl now." She also said, "Oh mama, you pulled it so soft, thank you!" She had been afraid that it was going to hurt and that it would bleed real bad. It did not hurt and it did not bleed much at all! When I had tried to pull her tooth out earlier in the week, Sarah Kate would cry and say,"stop hurting my sister! Don't pull out her teeth." SK would get so upset and block me like a basketball player to keep me away from Emily.
I pulled Emily's tooth upstairs and then we went down to tell Sarah Kate that Emily had lost her tooth. I took this picture as Emily was telling her the good news. SK was very happy for Emily.

Sarah Kate was very happy until we started talking about the tooth fairy coming to our house. Please note: she is terrified of anything/anyone in a costume. It was 6:55 p.m. and I have never seen a child get in the bed so fast. She got off the couch and got in her bed and said she would just sleep in her clothes. She told me to close her door and not read a story or the Bible. I did put a gown on her and read the Bible. I think she was scared that she might have an encounter with the tooth fairy. ( I took this picture the moment Emily told her the tooth fairy was coming.) Look how worried she is.

Emily went to bed very easily too. She wanted to get to sleep so the tooth fairy could come on.

She was so thrilled this morning that the tooth fairy had brought her two dollars. She even gave SK one of the dollars. She could not wait to get to church and show her friends and teachers that she was missing a tooth.

It is a bit sad for me. The tooth she lost was the very first tooth she ever cut. She is growing up too fast

I want to wish my mother a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today! We love you and you always entertain us so much with your humor!

Something Good to Eat

Ever since Steve and I started dating, when we would go to Mississippi, his aunt would make the BEST ROAST IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!! Steve's Dad's side of the family gets together at his Granny's house for lunch every Sunday after church. The food is always sooo good!!!!!!!!!!!! I have always taken a liking to his Aunt Judy's roast. It really is the best roast I have ever had. When we were there on Labor Day weekend, my sister in law asked Aunt Judy for the recipe. Aunt Judy began naming all the ingredients. She said Ranch Dressing mix, and I bugged my eyes out and nearly chocked. I HATE RANCH DRESSING. I don't even like to be in the room with it. I had to focus on the word MIX....not the mayo and butter milk and sour cream that you add to it. Just typing those words makes me shudder. The recipe sounded awful as she rattled off the ingredients, but I promise, you have got to make this if you like a good roast. Trust me on this. Here it is: Get a tender chuck...

Complicated

Maybe I am wrong, but I don't remember life being so complicated when I was in middle school. Everything is so competitive now. Maybe it was back then and I just didn't realize it. Sarah Kate started playing city league softball a couple of weeks ago. We've been encouraged to get her private batting lessons. When I was in third grade I started playing softball and I just did it for fun! No stress at all, as far as I can remember! I just played. I wasn't very good, but I liked it! Ha! Emily started band this year! Before school started, I got a letter from the school district strongly encouraging "your band student to take instrument lessons." WHAT? I bought into it and got Emily private clarinet lessons (which she really enjoys)! But, what happened to learning as you go? I never thought about taking private trumpet lessons when I started band. It seems like most parents are striving for their child to be THE BEST....

Life in Pictures!

Emily is enjoying her first year in band. I am very impressed with her playing skill! Sarah Kate was recently awarded the empathy award at her school. She is very deserving of this! Here we are before the Cotillion Holly Ball.

Melissa said…

and another milestone reached! so very sweet she gave her sister one of her dollars.

but hey, maybe the tooth fairy will save some money when SK grows up...she won't lose any teeth so the fairy won't come...LOL

1:50 PM

Nancy said…

Oh my gosh ~ she is hilarious!
They are best friends & I love it!

3:02 PM

Heather said…

The tooth fairy always left my kids a dollar or two... but then when I married my 2nd husband (now my ex-husband) Austin lost a tooth one night after I was already asleep. My new husband's tooth fairy left a $20 bill for Austin... who was 12 and of course, was beyond the age of belief. After that the kid kept trying to yank out other teeth since we had obviously upgraded to a more generous tooth fairy.

3:10 PM

Diana Lesjak said…

Laurie, once when my kids were little~ I was at my best friends house and she had some tooth fairy business to deal with and I went upstairs with her. Her daughter Missy had lost her first tooth and I leaned over to look at her while she was sleeping and she WOKE UP! She was surprised and said "Diana, I didn't know you were the tooth fairy!' We kept this "secret" many years with just a knowing glance at one another each time a tooth was loose! It is a fond memory between us still!! Your daughter is a sweetheart!

3:19 PM

Tara G. said…

My children are afraid in the same way,and the idea of someone unknown coming into their rooms at night was too much, so we modified the tooth fairy- we told them that wherever they left the tooth, in the morning mama and daddy would exchange for a present. Sometimes it's money and sometimes it's another little treat- my daughter got a pearl bracelet for her first tooth and a tea cup for her two front teeth; my son has enjoyed the $ and Legos! :)

11:00 PM

Chocolate Cat said…

I love that she gave her sister one of her dollars.

12:28 AM

Sara Campbell said…

This was so cute! I love SK!!!! I was terrified of clowns!

3:57 AM

The Ormons said…

Wonderful memmories. I don't think I have ever seen Emily smile so big or pretty.

6:08 AM

Lauren said…

So precious!!!!!!!!! :)

10:22 AM

Surrounded-By-Boys said…

so cute and such a big girl!! Both your girls are just ADORABLE and BEAUTIFUL!!

10:05 AM

missy said…

My niece was also terrified of the tooth fairy. She would leave her tooth on the kitchen table because it "freaked her out" to think about something "flying and flitting" around her room!

9:23 PM

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Have a fun weekend! No pressure if you are busy!!

1:41 PM

Meg said…

When I was growing up, I was so afraid of having someone in my room I used to leave my tooth for the tooth fairy on the dining room table. I didn't want her anywhere near me or reaching under my pillow.

7:30 AM

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