Tooth Fairy Coming Again

I have several posts that I need to write to catch up on all we've been up to (I literally have 502 pictures in my November album!), but they'll have to wait a little longer. I did have to do a quick one today because Emma Lee lost her 8th tooth!

What a cutie!

She's been on the verge of losing it for a couple of days. This morning she was prepared to let Kerri pull it out for her, but then chickened out at the last minute (with Kerri, I probably would too!). It actually ended up popping out on its own when she jumped out of the van today.Yes, it was that loose! Kind of like this time, but fortunately it didn't last as long!

In typical Emma Lee form, she wrote a letter to the tooth fairy (before she even lost it!). It's pretty hilarious to me because she apologized for the scribbles and she asked the fairy a joke (by the way, do you know the answer - it's her favorite joke!).

I love this girl!

Thanksgiving

Two of my greatest blessings!

Happy Turkey Day!

Sisters

Solving the world's problems atop a hay bale.

The Accomplishment of the Weekend

I knew it wouldn't take long, but we are now officially a training wheel free family! In typical Kerri fashion, she took right off on the first try and got the hang of it right away! She's more than excited to be able to keep up with her big sister now! (Of course, it's the one time I didn't have my camera with me, so here's the best I could get with Andy's phone.)

Crazy Monkeys

You know, just when you start thinking that your kids are growing up and getting so smart you walk into something like this:

I wish I had a picture of her face when I walked around the corner and saw her. She was so scared that she was in big trouble! I just paused and stared and she hung up there and stared back. It was just one of those times when I thought it was too priceless not to have a record of. I asked them (because Emma Lee was waiting for her turn) how in the world they did that, and they were more than happy to show me.

I have a feeling that recording their antics might possibly take away from my strict instructions to never do that again. I asked Emma Lee how long they've been doing this and she said, "Every time you're upstairs." Guess I know now why they've gotten so good on the monkey bars at the park...

11-11-11

Here's my monthly challenge picture of the girls. It's supposed to be the last month, but I think I'll do next month too and then I'll have one full year of a monthly picture of the girls together.

Story time with Felix (on the top bunk).

Happy 6th & 7th!!

We had a great day full of family fun celebrating the girls' birthday yesterday. Although we've told the girls over and over again in the past year that we weren't going to get them bikes until we move and have a garage, Andy decided that they needed them after all. We decided we could just put up with keeping the bikes inside or in the van for a year. We knew that the girls were going to be so surprised. The evening that we were out birthday shopping, we couldn't figure out what size helmets they needed and had to call and have their sitter measure their heads (their little peanut heads are so small they both ended up needing the smallest size helmet for ages 3+!) Later when we picked them up they kept asking us why we needed their heads measured because they knew that we had been birthday shopping. We joked around about several different possibilities, but eventually stuck with the claim that they were getting wigs for their birthday. After halloween, I just happened to find some long blond wigs 50% off and thought it would be really funny to actually have them open up a wig and think it was their real present. Andy came up with a scavenger hunt for them, I wrapped up the wig and put the envelope with the first clue in the bottom of the box. They were a little confused at first but caught on pretty fast! They were so excited running around from clue to clue. They kept saying, "This is the best birthday hunt ever!" The hunt ended with them opening up the back of the van where their bikes were. They were a little confused at first and thought that they were our neighbors' bikes, but it didn't take too long for them to figure out that they were different and that they had found their real presents!

(You can check out other pictures from our day of bike riding here.)

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