Looking Back May Edition

Earlier this month we got to go to a small recital for Little girl. She has been in a 12 week piano course after school and learned a few songs during that time.

Her class also did a Wax museum project too. They each had to pick someone who was a leader and learn more about them. Since Little girl loves gymnastics all three of her choices were gymnasts. She ended up deciding on Simone Biles. She had to make a project board or diorama. She also had to memorize her part about Simone Biles. I was so proud of her. She worked on memorizing it and never looked at her notes about it once. 

One of my favorite things about how this was set up was that there was a play button at each station for the students. you can see her presentation below. It was really noisy with other kids doing their presentation down the hall and people watching them.

Her teacher also does this with the kids every year.

I love the way her teacher teaches the kids and shows them love. She had each one of them write about their favorite part of them. There were a ton of different things and reasons. I love her confidence here. I never want her to be prideful or conceited but there are so many girls who don't like the way God has made them. I pray that she always sees herself as beautiful. Just as God has made her.

My sister and brother in law had the chance to go to London for over a week and my mom went to keep her two boys. We went down for one night. We got to hang out with them and play. We also got to go to the little's tball game and eat at a yummy pastry place.

Little girl wasn't the only one to have performances this month. Golden boy had his class recorder program this month as well. I would post the performance but since there are other kids in the video i don't feel right about posting it. lets just say that it was way better then i could have imagined. they did such a great job with stage presence and learning the music.

On May 22 my Nana in law celebrated her Birthday in heave. Little girl asked last year if we could send her a balloon. I noticed that i had a note about buying a balloon on two of my calendars. I was out the night before and bought one. Then that morning i had them write her a little note and we released it to. it was sweet and a good way to keep her memory alive since my kids both have memories of her.

He makes parenthood fun. Sure, there are challenges but choosing to focus on the good stuff like watching him read (or look at pictures as he says but can then spout off football stats that had to come from reading) or his arms around my neck (at school, in front of all his friends) there are struggles but the good surely does out weigh them. Here we are waiting to go back to be fitted for new hearing aids. 

Here are a few other posts about our hearing aid journey

ears

tigger ears

Lost another tooth too

He is 10 and lost tooth #10

10 more left and then all big teeth

i'm not sure i can handle the teeth falling out.

stop the growing up

a post from when he got his first tooth

post from when he lost his first few teeth

we headed to the lake the weekend of Memorial day were Golden boy got to fish, fish, fish. he only caught one but was determined 

they both got the tube. Little girl was way more interested in tubing. Big brother went along. (remember he just wanted to fish)

And we ended the month with the anticipation of a new year. 

The count down is on. In just a few hours she goes from being 7 to 8. 7 has been a challenging year. A growing year for all of full us. A figuring some things out kind of year. I think it will also be one I look back on and smile. This girl is full if great things. If you take the time to look, see, know her.....your life will be greatly blessed.

Adventure 33

i never knew that baby teeth could be so emotional

Golden Boy's tooth #N has been loose for weeks.

i got this picture of him last week, anticipating that the tooth would just fall out one day. he was struggling with the idea of me pulling it, even though it was so ready and he had let me try a few times and i have pulled most of his other teeth.

this would be his 5th baby tooth to come out

5 FIVE 5! tiny teeth that are not in his body anymore and are being replaced by these big adult ones. i don't like these adult teeth that are taking over my tiny boy's body.

so earlier this week he was ready

it was ready (i mean it had been ready for weeks now)

but he gave the go and he let me pull it

he is so cute and tiny

Adventure #4

He thought that he would never lose another tooth.......then one day his upper left one got wiggly.

He thought it would never come out.

On Sunday night he had a hard time going to sleep because he was laying there just wiggling his tooth.

last night he came out of his room after we had put him to bed saying that he just wanted it to come out. scroll down to see the before pictures. there was some wiggling involved and then it came out.

loosing baby teeth is another step in growing up. the vote is till out on if I am ok with this growing up thing.

 

1st tooth that he lost end of Feb 2014

2nd tooth lost, Spring break 2014

3rd tooth lost end of Jan 2015

i wanted some before shots of him before loosing his tooth. he will never look like this again with his tiny baby teeth in. (these were taken earlier this month) when i was certain his tooth would end up falling out before i was able to capture these pictures.

it managed to hold in for a bit longer.

i am thankful. i am not ready for big teeth in his tiny mouth.

 

 the tooth fairy had to get a last minute notice but did show up. he was excited although he said that he thought she would leave a lollypop. I will have to put in a good word with her for next time.

3 down 17 to go.

baby teeth hold on a bit longer. you are the list traces of baby left in my tiny, growing boy.

 

if you want to participate in 52 weeks of adventuring check out my cousin's blog and her link up and t this information  on how she got started doing this and be sure to find adventure in your every day.



More Teeth

little guy has two more teeth in.

so now we are just waiting for the last one on the upper right and he will have four on the top and four on the bottom.

yeah for his chompers.

i know.

i'm silly about teeth.

can't help it.

Swimming

here are some pictures that my mom took of little guy on his birthday. i can't believe how beautiful he is. i'm sure every parent thinks that about their children but just look at those blue eyes and the beautiful smile. i just love this kid. i was also asked to post some pics of him and his teeth so here are some. there aren't any of the new one yet though.

pretty eyes

look at those teeth

oh what a sweet face

all wet

so happy to be in the water

happy boy

and one of my faves. i love to color of his eyes and that you can see his teeth.

G

little guy got another tooth in yesterday. as you can see the title of my post it the letter "G" and that is the tooth that he got in. it's the upper left (lateral) the one next to the middle (central) on the left. we are so proud of his teeth.

P

on thursday i noticed little guys first tooth. i was sitting with him watching him gnaw on an apple slice the i gave him and realized that it had been about three days since i'd rubbed his gums in search of a tooth. as i put my finger in his mouth to check i felt the sharp edges of his first tooth. i was so excited. i called his dad to let him know and then i called honey (my mom) and let her know. they were both excited. my hubby because that may have been the answer to our sleepless nights, waking up with him and my mom because she rejoices with any news she hears about little guy. so, back to the title of this post...."P" the tooth is the lower right central and in dental terms it is tooth letter P.