Second Grade-wax museum

Today was the second grade wax museum. Each student was given a famous American to do research on and present information on. They got to dress up and have props that related to the character they were portraying. There was a dot sticker on each student's hand. You would walk up and press this "button" then the character would begin reciting their script they had memorized about the person they were. It was AWESOME!!! We saw TONS of famous people.

Walt Disney (I thought looked more like Hitler.)

Michael J. Fox (Back to the Future)

George Washington

Lance Armstrong

Franklin Roosevelt

Thomas Edison

Robert Goddard

Lucille Ball

John F. Kennedy

Eleanor Roosevelt

This one was my FAVORITE!!!!

Even Score

Master David putting on Allie's yellow stripe.

Allie bowing with respect and PRIDE!

Yep! Tonight at Tae Kwon Do, Allie received her first yellow stripe. I was so proud of her. She was so excited! She has been practicing every day this week, hoping and praying that today would be her day. And it was. It was so AWESOME! Almost as good as her getting it, was when she went back to sit on the mat Owen told her "good job" and gave her a thumbs up! Watch out, World! My Lil Dragons are moving up!!!

Loose Tooth? How about 2!!!!

She's very pleased!

You read that right! A few weeks ago I noticed that one of Allie's front bottom tooth was a little in front of the others. I told her I thought it might be loose. She was THRILLED!!! Then last week we went to the dentist and when the hygienist was checking her teeth she says, "Oh, you've got a loose tooth!" And just as I was about to say we thought so, she adds, "And so is it's neighbor tooth!" WHAT?? Sure enough, she showed me that BOTH front bottom teeth were loose. I wasn't sure if her mouth was ready for 2 missing teeth. Then tonight while I was helping the kids brush their teeth, I noticed that behind the original loose tooth was the top of her BIG TOOTH!!!! I guess ready or not, here come her ADULT TEETH!!! Check it out below!

The one on the right has the big tooth coming in right behind the baby tooth.

Lil Dragons

I received the professional photos that were taken of my kids at Tae Kwon Do tonight. If there has ever been a photo to keep, this is definitely one. Don't worry family members! I bought several copies and we will be mailing them out soon. :)

Have it ALL

I love her look in this photo!

I have to replay a conversation that took place in my car this evening.

SCENE: Allie and myself going home from dinner in my car. The radio is blasting Adele singing "Rolling in the Deep". A line is sung, "We almost had it all." Then comes the following interaction.

A: "Mommy? What is ALL?"

M: "What do you mean?"

A: "The girl just said she almost had it all. What is the ALL?"

M: "All, is when you think you have everything you need in your life. For example, I think I have it ALL. I love my husband, my kids, my family and friends. I enjoy my time alone and I get to experience wonderful things. I think I have it ALL."

PAUSE......

M: "Do you think you have it all?"

PAUSE......

A: "I need a cat!"

Well, there you have it. If she only had a cat, then she too would have it ALL!!!!

Oh, the imagination!

Today, Allie walked in the house after school all excited about what happened at school. A mom of one of Allie's classmates is a dentist. She came to school to explain what she does in her job and demonstrate how she does it. She sent all the kids home with new toothbrushes, toothpaste, flossers and even stickers. As soon as she could, Allie set up her OWN dentist office.

She is working on Bity Baby.

Notice the face mask and YES, she is wearing latex gloves!

I will quickly explain the set up. She laid out one of her quilts to be the area she worked in. She had several of her toys wait in the "waiting room". A toy bed became the patient chair. She used a doll shirt as the bib. The tools she used were neatly lined up beside her. She had the stickers for the good patients in a row. Her toy phone was in the office, she even took appointments while she worked. She asked me for gloves, OF COURSE I have a box of latex gloves (doesn't everyone?). Allie then dug through the toy doctor stuff to find the finishing touch, her face mask. This went on for about an hour. She is AWESOME, and accepts all insurance. :)

Happy Valentine's Day 2012

Tuesday, LOVE was in the air. (It actually started on Monday, with Allie's class party.) I was able to attend both of the kids parties. They loved getting Mommy at their school.

Allie at her party.

Owen at his party.

After I picked the kids up from school and brought them home, Owen walked into the kitchen to see this.

As you can see, he was VERY excited. I heard phrases like, "I'm the LUCKIEST boy!", "I LOVE you, Mommy!", "I've been wanting this for a LONG time!". I had bought him this new wii game called "Skylanders". He's mentioned it several times and even committed his allowance for the last few weeks to go buy it himself. (He still had about 3 more weeks to save for it.) Allie didn't have anything waiting for her, because Daddy was having a dozen pink roses to be delivered at the house for her. Thankfully, the truck showed up within 15 minutes of getting home. She was so EXCITED! I had her go out on the porch to receive them from the driver. Then we placed them in the vase and found the perfect place to set them. (On her nightstand.)

She is a VERY special little lady.

It was such a wonderful Valentine's Day. We felt loved, more than words can say.