You can imagine my surprised look when they came out of their bedrooms looking like this... They wanted to know if they looked like Nanny McPhee??
Cole lost another bottom tooth this past weekend... We are now 3 less teeth than we should have. Good news though since we went to the dentist for a cleaning & checkup last week and they told us that the top tooth is finally going to come through. It does look like a big tooth and that is why it is taking so long (almost 2 yrs... but it came out a little prematurely). I think it will take some adjustment time when the tooth finally comes in since we have been so used to seeing him without it. He lost the other tooth on the bottom over the 4th of July weekend while he was eating watermelon... don't ask as I don't understand it either. That tooth is also coming through but taking a little longer. Cole has been blessed (although I don't know if that is what you would call it) with his dad's mouth structure... all of his teeth need to move in order to make room as it is a little tight in that mouth. It has also been confirmed that Cole will need some type of instrument after he loses some more top teeth to re-align the top with the bottom since he sucked his thumb...
Okay so here starts the time when we have a birthday pretty much every week for a couple of months... My niece, Michaela, celebrated her 14th birthday this past Saturday as JMK Nipon. 
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odd and I decided that our children would not do well at this restaurant... even though they would love to see the food cooked right in front of them... it takes way too long for them to wait for food (2 hrs). We lined up a babysitter so that we could go and enjoy ourselves and have some alone time. We had a wonderful time and the restaurant food was not what we expected... it was better! The cook made a heart out of rice and also was tossing eggs in the air and catching them with a metal spatula... it was great to watch! It was a great way to celebrate her birthday and we got to embarass her a little too... We sang happy birthday to her and then they sang it in their language while we clapped... her dimples showed and her face had a slight hint of blush when everything was said and done. She did get a Wii from her dad so she was on her way home then to play some new games that she just picked out. Another birthday checked off until next year!
(A relaxing afternoon by our sandbox...)
(Jordan, Casey, Jaylen, Jackson and Grace- my daytime crew)
(Cole, Kamron and Zoe- my school kids)
(Hunter- another school kid)
Today is my dad's 63rd birthday! We went to Coach's for pizza... It is always nice to get together with the family, but today I got to see Kili (I haven't seen her for weeks and she has been MIA since she started her job at Bergner's). I also got to see my little nephew, Race (and of course, my sister, Tracy, and niece, Danielle)... I just can't seem to get Todd to want to hold Race... I think he is afraid that if he held him that he might want another one... Grandma and Grandpa were there... Along with my brother, Mike... 
Jean and Dennis Bose were also there (they have been close friends of my parents since they joined the GWRRA group when I was younger... way younger!). Anyway it was a great day and now we are back to the same old weekly grind.
(Zoe & Emma enjoying some rice krispy bars...)
(Jack stopped just long enough for me to take a pic...)
On Saturday, we ventured out to see the parade, but only after or trip to Pec for tumbling and swimming lessons. The kids loved the parade and of course the huge bag of candy that they received. We then returned uptown Saturday night to do Friday night all over again. We rode more rides and returned to the Traffic Jam twice (before we ate supper). Cole & Zoe talked Todd into riding the Scrambler with them this time... Todd lost his phone is one of the seats (and didn't notice until 20 minutes later)... luckily a Lena resident found it and was going to try to figure out who it belonged to instead of giving it to the "carney" guy. The kids also thought they needed the paw print tattoo, so we of course went to the end of the street... they looked great when they were done and were so proud of them!
We took the kids home to rest and meet up with their sitter, Breanna, for the rest of night... Todd & I then went back uptown so that we could go to our annual beer garden visit. As always my brother, Mike, joined us... It was a good time... It is always great to see everyone (and ones that only come around once a year)... It is; however, not a good thing when those people think you need a little more to drink... especially when they are handing you shots... I had a very long walk home and couldn't wait for my head to hit the pillow.
earned a new song and story, 
but couldn't remember all of them. She said that she played with her good friends, Sarah and Kamryn, during recess. She also said that she made a lot of new friends, but was a little disappointed when she couldn't remember their names. I reassured her that she will remember them as this is only her first day. I was relieved to hear that she didn't talk during nap/quiet time... I figured that she would take after me and have a hard time "refraining from unnecessary talking". She loved showing me all of the projects she completed today and even the letter that she made for me. Zoe seems all grown up... there is no turning back now...
Zoe's 1st day of riding the bus... I had thoughts that maybe at the last minute she wouldn't get on, but I guess mom doesn't always know everything. She got on the bus with Cole and Hunter (one of my daycare kids) and didn't look back... Just as Cole had done. They all sat together in one seat and I could see Zoe just smiling from ear to ear once she sat down. My mom was here as she was with Cole on his first day. I did hold up and no waterworks from me... Todd thought for sure that I would. It was however a little different to put the kids on the bus and come back in with no one in tail... And no daycare kids coming for 10 minutes (it was actually quiet in my house for a moment... this is a rare occasion that I might just begin to love!). 
I haven't received a call from the school yet, so she is doing just fine and loving it (which is exactly what I had expected deep down... it doesn't hurt for a mom to pray deep down that maybe her little girl didn't want to leave her). I was a little worried because she started with a stuffy nose and cough in the middle of the night... all I could think was that school just started and this stuff cannot be starting already, but the change in weather could be the culprit. I can't wait for her to get off the bus and tell me about her day...
8am... and for the past week she would at least sleep until 7:30am. I heard the well known question... "When do I get to go school?"... this morning about every 10 min. We had to take Cole to school this morning as he thought since mom didn't have any kids here that he didn't have to ride the bus. We then had to wait until 9am, so we went over to Aunt Tracy's house to visit and play with Race. Zoe ended up playing with one of her daycare kids, Lucas, and was content until I mentioned leaving... I couldn't drive to the school fast enough! Once we got in there... mom was all forgotten. We walked around the classroom and put all of our supplies away. We even found our towel cubbie and placed our Tweety towel in its place. We then headed out to the hall to find our cubbie... we had to search for the "star" (this is Zoe's shape/item she choose). We walked up and down the halls to find the bathroom, gym, nurse's office, cafeteria and the office. We did see Mrs. Gerbode and Zoe wouldn't say a word... I mentioned to Zoe that she was the principal... Zoe looked at me and said, "I only go to her office when I am in trouble." All I could think was... Cole must have told you that. I told her that Mrs. Gerbode is very nice and she will talk with her if she is misbehaving and not following the rules. We did venture back in the classroom as Zoe wanted to play... She was cooking and found the dress-up clothes. It took me an hour to talk her into leaving... I did try to get her to leave by telling her that we were going to see Grandma, but she said Grandma would be okay by herself (sorry Grandma!). She was having such a great time and cannot wait to go back tomorrow! So this is where by baby goes to school and leaves me for 2 days a week... 
She is growing up so fast! Is there a way to freeze time??
