Two Less Teeth

Last night, little Amanda was getting ready for bed when a tooth "just fell out!" 

I, of course, asked HOW does a tooth "just fall out?"

Amanda is standing by her statement so we may never know... did she push it out with her tongue? 

Did she bite down on something?

Did the little Tooth Fairy helpers come and pull it out deciding that it was taking this tooth too long on it's own to fall out?

Who knows, but I do know that she was very excited and came to show me.  Then I noticed that her matching tooth on the other side of her mouth was CRAZY SUPER loose too.  I had visions of it "just falling out" while she was asleep and her "just choking" to death!

Now, some of you may already know that I have been banded for life from ever pulling another tooth from my daughter's sweet little head.  Let's just say I'm a little OCD when it comes to wiggly teeth.  (Which is why I've adopted the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy in regards to my children's tooth status.) 

Anyway, Eric had to step up to the plate and yank out that second tooth before I would let my little angel go to bed.  And she did quite well in allowing her father to pull the second tooth.

Now, to finish the story, you need to have a little background information   

I HATE THE TOOTH FAIRY!!!!

Who ever told my little babies about this crazy, tooth-collecting Fairy will hear WORDS from me when I identify them!!!!

So years ago, to combat the supped up Tooth Fairy legend, I offered to pay a PREMIUM for any teeth that these children loose and DOUBLE what that silly old fairy fart would have paid.  Most of the time, I get to keep my kids teeth, but not always (and I don't make a HUGE deal about it if they decided NOT to sell it to me... just a little one : )

But last night, since the little girl had TWO teeth... she let me have one and put the other under her pillow.  

**sigh**

(And yes, the tooth fairy came last night.  I'm not a monster, you know)

Not Your Average Ride In The Park

 Saturday we took the kids and our bikes to one of our favorite parks to ride bikes.  It's a nice shaded neighborhood park where you can ride your bike down some hills.  Living in this flat state, we have to take our thrills where we can get them and even though the hill is only an 8 foot drop, it's steep and fun.

 Notice Amanda's cute little outfit for a bike ride?  Black Dress, Black Cowgirl Boots, and GIANT silver hair flower.  This one's going to be a trend setter!  ; )

 I swear they went down this hill a hundred times.  Never mind that they had to push their bikes back up the hill to go again.  They would have done just about anything for that short, 3 second thrill ride.

LOGAN!  QUIT LOOKING AT ME AND WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!!!

It was a wonderfully cool day, but all that exercise got them flushed and thirsty!

At the bottom of the hill, some helpful soul built up a dirt hill that, if you were going fast enough, you could get some air time on.

 I'm not sure if he can get a full ride scholarship for mountain bike riding, but it sure is a fun hobby.

Back to School for Some of Us

 Last week the kids started back to school...

... and I started on my "projects"!

(because I don't start back to work for 2 more weeks!  : )

[happy dance]

My master bedroom closet got a makeover.  The clutter was getting out of hand.

 I got these nifty hanging shelves at Lowe's for almost free.  They are adjustable and hang from the shelf above.  I decided I needed to use mine for our shoes.  When did I become such a shoe whore?

After finishing the big clean up, I was standing in my beautiful closet and decided it was too dark in there to truly appreciate the wonderfulness of my organization so Eric installed this bright and modern light fixture for me.

My next project was the garage.  I try to clean it out twice a year, and this year I went bigger and better!  Originally I was just going to do my typical pick it up and put it away routine (because we can get it to the garage but up on the shelf???)  But I was tired of the same-old, same-old solutions with the same-old, same-old problems.  So what was suppose to be a half day job morphed into a GIANT 3 DAY project!

But I love, love, love the result!  Everything that can be is up off the floor and I got rid of two shelving units and replaced them with the wall shelving. (But I had to paint the wall first because I was tired of looking at bear drywall.) The wall shelving holds A LOT more with the added bonus of letting me spray down my floors to get them SUPER CLEAN!  We also moved Eric's workbenches around (what a big job that was!) and got new rack for our garden tools.

My garage has NEVER looked so good, so I just HAD to take a photo (or 20)!

We've also done a major pantry renovation, clean and organized my laundry room, and completed a backyard cleanup.

This coming week, I plan to keep the home love flowing with staining the deck, working on the hall closet, and catching up on my scrap booking. 

And the best part is, once I clean it, it stays clean until the monkeys get home.  

Man, I just love back to school!  : )