Lila Lost a Tooth

Last week some time Lila told me she had a loose tooth.  I checked it out and said I don't really think it's loose yet.  Then when we were in Provo and I was flossing her teeth I noticed that it was actually loose, but didn't think too much of it because Ellie can have a loose tooth for months.  Today when she came in from school I asked her how her day was and she said, "Totally awesome!  Probably the best day every!"  I asked what happened and she proceeded to tell me that at lunch she took a bite of one of her apples and her tooth popped right out.  I then asked if the lunch lady helped her and she said she came and got one of the lunch packets that has a napkin, fork, spoon in it and put the napkin on the place that was bleeding and then wrapped the tooth up in the plastic.  I took a picture and we sent it to Daddy and Lila called Mimi to tell her she needed a tooth pillow and she requested a butterfly shaped one, Mimi said she'd do her best.  Then as we were putting away her stuff she said, "I cried Mom."  I said that was ok it probably surprised her a bit.  She said, "yeah. Kaiyan (our cute cousin neighbor) came over and asked me what was wrong. I told him my tooth came out and it wasn't supposed to.  He gave me a hug and that helped me feel better."  So wonderful to have such good little people to associate with.  I told her that it was supposed to come out we just didn't realize it would happen so soon (this happened two years earlier than Ellie's first loose tooth).  She was so excited to get ready for bed tonight because it meant that the tooth fairy was coming.

College Recruitment 101

Steve and I enjoy watching BYU Men's volleyball games.  We've wanted to attend a game since we've become, well, addicted.  We finally made plans to go down this past weekend.  Unfortunately it's not quite the same team as it was with Taylor Sanders and Ben Patch and they actually lost which ended a 36 game at home winning streak, but we did have fun and I think we will definitely be doing more weekend trips to Provo.

Our first stop was the BYU Bookstore.  Campus has changed so much since I left 10 years ago--the streets don't go through like they used to and parking . . . well we parked and then walked around campus a bit showing the kids the library and some of the new buildings.  We showed them where you buy your books for classes then looked at t-shirts.  Steve looked for sunglasses and found some awesome pairs that had mustaches attached or that looked like football helmets (should have taken some pictures of that because we didn't buy them).  On the way back to the car we decided to go into the Museum since we had time and the girls wanted to see the origami displays (they are really into origami right now--they get books from the library and are always trying to fold something).

Then we picked up dinner and checked in at the hotel and off to the volleyball game.  Here we are as they warm-up.  Andrew was a champ and just chilled the whole time, he would clap and get excited when we did.  Lila got into the dance breaks at the end.

The next morning we had breakfast at the hotel then we hiked the Y.  The girls did great!  I thought it would take us 3 hours or more, but they just kept going.  Ellie didn't stop long during our breaks at the turns before we knew it she was hiking again.  On the hike Steve admitted he had never hiked the Y and the girls thought it was awesome that this was his first time too. 

The hike was mostly in the shade on the way up which was nice, but it was a little breezy when we actually made it to the top of the Y.  Andrew started taking his binkie out for pictures--it was pretty funny as soon as he realized we were taking pictures he'd pull his binkie out and smile (seriously how do they get so smart).  I held both of the girls hands on the way down because it was steep and they did slide a couple of times, but mostly because I wanted too.  Ellie decided she wanted to go to high school there--I said this is college and she said oh yeah--college.  Below are some pictures to prove I was on the hike too. 

We had to take one by the gate because as we were heading in Lila said, "whew we made it to the Y".  We all laughed and said not that Y. ;)  Lila got a little tired coming down, but the rest of the day as we were driving around town we would look up at the mountain and say, "look, look how high you climbed. you can do hard things."  They were amazed and how far up the Y is.  We then stopped at subway to get lunch (part of the genius of this trip is that we have all of these coupons for free kids meals the kids get from school that we don't use up and this was a perfect time to use them).  The girls redeemed their free subway kids meal that came with a puzzle and a cool Minnie Mouse bag.  Then back to the hotel for swimming.  After 45 minutes of swimming I took Andrew to the room for a nap and the girls swam for 3 more hours.  We cleaned up and went to visit Jakey, Marcee, and Anson.  We then went to the mall to try Melty Way which was pretty yummy.  Then we walked the mall for a bit of shopping.  We had debated going to the Saturday volleyball game, but the kids were too tired so we went back to the hotel and turned the game on with the sound muted and watched as the kids one-by-one dozed off.

Sunday we got up, had breakfast and hit the road home.  We were back around 10 am and we put Lila and Andrew down for naps before church while Ellie read.  Every time I think about going anywhere I think of all the work of packing, traveling with kids, etc., but I'm really glad we did this trip even though it was just a weekend, we had a blast.  It was fun to show the kids where we lived when we were first married and enjoy activities together without the pressures of things to be done around the house.  We'll be doing this again . . . eventually Andrew will figure out how to sleep in a hotel right . . . practice makes perfect . . .

Moore Little Firsts

Andrew had his first sleepover by himself.  Mimi decided she would stay and watch Andrew so I could go on Lila's field trip today.  She came down last night to see the girls and decided to take Andrew home with her instead of coming down again early in the morning.  Andrew was so excited he never fussed, waved good-bye to us from Mimi's car and off they went.  Mimi said he chatted the whole way to her place.

Lila loved the field trip and riding the bus for the first time.  She looked over at me after a few minutes on the bus and said, "this is so so so so fun."  I said I'm glad you're having fun. "No Mom, SO SO SO SO fun!"

Other things I want to remember: whenever I hold Andrew on my hip, he takes his back arm and wraps it around my arm in a kind of death hold that makes it impossible to pass him off to anyone--he started that in his stranger danger phase, but continues to do it.  also he does not walk any where he runs--you can hear the little pitter patter of his feet as he trots around the house. :)

Finishing the Break

The kids and I enjoyed a quick trip to Idaho--the girls loved visiting the great grandparents and were so sad that we did not see them again before we left on Wed, but I was ready to get home.  We came home to find Steve sick so we spent a couple of days taking care of him.  Then Friday we went to the Natural History Museum to see the new exhibit 'Extreme Mammals' before our membership expired the next day.  The kids loved going with the cousins and Andrew loved exploring on his own feet and when we needed to contain him he didn't mind being put back in the stroller.

We gave the kids coins to put in the dinosaur at the beginning he makes a "ROAR" when the coin goes down.  Andrew didn't really want to do it and Siena kept her coin and tipped the ticket guy--it was hilarious.

Venessa and I made a quick stop at Trader Joe's to buy a few things.  I always get some of their yummy pizza dough so we made pizzas that night for dinner.

Then we had Monday the 2nd off still which I thought was kind of weird, but I really enjoyed it.  I bribed the girls to help me clean the whole house then I took all the kids to lunch at the Olive Garden.  It went well and we had a great time.  The girls then watched the new Tinker Bell movie--the NeverBeast.  Then Tuesday brought the school routine back into play and of course it snowed--I wish it had when we were on break so we could have taken the kids skiing in some fresh powder, but no such luck.

But we did decide to take the kids skiing on Saturday and try out Snow Basin since we had not been there yet.  It was super busy there and we had a good time, but it was not our greatest skiing experience of the year.  That evening we got to watch Anson while Jake & Marcee went to dinner at Corbins.  He was so adorable we tried to talk them into leaving him with us for longer, but no such luck--it's like they love him or something. ;)

So cute! Do you see Andrew in the background--he was so excited that our attention was diverted so he could play with the tv remote and all the other things he never gets to do.