Sunflowers: Weeks 4 & 5

I was a couple days late getting the sunflower pictures done for last week since Aaron and I were out of town. The kids and Papa kept the flowers all watered and sunbathed while I was gone. They were ready for the ground last week, but that's something I just couldn't delegate to Papa. Yesterday, we got them in the ground! We found a great spot in the back of the yard that is sure to allow the sun to shine down plenty and help our sunflowers grow. We recruited the girls from next door and five pairs of little hands help me bury them nicely in the dirt.

May 21, 2013, Week 4

May 21, 2013, Week 4: Roots....guess they're ready for the ground!

May 26, 2013, Week 5: All planted in the yard!

Sunflowers: Week 3

Happy Mother's Day! Happy 6th anniversary to us! Happy third week birthday sunflower sprouts!

May 12, 2013, Week 3: Smiling in the sun

May 12, 2013, Week 3

A Fair to Remember

We took the kids to the Ft. Bragg Fair Friday night. It was our first trip to a real carnival. Rides, games, funnel cakes and popcorn made for a very memorable family night out.

Colton said, "Daddy's like a car hauler".
To which Clara  said, "He's a kid hauler!"
Walking into the fair.

Helping Colton look at the camera

We took the kids on their first roller coaster. Sure, it was a kiddie-sized roller coaster, but it still counts. As a person who craves the tallest, steepest, fastest roller coaster, I loved seeing the thrill on Clara's face as she held her arms in the air and screamed with joy, and not wanting the ride to end. Daddy won each one of them a small stuffed toy playing a water gun game. Colton's highlight was a helicopter ride that went high into the air and spun around. It was so fun to watch Clara take care of Colton when they went on rides alone together. Clara is so motherly toward Colton. We saved the ferris wheel until it was dark. Seeing the amazement on their faces, well, on Clara's at least, was all worth the waiting in the chilly night air. Colton clung to me, not sure what to think, a little too short to see the view around him. We ended the night on the carousel. Seeing the smiling faces of my three loves, the one's who hold my heart and my happiness, made my heart smile. It was a night to remember. It may seem like a simple thing, and something we'll probably do dozens of times as a family, but, it was a first and "firsts" are special.

All smiles on the carousel

It's Gone!

Clara has lost her first tooth! Barely five years old and her two front bottom teeth have been loose for about a week, with the new ones pushing up behind them already. We noticed the missing tooth this morning. Unfortunately, we have no idea where it is! Odds are it was swallowed either during her morning apple or in her sleep last night. Clara was pretty upset when a search of the house and her room turned up nothing. She has been assured the Tooth Fairy will know her tooth is gone and will still visit tonight. She's bound and determined to keep track of the other loose tooth when it comes out!

Later in the day...Clara was so impatient for the next tooth to come out and, I think, desperate to have something to leave for the Tooth Fairy, she convinced Aaron to pull it. After some wiggling and tugging, out it came!

Two teeth, gone, in the same day!

Update! Today, the day after the missing tooth incident, we have found the tooth! While getting up from the family room floor following an intense game of Hungry, Hungry Hippos, I was poked in the hand by something sharp. That something sharp was Clara's tooth! It must have fallen out yesterday morning, unbeknownst to her, and camouflaged by the beige carpet, remained undiscovered during our search of that same floor. She and I were both quite excited to have found it! It is now waiting safely under her pillow, in the little yellow tooth pillow that used to be mine, for the Tooth Fairy to collect.

Sunflowers: Week 2

They're growing! Such a change in just one week. Clara has one less tooth and all the pots have big sprouts in them.

May 5, 2013, Week 2: A toothless smile on sis with all the sprouts!

May 5, 2013, Week 2: So many sprouts!