Buddy lost his first tooth the other day.  It took everyone by surprise, even him.  I knew the day was coming, but figured that since my kids have tended to be late getting their teeth that they would also lose them late.  It happened rather suddenly; no gradual loosening.  He just walked out to the kitchen the other morning and said ‘Daddy, I’ve got a loose tooth’ and then proceeded to show us just how very loose it was.  Buddy hardly ate anything that day; he was so worried about whether it was OK to chew with a loose tooth.  He also kept touching it and wiggling it all day which drove Dh nuts.  The next morning we told him the tooth had to come out because we weren’t going to let him continue taking an hour or more to eat each meal.  I tried to convince him to let us take him outside and tie it to his glider plane, but he wasn’t so sure about that idea.  We ended up just having Dh yank it out.  Buddy wiggled and whimpered so much through it all that for awhile I wasn’t sure if we were going to get it out.  It actually came out quite easily once Dh was able to get ahold of it.  Buddy didn't even realize that it was out for a few moments.  I think it will go a lot easier next time now that he realizes it isn’t that big a deal.

     Care Bear is our other little one who is going through a big transition time – potty training.  Now that I am no longer spending much time feeding the Little Guy (I’m actually starting to wean him now that he’s getting teeth.) we felt it was time.  We were also looking at our budget and realized that diapers was a very doable area that we could cut back in provided Care Bear cooperated.  It took nearly a week and for a few moments I wondered if she was really ready; but we finally had success last night.  It seems to me after potty training three of them, that the biggest hurdle is getting them to go in the potty that first time.   So far this morning we’ve had one successful attempt and no accidents.  She seems to finally have the idea, for which I am extremely grateful.  This will leave us with only one in diapers.

     Such a bitter sweet thing, this watching them grow up.  So many things that I will miss – cuddles, funny little ways of saying and doing things; and yet so many things to look forward to as well.

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Posted by Gwen

Your last paragraph just nailed it. Felicity is leaving Mrs. King and Mrs. Hill's 2/3 class. I'm so sad...

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