Round Up

10-2

I took the time to clean out my shoe basket in the closet.  There are a lot of shoes in there and I wear about three of them throughout the year.  The shoe basket is practically empty now!  

I was sitting on the bench and felt the sun come out over my shoulder.  It has been raining for four days and it was a nice sight to see.  

10-3

 On our way to work and school.  Happy Monday, it is a train. 

Spying on Vanessa and Baylor while they play after school. 

10-4

I filled Grimm's cat food container.  He likes to use it as he dish when I do.  He should be good for a while now.  

10-5

I try 

I bought Baylor a few things from Kohl's and his favorite were the new undershirts.  

10-6 

We had our final follow up for the broken collarbone.  We did not have to wait 45 minutes today but had the tablet just in case.  

A quick X-Ray and exam and all is going well.  He does not have to go back but he is still of PE until 10-17.  He was not pleased about that.  

It was finally time to break out the mower. It has not been out for over two weeks and it was a mess out there.  Gloria followed suit and did the riding mowing but that left piles of cut grass everywhere.  

And because I am sure frost is just around the corner, I picked everything ready in the garden. I got a peck of peppers, a pile of carrots and a compost bucket of beets. Not too bad for my unattended garden.  

Another Tooth Is Outta Here

The tooth that has been wiggling since sometime in October finally made its exit.  He banged it on Monday night while we were at the Dr's office.  He was doing a breathing test and he had to blow into a mouthpiece.  On the last go, he banged the mouthpiece right into his tooth and it started bleeding a bit but was still well in there.  He said at lunch he bit into his cheese and it made his tooth hurt.  Gloria picked him up from COF and took him out to dinner and Christmas shopping.  It was wiggling at the point I cannot look at it and said it would probably come out tonight. But he freaked at the idea and was crying because it would hurt.  I of course let it go. 

About an hour later he was standing next to me in the kitchen, I didn't even know he was there.  I heard, "Here is my tooth Mommy" and he handed it to me.  He said he just pulled it out, did not hurt a bit.  Just like I had thought!  And just in time for a rousing round of "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"  Just in the nick of time I would say!! 

That is three of four teeth he pulled out himself.  

Happy Birthday Grandma and Buddy

Wednesday night Baylor decided to get the party stated on his loose tooth, top right.   It has been barely wiggling for weeks now and I guess he wanted to rush it along.  He worked on it with his fingers and requested a whole apple to munch on.  It was all working and he said he could hear the roots crunching.  UGH!  By bedtime it was definitely looser but not ready to come out.  

Thursday evening it was now more of a pain than ready to come out.  It was loose but holding on in the front left side of the tooth.  We drove to Mom and Dad's after work where he showed off his loose tooth.  I can handle the wiggling and the removal of the tooth but the unnatural movement and placement of the tooth in the in between time makes my skin crawl and my spine jump out of my back.  

Watching himself in the camera making it wiggle.

Before bed we tried to pull it out but it was not ready.  He tried, I tried and in the end we brushed around the tooth and went to bed.  

Friday morning Baylor and I watched the second of the original Star Wars movies.  My parents have them on VHS and they are from before the movies were reworked.  The versions I remember seeing in the theaters as a kid!   Mom and I went to Green Dragon later in the morning, a special Friday and I am off of work kind of treat.  We bought a few items for lunch and dessert and headed home.  We never prowl around the place, just hit to spots needed and head home. 

Little Man played outside with Buddy for a bit after I got back.  I had to make peach pie and work on the food for the birthday lunch I was making to celebrate Mom and Dad's birthdays, the 18th and 26th respectively.  Dad asked for pork chops and I bought jumbo Gulf shrimp for Mom.  We had red potatoes and green beans and corn on the cob.  It was a lot of busy work getting the food ready but we enjoyed the meal.  After lunch, and before dessert, I played with Baylor.  He was excited to be climbing their dogwood much higher this year than last year.  I was there as a spotter and to ooh and aww over his feats.  

When it was time for dessert, Baylor had a snicker doodle whoopie I had bought at Green Dragon with ice cream.  He was upset because he know he could not bit into it. I said I could cut it up and he wisely told me then the filling would mush out the sides.  I used a serrated knife which limited the smooshing.  He scooped his own ice cream and only one scoop landed on the floor.  

Photo taken before the cutting of course.  He wanted the pie to sit on a bed of ice cream. When he ate it he pulled the pie of and ate the ice cream first anyway.

We sang to Buddy first.  He had peach pie and butter pecan ice cream.  

And for Grandma I made gluten free chocolate cookies.  She had vanilla ice cream with her cookies. 

Happy Birthday Mom and Dad!! Love you both! 

He Lost a Tooth

Baylor has had a wiggly tooth since he was at the dentist and when I was brushing his teeth this morning I noticed the new tooth was already poking through behind the baby tooth,  He was wiggling the tooth and it was laying out flat and it was grossing me out! We were heading to Leslie's for an Aunt's Meeting so I packed a baggie because I had a feeling it was not long in his mouth.  I told him not to let Buddy, or Pap, try to wiggle it because they may pull it without asking.  He has high pain anxiety and I knew if this first one went badly we were going to have trouble with all the rest.  We went out to the car, strapped him in, and he was wiggling it some more.  I was on the phone with Gloria before we left and it was just giving me the shivers.  I just said to him, "You may as well just pull it out," because it was just gross. I did not really mean it though. He grabbed it and pulled and it was in his fingers, not his mouth.  I am sure I yelped a bit and quickly grabbed a tissue.  It was fun having Momma on the phone while it happened.  Thankfully there was apparently no pain for him and very little blood.  He took a drink water and we talked about it for the drive to Dallastown.  He showed everyone his new space in his mouth.  

It was also Kay's 77th birthday.  We had cake and some of them had a wine cooler to celebrate.  

Baylor, Connor and Eli played all morning and I love they all have fun together.  

Even when Connor is being sat on and beat up!  

When I made Cullen's tooth monster Baylor requested a grizzly bear.  He had his first delivery today and the Tooth Fairy left a gold doubloon (a dollar coin).  Apparently our fairy leaves money, then a toy, then money, etc.  I am glad Baylor advised us that is her pattern for the next time.  Hopefully she gets it right!  I looked up when that tooth erupted and it was on May 8th 2009.  He lost it on November 8, 2015. 

We took a photo to celebrate!  

And we found a cat in the cooler bag!