Boy this is another one of those milestones that is bittersweet. You want your kids to grow up and become the wonderful people you dream of, but does it have to happen so soon? Today is Danny's first day of preschool! He has waited so patiently and has been so excited to go! So this morning we got him all dressed in his "Big Boy" clothes and we took Tay to school. Then it was time to take him. I drove slowly...he couldn't wipe the grin off his face! When we got there he was a mixture of nerves and excitement, but you could tell that the excitement was winning. He let me walk him in and then proudly announced that it was time for me to leave. OUCH. I snuck in a picture and then left...Now what!?
Remember a few weeks ago when I said Taylor had a loose tooth? Well it's official. She has LOST her first tooth now! Two nights ago Chris and I decided that we should probably pull it out, since it was literally just dangling there. Plus, the nerve had obviously died because it was starting to grey a little. Tay was having anxiety over this idea, so we tried to come up with some silly ways to get it out. The idea Tay liked the best was to tie dental floss to her tooth and then to Danny's remote control car...well in the pro
cess of tying the dental floss to her tooth, I "accidentally" pulled it out! :-) I say accidentally because I really wasn't intending to do it...Chris was going to do it. She was shocked, literally. She just stared at it for about 2 minutes and then started crying, a total delayed reaction! Then she realized that it didn't hurt and started laughing! She is so funny! Gotta love this kid! Then of course she had to call her Grandma's and Grandpa to tell them! She is so proud and shows anyone who will look! Later that night, the Tooth Fairy visited and left her a dollar and a cute note that told her how proud of her She was! I can't believe how fast the time goes. My baby is having all these milestones and I'm not sure how prepared I am for them! HELP! :-)
Early last week Danny went into the bathroom to brush his teeth...well, about 10 minutes later I realized that he hadn't come out yet. He had been singing, or so I thought, and when I walked into the bathroom I saw this.....
Apparently when he jumped up to put his toothbrush away, he caught his shorts on the knob of the drawer! He waited patiently..."Singing." When I walked in he smiled really big and said, "Mom, I'm stuck!" Poor kid. I thought he was singing and he was really calling for someone to help him! He was hanging on to the counter because he was still a good inch off the floor! What a silly kid!
Oh my goodness! My baby started Kindergarten yesterday! And on top of that she has a loose tooth! I cannot believe how fast time is going! It seems like yesterday she was just a baby!
Last week we got to meet her Teacher, Mrs. Kerr. Taylor absolutely loves her! She is the nicest lady and has a good way with the kids. Chris and I were both able to take her for her first day of school yesterday and took the obligatory pictures of her walking into her class the first time. It was a sad, but proud moment. She waved and walked off into growing up...
So this morning on the way to school she informs me that I CA
NNOT walk her into school today. My 5 1/2 year old is already too cool for Mom! Oh boy, I think I'm in for a long 12 years.
Danny is getting very anxious to start preschool. He doesn't start until next week, and it's been hard on him taking Taylor to school and he can't go yet. But, next week I will have 3 hours a day, 3 days a week ALL to MYSELF! Wow. What will I do with myself?
