Sophie's Missing Tooth

Sophie and Abbie

Sophie with her special certificate from school and her tooth fairy doll!

We had a lot of excitement around our house yesterday! Sophie and two other little girls in her class all lost teeth but it was Sophie's 1st tooth. Her teacher sent her home with a special certificate with the tooth taped to it. Sophie was so excited that the tooth fairy would be visiting her last night alongwith the other girls in her class. It was funny to me as well because a dentist visited their school yesterday. He didn't pull any teeth or anything though. Sophie has claimed to have a loose tooth for about 4 months now and it has been very loose for the last few weeks. After she had been home for a little bit though, Sophie asked if she could take her tooth out to look at it and then put it back. Matt and I both told her that it wasn't a good idea. I told her to wait until she was going to put it in her tooth fairy pouch. However, much to our dismay, Sophie had removed the tooth without us knowing. I think she had put it back on top of her certificate but I never even knew that she took it out. I moved a bunch of stuff off the kitchen table so that we could eat dinner. After dinner, we said something about Sophie's tooth and then we realized that we couldn't find it. Sophie got pretty upset. However, I felt like most of it was her fault for not listening to her parents. At least she calmed down about it because she said that the tooth fairy would still know to come and leave her money. Last night when she went to bed she was so excited about the tooth fairy coming and this morning she was up early for a Saturday morning. She came and reported to us that the tooth fairy had been there and left her money! I think the tooth fairy could become poor quickly because Sophie's got another loose tooth! =)

Spontaneity

Butterfly Meadows

Sophie & Abbie

I know it's been a while since I've posted. Sorry about that. We had snow days last week, I've had a bad cold this week, and we've just been busy! Last weekend, my dad surprised us by calling Friday afternoon to invite us to stay at Butterfly Meadows, a nearby bed and breakfast that is run by friends of theirs. For those of you that know me, I love to travel, etc but I'm not a very spontaneous person. I'm more of a planner. I might could go to dinner or something like that spontaneously but when he called and invited our little family to join he and my mom at the bed and breakfast for that night, I wasn't really thrilled at the idea of packing bags to only go about 20 minutes away. However, we had a really nice time. It is a beautiful place and they just opened it this past summer so it was fun to see how the Bobo's (the owners) had decorated everything. My dad reserved a 2 bedroom suite for us with a living room which was very nice but guess where our girls wanted to stay? That's right. In the room with their parents. Oh, well! We had a wonderful dinner and breakfast. They had some nice common areas with relaxing fireplaces, a really nice library, a walking trail or two that you could take if you wanted to (although it was still a little icy from the snow), and a big open porch on the back with rocking chairs.

The night before our bed and breakfast experience, Matt and I had been on a date night where we went to dinner and a movie so we were able to do some special things right around Valentine's Day.

Last weekend

Abbie & Sophie with Uncle Matt, Prince, & Aunt Martha

Sophie and Abbie decided to have a little tea party on our deck while the weather was warmer.

Last weekend, we drove down with my mom to Kentucky where Aunt Martha and Uncle Matt have settled. They are living on a farm in rural Kentucky that has been in his family for a while. They are purchasing a few acres from Matt's granddad. We were able to see their house that they've been renovating and it is coming along nicely. My sister is now teaching kindergarten in Logan county, Kentucky. Uncle Matt finished his service with the marines last month. We visited with them for a little bit and had lunch. The girls were very excited to meet their cousin, Prince (the dog), and he was excited to see them as well! My Matt & I enjoyed 4-wheelin' a little bit before heading back and the girls each had a quick turn with their daddy on the 4-wheeler (sorry we don't have pictures to share). It was so nice to have some warmer weather for a change!

100th Day of School

little Miss Sophie

Sophie, Olivia & Sydney

Today was the 100th day of school. To make the day special, each of the kindergarteners was supposed to dress like someone who is 100 years old. It was a lot of fun! Sophie wasn't totally gung-ho about it this morning but I kept telling her that it would be fun. =) We put powder in her hair and fixed it in a bun. (Should I mention that Abbie got a hold of the powder when I wasn't looking and put some in her hair so she had to have a little shower with mommy?) Then, Sophie wore her little skirt and we used some props that had been my great Aunt Mary Tom's (her knitting needles, cane, her bracelet and purse). Sophie did not want any wrinkles drawn on her face. I usually help out in Sophie's class every week or two so I was able to go and see all of the kids dressed up. When I arrived, the door to the kindergarten hallway was closed which I found odd. I entered the hallway and found all of the kindergarteners out in the hallway. They were carrying little notebooks and they were supposed to find 100 people to sign their books. Once Sophie's teacher pointed out that they could get my autograph, I had a bunch of kids gather around me. Mrs. Rogers, Sophie's teacher, said something like this will make you feel like you're a princess at Disney World signing all of those autograph books. I just laughed and said, "Yes, you're right!" I signed a whole bunch of those little books. After a while, you feel like a celebrity! It was fun seeing the kids dressed up. They did a few other little fun activities for the 100th day but I thought having them dress up like 100 year olds was very creative and fun.