Happy Campers

Well, not excatly!  I was a little GRUMPY, but I won't get into all that.  Perspective, people, perspective!  I'm still working on it!  The point is we went on our very first camping trip with Tim's family and luckily everyone was able to ignore my mood and have a good time :)  To sum it all up in a few words...

DIRTY....

Dirty faces...

Dirty hands...

Dirty feet...

Even dirty tears!

CAMPFIRES...

Which scared me with the kids way more than I thought it would!

Kallie doesn't look so sure either.

S'MORES...

Sometimes even for...

breakfast :)

Not that there was a lack of yummy food - thanks Grandma and Papa!

A FEW FITS...

SOME SILLY FACES...

LIGHTENING AND THUNDER STORMS 

(my favorite part of the whole trip)...

Which terrified Timmy

He was ok snuggled next to daddy :)

Emma LOVED it!

And Kallie just went to sleep!

OH YEAH, DID I MENTION WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF POTTY TRAINING???

(more on that another time..)

And everything was worth it because of all these...

SMILES...

HUGS

KISSES

AND LOVE!!!

Thank you, Barney!

My kids watch way too much TV probably more TV than they should.  One of their current favorites is Barney (gasp)!  I used to hate Barney and vowed that when I had my own children, they would never watch it.  X number of years and three 2 years olds later, I still hate Barney!  BUT it makes my kids quiet happy for a few minutes....so they watch Barney!  We saw one particular episode about a month ago where Barney, or Baby Bop, or one of those characters goes to the dentist and Emma has been asking to go ever since!  I was a little worried that going to visit the dentist might be a little like going to visit Santa Claus.  We talk about it; we say we're going to hug Santa and sit on his lap; we're excited about it.....right up until we actually see Santa and react by breaking into tears and clinging to whoever is closest.  Basically, I was a little nervous to take the girls to their dentist appointment, but turns out I had nothing to be nervous about!  They did GREAT...thank you, Barney!

Emma wearing her "siddy jacket."

The nice thing about Daddy having a couple weekdays off...he's home to help with things like dentist appointments.  And he makes life SO much easier :)

Kallie's turn....

So proud of my little girls!  Show me your teeth....

Emma

Kallie

First dentist appointments....done!  Now we just have to eat healthier, watch the sugar, keep brushing, and start flossing!  Oh yeah, and cut back on Barney!!!  

Life's a Beach

Last week we headed to Tahoe with the family.  I love it there...it's so beautiful rain, shine, or snow! This time it just happened to be shine so we spent a couple of days at the beach :)

Sand Harbor

Kallie and Papa...this man LOVES his grand babies :)

Emma and Mama

Daddy doing canon balls off the rocks...

There was a squirrel that kept the kids entertained for a good half hour...and I'm sure he didn't mind all the chips and cheetos either :)  This is Kallie telling Timmy and Emma to be "very very quiet" in her LOUD voice! 

We always try to hit up a cute little burger place when we're in Tahoe...this time it was Izzy's! 

The beach at DL Bliss

No matter how much time we spend at the beach, this is where I can find the kids back at the cabin.

My water babies!

Lampchop has become the 6th member of our family, so you'll randomly see pictures of her...don't worry, she's old enough to drink ;)

The Awful Tooth

So one evening Tim and I noticed that one of Timmy's front teeth was gray.  It had been fine all day, normal color, and as far as I could remember, nothing traumatic had happened (being Timmy, I would have known if anything happened)!  But then I was talking to someone about it and they mentioned that it probably wouldn't have been something that happened that day, but rather a few days prior...and sure enough, he had fallen and got a bloody lip about a week before.  So here we are at Timmy's first dentist appointment, which needed to happen anyway, this just got the ball rolling.  I wanted to make sure everything was ok, that it was nothing more serious, and that his adult tooth/teeth wouldn't be affected.  I was hoping they'd tell me it was just bruised and would return to normal after a few months (I realize that sounds silly, but I read that can happen).  I mean, I know it's not the end of the world, but I don't want him to have to walk around with a gray tooth for the next four years until it falls out!
So here's the good and bad news....  The good news is Timmy did great at his dentist appointment. He listened and followed directions to take the x-rays, he let the dentist take a look in his mouth and then let the hygienist clean his teeth.  The bad news is his nerve is dead and his tooth is not going to return to normal, but instead become darker over time.  Back to the good news though, it won't affect his adult tooth and the gray tooth will most likely become brittle and fall out, or break off at which point it will need to be pulled.  And I guess starting kindergarden with a missing tooth is better than starting kindergarden with a black tooth!   Trying to look at the bright side of things here!

My little guy :)

The crayons and coloring book were a good distraction...

But he knew something was up when they put the paper "bib" on him (he ripped the first one off).

Ok maybe he looks a little worried, but he really did so well!  He even helped hold the instruments :)

No surprise, he picked a blue balloon!

The girls are up next and I'm hoping they are as cooperative......fingers crossed!!!