Boo Hoo Stitches

So, any guesses on which child became the first to have stitches in our family.  One of the rambunctious, big boys you say?  No, then maybe our dare devil, petite little Annie?  Nope, wrong again.  It was our sweet little Jacob.  Poor little guy...he stood up and slipped in the tub and got a good cut right over his eye.  Luckily Jeff got home from work about 15 minutes after it happened and a sweet friend came over and put our other kids to bed and stayed with them while we went to the ER.  After a long wait, Jacob got some stitches (I think it was 6).  It was no fun to watch since they had to wrap him up in the papoose to keep him still.  They gave him enough pain killer I'm sure he didn't really feel it, but he was sure mad about being wrapped up.  But once the doctor was done and I could pick him up he was fine as could be.  It wasn't fun to watch him be so upset though.  Now it just has to heal up and then we get the stitches out in a week.  I imagine that will be about as much fun as the intial experience. :)

It's never too early

I learned to knit and crochet from my mom, who learned from my grandma and my great-grandma who was born in England......and so it goes back through the generations.  My mom would let me work with her even when I was little.  I don't think I was actually able to make anything till I was about 8 years old, but I thought it's never too early to start teaching Annie these homemaking skills.  She had so much fun and she's even holding her hook really well.  I discovered years ago that I knit and crochet in the English style (which make sense since my great-grandmother was English).  When I saw people working in the American style I couldn't figure out how they were able to make anything holding their needles/hooks upside down.  Anyway, I will be passing on the English style on to Annie. (She's making slippers here, just like I was making) :)

 Oh, and I forgot to post a picture of Michael after he lost his first tooth.  Between both of the boys we lost teeth 3 nights in a row and I think the tooth fairy was tired of coming to our house.

Spring came...and went

So, Sunday was the first day of spring.  For a few days before that we had wonderful spring like weather.  It was sunny and in the 70's.  Now today, after spring has officially started it is raining and cold.  What's up with that !!!  Oh well, we enjoyed the nice weather while it was here.  We went to the park every day and even got a little sunburned. 

Now that we are indoors we have to find things to stay busy.  This little science experiment is just the trick.  It was so amazing and kept us busy for a while.  My picture isn't the greatest, but here is a link to how it works.

Snaggletooth

Snaggletooth is what I've been calling Christopher for the last week.  His two front teeth have been loose for....forever!!  Really, it's been since before Christmas.  I remember when I was little and I had a loose tooth I would wiggle and twist that thing as much as I possibly could to get it out quick.  Not Christopher.  He's been nursing these little teeth along and being so careful with them.  He is so funny.  He is so nervous of them coming out.  Once they actually fall out, he thinks it's great, but the anticipation of it coming out just kills him.  These two front teeth have been hanging on by a thread for the last week.  They were sideways and dangling down and honestly looked so funny...but he wouldn't pull them out.  Finally Tuesday night the first one finally came out.  I was so excited.  I love kids with their two front teeth missing.  I think it looks so cute.  I'm tempted to go and pull the other one out in his sleep.  I don't think he would even know. ;)



p.s.  He lost the other one (with a little help from me) tonight.  Now he is as cute as can be.  (If you notice the green stuff in his mouth, it's not anything gross.  It's the green eggs and ham we had for dinner....Dr. Seuss's birthday dinner).