Tooth Trauma!

Jenna has had this tooth that has been loose for at least a month. It just hangs to the center and seems to be very stubborn. We have tried several different ways to get the tooth out. It was "just stuck".

It looks like she has already lost a tooth on top because the tooth is so far to the middle. It's the strangest thing I've ever seen. She is one tough cookie. We spent about 10 minutes trying different ways to get it out. Mommy trying. Daddy trying. Jenna trying. NOTHING!! So we gave up and decided it would come soon enough. I was amazed because it was so loose. She would move it with her tongue as she talked. GROSS!!

Then...she went downstairs and was playing with Megan and I guess there was an accident. Megan happened to pop Jenna in the mouth (somehow) and the blood and tears began. It was tough to get the blood to stop. I kept her calm and gently applied some pressure to try to stop the bleeding. I decided that it was now or never to try to get that troubled tooth out.

It took no effort at all. Out it came.

Thanks Jared for your words of wisdom. Wish you were closer.

(Jared is a good friend of mine who is a Dentist in Utah)

Giddy up Daddy!

One evening activity at our house. The kids love playing on The Daddy Horse. This time I just happened to have my camera close by. It is sure to make you smile. The girls are so cute!! Jenna seems to have a constant smile on her face as she is waiting for me to take a picture, not film her.

What an Invention!

Who invented these?

Tyler and Jenna came home from school with these "straws". I don't know if they have a name or not. I have never seen them drink hot chocolate so fast! The picture was too cute not to pass along. I think they look a lot like Harry Potter.

Our American Idol

Our American Idol....Megan loves to sing. Sometimes instead of talking she'll sing it to you. I am not sure what exactly she is singing about other than she mentions her cat. She is so much fun. We love you Megan.

Tyler's Hidden Agenda

For Christmas we got a Wii and with that came rules. Mainly for Tyler. Being 8 he enjoys playing games and watching TV. So we put a few rules into place... One is that he has a time limit, but if someone (in our family) wants a playmate on the Wii that time doesn't count against his time. He has become very creative in how he attempts to manipulate that rule.

One day Jenna was going to go play at her friends house and as she is leaving the house Tyler says, "Jenna, I would have thought you would want Lily to come over and play bowling. You know how much fun Lily has when we bowl!"

Yesterday the girls were going down to watch a movie and Tyler says, "I thought you'd want to play with that thing we got for Christmas since you can watch a movie any time."

Today Tyler is telling me about his Family Home Evening. It's on Sharing. He wrote it himself. He talks of the Glenn family (not sure where that name came from) and they got an XBOX for Christmas. Tommy was playing and when his sister kept asking to play he would tell her "just five more minutes." Tommy's parents told him to let his sister have a turn. What would you do if you were Tommy? I asked him what his activity would be and he said that since there are five of us and only four can bowl then we'd be able to practice sharing by all taking turns. How GENIUS!!!

Oh...Megan!

Oh... Megan! She is so funny the things that she says and does. I had to blog this because I just read a cute story on Michelle's blog. A few days ago, after the kids had been playing together for 2 long weeks, the girls were downstairs playing so nicely when Jenna starts crying and Megan comes up the stairs. Justin says to her, "Megan, why is Jenna crying?" Megan says, "I was mean to her." (At least she in honest) Justin replies, "Well, you can go back downstairs and play nice or you can go to your room." Megan continues through the dining room (heading to the hallway) and replies, "I go to my room. And NOT shut the door."

Another cute thing: Yesterday Megan was at my sister-in-laws house (Jammie) playing with Brandon (2yrs). After being there for about 20 minutes Jammie calls to tell me that Megan said something funny and she had to call me before she forgot. Apparently Megan wanted to play house and she says to Brandon, "I'll be the Mommy and you be the Honey." Huh?? Where do they come up with these things??

Christmas Morning

OH CHRISTMAS TREE...

It took almost three hours to go through it all.

Megan asked Santa for "lots of Barbies". She got Barbies and a Princess Tea Set. She was very pleased. All Jenna wanted was a Webkin. She didn't care which one. Santa had it easy. I think this is the first year she actually got what she asked for. Hooray for Santa!!

Tyler wanted a Nintendo DS with the game Pet Dogz 2. But his Daddy had to break the news that Santa wasn't going to bring a Nintendo DS because Santa knew that Mommy and Daddy had already bought a big present for the family. So when Christmas morning came, Tyler saw Pet Dogz 2 for the Wii. Tyler figured it out.

WE GOT A Wii!!!!

Justin and I got a few accessories to go along with it for us...

Mario Kart and Guitar Hero.

Here are a few highlights of the day...(I failed to get pictures of the entire family playing the Wii).

What a beautiful Princess! She wore these accessories around for days.

THE WEBKINS FROM NANIE! THEY WERE SO THRILLED!!!!