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Loose Tooth, part 2

The tooth fairy visited Scott on Friday.  Then on Saturday, he lost another tooth, so on Sunday he woke up to another dollar. 

But he was mad.  Heidi went to talk to him and she said he felt like the tooth fairy didn't like him because he only got a dollar.  We tried to trick him into thinking that two dollars had fallen behind the bed, but he was like, "You just gave me those two dollars.  Some of my friends got five."

So that approach didn't work.  Then I tried to use some logic, since Scott responds well to that.  I said, "Some of your friends had to have their teeth removed by the dentist, and they had to get a shot.  The tooth fairy gave them a bonus.  Yours came out pretty easily, so that's why you got a dollar." 

By the time church came he was mostly over the stingy tooth fairy.  At church, he and Tyler wrestled on the floor and weren't that reverent.  Scott is old enough to sit on the bench and be reverent, or at least draw quietly.  You have to pick your poisons with your kids.  Ours are extra active, but at least while they were wrestling, they weren't screaming.  Even when Tyler is in the hall screaming, you can hear him. 

Tyler had another piano lesson this morning.  I was surprised at how much he remembered from our previous lesson and we began studying the primer level books we purchased on Saturday.  Scott has Lightly Row down and his favorite song is still Cuckoo.  French Children's Song is almost ready to be passed off.

Heidi is going through the kids' clothes so we can downsize our inventory.  When I left for work this morning, Tyler and Scott were driving their RC cars off the plastic ramps.  Good times.

Scott's loose tooth

Finally, after several weeks of wiggling his lower front teeth, Scott lost a tooth on Friday.  He came to the office to get the special tooth container so he could leave it for the tooth fairy.  We spent the night in Walnut Creek since I had to work early there, and Scott visited us at about four in the morning to show us that the tooth fairy had come.  Then, the next day, he lost his other central and the tooth fairy visited him again.

Discovery Museum of Science

UOP is on break, so I had Thursday off.  Heidi, the kids and I went in the Swagger Wagon to Sausalito to check out the Discovery Museum of Science.  We had a discount from Scott's library membership and got the family in for $11.  Normally, it's 11/person, which wasn't worth it for us.

The weather was cold and Tyler wanted to stay inside and do art projects while Scott, Kira and I explored the outside exhibits.  My favorite was the willow sculpture.

The redwood cutout was cool, too.

Back at home, Little Miss Independent paints her nails while Tyler observes.

And Scott does some laps with Bessie while I cut the grass.

Mr. T

Tyler is over six weeks post-op.  I think he is doing well.  He has the occasional outbursts and episodes of screaming, but those are lessening.  Lately, he has been into hugs and kisses.  He likes to wave bye-bye to me as I pedal off to work.

Tyler had his first piano lesson with me.  I was impressed at his attention span and the fact that he seemed to remember the notes we went over.

Last night, after work, we all rode bikes to the high school.  Scott and Tyler wanted to go on an adventure with the bikes, so we pedaled around in the dirt for a while.  Tyler was happy on insta-tandem and Scott was on his own bike.  They didn't tire of the adventures, so Heidi began towing Tyler and I drove E-maxx with Kira.  Eventually, Tyler got cold and wanted to go home but it was getting dark anyway.

Is this the calm before the storm?  Maybe.  Heidi is due in about two weeks but we are anticipating the baby's arrival any day.  I was talking to the neighbors and they offered to help out.  I said, "Yeah, I'll knock on the door in the middle of the night and you'll come down the stairs with your gun!"

Kira

This little girl melts my heart.  She is:

Independent. She goes to the bathroom by herself, attempts to wipe herself, finds me to show me her treasures, and then proceeds to empty her toilet into the big potty.  If I try to help, I get yelled at.  I am still unwilling to full on potty train her since she will have accidents when we are out.  She insists on climbing into the car by herself and buckling her carseat which doesn't help us get places on time since she can't get the buckles into the right slots half the time.  

Feisty: She is determined, always full of energy and will not put up with Tyler's attitude.  She will say, "No Tyler.  Bad Tyler." when he is naugthy.

Daddy's girl: She loves her dad.  Today she heard a motorcycle so went outside calling for dad.  Sadly, it wasn't him so she decided to have me call him.  She beams when she talks to him.  Danny started teaching her body parts in spanish this week so she was on the phone and pointing to her mouth saying "boca".  So much more verbal than our boys at this age which is nice since we actually know what she wants. 

Monkey.  She used to pull a chair over to the kitchen counters to get what she wanted...usually sugar related.  Now she somehow manages to climb them on her own.

Jumper.  She will jump from one spot to another instead of walking like a normal person.  She also enjoys jumping off couches and chairs often landing on her butt.  I would think it would be uncomfortable, but she gets up and does it over and over again.

 Finger Sucker.  She is in love with her index finger.

Social.  She will make friends with anyone and everyone.  She loves older girls.  She will often find a 6 or 7 year old girl at the park that will become her friend and thus take care of her for me, push her on the swings, go down the slide with her which I Love since Tyler has been taken all my attention lately.

Tough.  This girl is one tough cookie.

Hyper.  Non stop energy.

Sensitive.  She is so much more sensitive than my boys.  She will cry if she gets locked out of a room or feels left out.  This is why life can be so much harder for girls than boys.

She is pretty much a little me as far as independence and energy goes, but with a much sweeter personality that we can thank Danny for.

Tyler was....

A HAPPY, PERFECT, CUTE little man at his EKG this morning.  Had to record it for the record books.  We waited for a long time since they don't have appointments and Tyler was happy reading a new book from the library and Kira was happy running up and down the hall and looking out the big window. Kira loves when they put the EKG stickers on Tyler and he was all smiles and laughs.   What a great change. I am so grateful for his happy mood today and just wanted to share it with the world.  I am going to savor every minute of my happy child.

Lately Tyler has been telling me orders that Dr. Cooper, his cardiologist has given him. Such as today he said, "Tyler should eat a lot of ice cream," or "Tyler can be a twin even with his special heart."