Teeth

So, I think we've established the fact that I'm a little clueless about teeth.  Either my kids don't make a big fuss about teeth coming in, or I don't notice it for what it is, or both.

You might know that Grace, at 14 mos., has just three teeth:  the two middle bottom ones and one on top.  We brush them, and her empty gums in back, pretty faithfully.

Apparently, Grace actually has five teeth.  I discovered two today, while she was taking a bath.  Her two other teeth are molars.  The one on the bottom left is mostly through, with all four pointy parts showing, and the one on the top right only has one pointy part poking through.  This is probably only interesting to the Grandmas, but I am still pretty surprised about it.

She is her own girl on her own schedule, and even her teeth are reminding us of that.  I hope that the other teeth in front that I expected before the molars are in there somewhere!

That's My Girl, and That's My Boy

That's my girl, sleeping sideways in her crib even though she's too big, and snuggling with her Baby Stella, which she is really starting to bond with.

That's my boy, sleeping in his beloved blanket-sleeper-footie pajamas that are too small, and hoping that I let him sleep in them one more time before I wash them.

In the Tub

I love this look on his face.

And this one on hers.

Somehow, these pictures ended up looking like bathtime was very serene, so I'll just tell you that it was not serene. I was too busy managing chaos during the other moments to take pictures of them, I guess.

All clean

Paper Dolls

This was such a fun walk down memory lane that I had to share it!

Here is a list of free printable paper dolls.  I remember loving paper dolls when I was little.  The best part of the list is the page of old vintage out-of-print paper doll scans that you can print.  I remember playing with a lot of these myself, including some from the Joan Walsh Anglund Children's Page, and the Ginghams.  Enjoy the fun!

Hat tip to Money Saving Mom!

More Sewing for Grace

Being the Oldest...

means making cupcakes after your little sister is in bed.

More Climbing

Our Gracie, who weighs more than 24 lbs. but is not yet walking, thinks it's great fun to climb through her car onto furniture. Here she is, thinking she's pretty hot stuff.

(I think my mom has mentioned that I was much older and heavier than this when I started walking, so I'm sure I'm being paid back for the trouble I caused my mom!)

And I thought this one was just cute. Love the pudgy baby physique!

The Knight

A few weeks ago, some neighbors of ours had a garage sale. We walked down the street to say "hello" and wish them well, and they gave Jonathan one of their items for sale: a really neat knight Halloween costume. Jonathan has gotten lots of mileage out of this costume already, and has made a paper sword and torch that he decided he needed to be a knight. (And you know he's not super crafty, so it was fun to see him get into this.)

We got to visit Ella and Delia yesterday, which Jen posted about. You should know that the girls loooove to play dress-up and set up pretend scenarios to act out. When it was time to play princesses, Jonathan was armed with his knight costume so that he would have a masculine option. (On a previous visit, he had been asked to be a groom, which is not very attractive to a five-year-old boy.)

This time, Ella wrote "lines" for each of the kids to say. I think the idea was that Jonathan was the "handsome prince" and the girls were the princesses. Jonathan was not very into the idea of being a prince or saying lines, but when Jen and I assured him that it was just pretend and he didn't really have to say the "lines," he perked up. He really just wanted to slap things with his paper sword. Riding the girls' stick horses was pretty exciting, too.

I think I may have to send Grace over to Jen's house for some lessons in girly play, because at our house, she mostly plays with balls, cars, and books these days!

We all had a great visit with Jen and the girls...and the kids kept us very entertained!

More Climbing

Probably time to move this toy, too!

Jonathan's Silly Sentences