Tooth #2

The big news this week is visit #2 from the tooth fairy on Wednesday night.  That tooth has been wiggly for a long time, but I think she was afraid to pull it because she saw blood last time.  We eventually convinced her to give it a try.  Isaac & Perrie visited the dentist this month & they said that Perrie's "6-year-old molars" are growing in.  For a 5-year-old that is PRETTY exciting - she is telling everyone!

(PS - Perrie's swim teacher gives her a stamp on the nose each time - hence the red forehead & nose...)

Perrie asked Santa for a notebook so that she can write notes to friends.  I LOVE her notes!  "I love the world, it has pretty things"  "I love my family because they are nice & good"  :)

A beautiful sunny week in Seattle!  Out for a bike ride.

Perrie & her pa.

Perrie solely dresses herself these days - and has quite the fashion taste.  The more sparkles/glitter/shiny, the better!

Hugging bro.

They've somehow tricked Fabrina into making Friday "hot chocolate day" - smart kids.

 "That's uncle Kelly"  hahahahaha

 Actually uncle Kelly...

Christmas 2013

Christmas 2013 has come & gone.  It is a fun time of year with two little ones around ... they enjoy it more and more each year.  We had a pretty quiet Christmas this year.  We had a couple of parties that week, but otherwise spent some quiet time at home.  Grandma Jo & Grandpa Jim joined us after Christmas for extra fun.

All dressed up for party #1

All dressed up for party #2!

Perrie gave Despicable Me 2 to Isaac -- I think she has an ulterior motive.

Isaac gave Perrie a glitter art project -- you can never go wrong with something sparkly.

Opening presents w/dad

Isaac rocking his new ukelele

Christmas morning:  I asked Perrie if she heard Santa.  She said, "Yes, I heard a little 'ho, ho, ho' and went out to the living room and SAW him!  He was walking away from me out the door and through the yard".  What an imagination.

Santa knows we love peanut butter cups

and UNDERWEAR!

and MORE underwear!

I guess Santa likes me too!

Tee time!

Time to try out the new scooters from Gma E & Gpa T!

and the tent from the Crisafullis!

We are fortunate to have a warm house, good food, and a loving family to enjoy the holidays with.  Merry Christmas!

Week in Review

This is a good example of our past week.  Perrie got the game Spot-It for Christmas and she LOVES it.  We play it, many times a day...  The goal is to find the object on your card that matches the center card (as fast as possible).  She was playing with our friend yesterday and told him, "sometimes, I trick my parents - I just yell out an object loud and take the card".  Oh, we're in trouble.

I'll also highlight the giant pile of tissues next to Isaac.  This has been the theme of 2014 so far - hopefully we are getting the viruses out of our system some time soon.

Mom, take a picture of me coughing.

And of course, Perrie has to play too.

SUPER-ISAAC!

At the gym

Perrie & Isaac have been taking swimming lessons for about 6 months.  Perrie has gone from being afraid to be in the water to working on diving in.  It's great to watch!  This is a photo that Perrie took of Isaac w/his teacher.

The grown-ups had a big adventure this weekend.  We ended up with a suite at a Seattle minor league hockey game after a recent charity auction.  We gathered our friends, booked the babysitters, and had a night out.  Fun for all... and the Thunderbirds won in overtime!

This week, Perrie made me pretend to be sleeping & put this under my pillow.  "Dear Mom, I hope to see you soon, Love the Tooth Fairy" -- This reminded me to document her inspiration ...

Flashback to November 9th ... my baby girl lost her first tooth!!  She seems so little to start losing her teeth!  I took Perrie to her first Husky football game that rainy evening.  We were watching the game (& she was wiggling away on her loose tooth) and out popped the tooth!  

She cried for a while because the blood scared her, but once we got through that episode she was pretty proud of her new space.  And of course, the tooth fairy delivered glitter & four shiny quarters that night.