Lexie knocked out Julia's loose tooth!!
June 25, 2009
June Happenings
This month has been busy as usual, but we've had some good times. Here are a few things that went on this month!
Julia and I got to meet Wee Man when he came to visit the Graf PX!
We played dress up!
We got new shelves for our storage room...Aiden and Lexie had a blast playing on them!
We ate ice cream in Eschenbach!
Love the beautiful little city of Eschenbach...one day I will miss this.
And we celebrated Daddy on Father's Day!
Love these pictures of my babies...one day I will miss these little faces.
More exciting things to come this summer...my family arrives soon!!!
June 16, 2009
Lexie--22 months
As you can see from this video, our Lexie is no longer a baby. :( She is a full-fledged toddler and so proud to be one! She is very very independent, much more so than Julia and Aiden. She can be either outgoing and shy, depending on her mood that day. Some days she says "Hi!" to every person we pass and gives them a big smile....other days if someone talks to her, she buries her head in our shoulder and mutters "uh-uh" You never know what you're going to get with Lexie.
Everyone at her school loves her....she is well-known by all the staff. She moved up to the toddler class, Aiden's old class in May and is doing quite well. We're happy that one of her infant room teachers, Ms. Fatija is going to be joining her class since Ms. Denise (Aiden's fav) and her family are moving back to the States. Lexie is pretty sure Ms. Fatija walks on water, so this will be icing on the cake as far as her adjustment to her new environment goes. She misses Ms. Tonja from the Infant class, but is now having fun with Ms. Carolyn. She lets Ms. Carolyn put pigtails in her hair....when Mommy puts them in, she pulls them right out!!
Lexie really enjoyed Aiden's t-ball practices and games this Spring. She enjoys hitting the ball off of our tee in the backyard and then running to whatever the kids have decided is base....it's really cute. I've gotta get that on video too. She's so funny, she thinks that not only do you hit the ball off the tee, you also should knock the tee over. :)
She's sleeping in a toddler bed now, climbs stairs like a pro, swings on swings, climbs ladders, loves slides and the outdoors. She talks talks talks, all day long, as you can see in the clip. She loves Julia, whom she calls "Ya-ya"...and "Ya ya" is her standby name for everyone, if she can't pronounce it, your name is "Ya ya." She is very stubborn and opinionated and thinks everything in the house belongs to her, but we love her so much, and she makes us laugh all the time!
So please enjoy this video. I'm going to get one up of Aiden and Julia too, and update you on them in their own posts. :)
May 31, 2009
The Graduate!
It has been over a month since I've written. Hopefully now with graduation behind me, I will be able to keep up with our blog a little better. I've missed it.
I'm really relieved to finally be done with school! When I started this degree, the only child we had was Julia! Look at our family now! It's been a long road, but so worth it to finally make it to the end! The kids and Wally did so great while I was gone, and I had such a great time visiting friends and my family.
I'm applying for a teaching job for the Fall, but considering this year they had certified teachers subbing, I am not sure that I'll get one. If not, I'll sub. I think it will give me great experience with different grade levels. But you never know...maybe I'll get lucky!
Julia has 2 more weeks left of 1st grade. I can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday that she started Kindergarten! I'm so excited for her to start 2nd grade and learn even more. She is so smart and ready.
April 18, 2009
Julia's First Lost Tooth
We are proud to announce that the Tooth Fairy had reason to pay a visit to our house for the first time last night! Julia has had two loose teeth for a month or so now. The one on the bottom that she lost last night and one of her two top front teeth (the one on the right). The top one was actually loose first, but the bottom one just kept getting more and more wiggly. The more loose they got, the more crooked they became in her mouth. (I feel like that sentence is not grammatically correct, but it's the only way I can word it! :)
Last night we were eating pizza and afterward I noticed Julia looking at herself in the mirror. I asked her what she was doing and she said "Mommy, look at my tooth..." I looked and saw that it was just barely hanging on. I told her this and she promptly freaked out. She was crying and saying "I'm scared!" When I looked in her eyes, it broke my heart. I saw the fear, and I remembered feeling that way myself when I had loose teeth: scared to let someone pull it because I thought it would hurt, but miserable because I couldn't eat or think about anything else but the tooth. I didn't want her to go through that. I sat her down and told her the same thing. I said "I wish that I had let my parents pull it when it was that loose because I was a basketcase, and I don't want you to be scared and not be able to eat for the next day or two. It's ready. If we just pull it out, it will be over tonight and the Tooth Fairy can come. But no one is going to force you to have it pulled, it's completely your choice."
We asked our neighbor, Miss Anna (who is Julia's friend Avery's mom) to come over and take a look at it. Avery has lost like 7 or 8 teeth already and she also has an 11 year old sister....so Miss Anna is a pro at this. After Miss Anna confirmed that it was definitely about to come out, Julia was still scared and did not want it pulled out so we thanked Miss Anna and she went home. A few minutes later, Julia brought me a paper towel and said (with these big tears in her eyes) "I just want this to be over!" It was so sad! :( So we trooped down to Miss Anna's with Lexie, Mommy with the camera in hand. It took awhile after we got there for Julia to truly gather the courage to let her pull it. She wanted it done, but was so scared. I felt bad because we were keeping them from dinner....I finally started saying "Julia, if you want it done, you've got to let her do it. If you don't want to, we'll go home. It's your choice." She kept maintaining that she wanted it pulled and didn't want to leave. Finally (a good half hour later!) out it came. She was so excited....and still is! She got money from the Tooth Fairy.....brought it up to our room at 6:30am to show us!! :)
Hope you enjoy the video clips! They're kind of chaotic and loud, funny and sad, all at the same time. I felt so sorry for her, but in the end she was a good sport about it. There wasn't great lighting in the room, so it's a little dark. Also, in the last clip, when the tooth comes out, I didn't realize the camera was still on so like the last 20 seconds is just blackness with us talking in the background. Sorry about that! :)
Last night we were eating pizza and afterward I noticed Julia looking at herself in the mirror. I asked her what she was doing and she said "Mommy, look at my tooth..." I looked and saw that it was just barely hanging on. I told her this and she promptly freaked out. She was crying and saying "I'm scared!" When I looked in her eyes, it broke my heart. I saw the fear, and I remembered feeling that way myself when I had loose teeth: scared to let someone pull it because I thought it would hurt, but miserable because I couldn't eat or think about anything else but the tooth. I didn't want her to go through that. I sat her down and told her the same thing. I said "I wish that I had let my parents pull it when it was that loose because I was a basketcase, and I don't want you to be scared and not be able to eat for the next day or two. It's ready. If we just pull it out, it will be over tonight and the Tooth Fairy can come. But no one is going to force you to have it pulled, it's completely your choice."
We asked our neighbor, Miss Anna (who is Julia's friend Avery's mom) to come over and take a look at it. Avery has lost like 7 or 8 teeth already and she also has an 11 year old sister....so Miss Anna is a pro at this. After Miss Anna confirmed that it was definitely about to come out, Julia was still scared and did not want it pulled out so we thanked Miss Anna and she went home. A few minutes later, Julia brought me a paper towel and said (with these big tears in her eyes) "I just want this to be over!" It was so sad! :( So we trooped down to Miss Anna's with Lexie, Mommy with the camera in hand. It took awhile after we got there for Julia to truly gather the courage to let her pull it. She wanted it done, but was so scared. I felt bad because we were keeping them from dinner....I finally started saying "Julia, if you want it done, you've got to let her do it. If you don't want to, we'll go home. It's your choice." She kept maintaining that she wanted it pulled and didn't want to leave. Finally (a good half hour later!) out it came. She was so excited....and still is! She got money from the Tooth Fairy.....brought it up to our room at 6:30am to show us!! :)
Hope you enjoy the video clips! They're kind of chaotic and loud, funny and sad, all at the same time. I felt so sorry for her, but in the end she was a good sport about it. There wasn't great lighting in the room, so it's a little dark. Also, in the last clip, when the tooth comes out, I didn't realize the camera was still on so like the last 20 seconds is just blackness with us talking in the background. Sorry about that! :)
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