greetingarts

saved by the 8-year-old

After several weeks of terrorizing classmates (and Mommy) with her precariously wiggly tooth, Jessica finally met me at the gate after school with a nice space in her bottom row of teeth.  So proud, happy, sticking her tongue through the hole, checking it out.  We took the tooth home, cleaned it up, and set it on the nightstand for the Tooth Fairy that night.

 
And I promptly forgot all about it. 

Thank goodness for Rebecca!  She always gets up and dressed before Jessie even pokes her head out of the covers, and I heard her calling from the other room, "I can't wait to see what the Tooth Fairy left for Jessica!"  My eyes bugged out of my head, and I sprinted downstairs, grabbed two shiny quarters and a miniature kitty from my toy stash, raced back upstairs and had everything set out before Jessie even registered the fact that the alarm had gone off and she was supposed to get up.

 
Whew.  That Rebecca saved my behind!

happy birthday wishes

...for my mom.

 
We'll keep trying to call, but you're probably out to dinner.  How come the answering machine isn't working?

Love you, hope you had a great day!

more than a bit of green

We had a fun St. Patrick's Day this year.  Lucky Charms cereal with cute bag toppers for the girls' first recess snack, water bottle wrappers in their lunches, and lucky penny tags hidden in their backpacks.  I hope they remember these fun things when they're seventy-two. 

 
And every girl needs some jewelry on a special day, right?  Hope you had some fun being green today, too.

 
And tomorrow there will be silence. 

first cup of tea

I've been developing a pattern for one of the school's front office assistants.  She attends an annual tea at her church and would like to give each of her tablemates a little gift.

What do you think?  Maybe a slightly larger saucer.

even on rainy days

 
Some days it's nice to be reminded.