MIA

Well, Eliza finally lost her first tooth.  Literally.  She went to see her friend Caroline's performance and right before the show started, she showed Caroline's dad her loose tooth.  Only when he looked he noticed it wasn't there anymore.  And it was nowhere to be found.  We think it fell out while she was eating a Nutrigrain bar and she swallowed it without realizing.  Luckily the tooth fairy came anyway. 

 

Parakeet

Eliza's teacher pulled me aside this morning to tell me a story.  Dylan's dad is getting his PhD in Cherokee Literature.  Sometimes Mr. Bryan teaches the kids Cherokee words while he's co-oping.  Yesterday Ruby asked why Dylan's dad always calls him "chooch."  Eliza explained that chooch means son in Parakeet.  She may very well think Mr. Bryan is getting his PhD in learning how to talk like a parakeet.  Love it. 

In other news

Eliza's tooth is very loose and we keep thinking today will be the day it falls out, but nothing yet!

 

Ezra working on his karate kid training.

Weekend at the grandparents

 

After a fun morning of indoor sky diving, we headed to B town to continue the birthday celebration. Grandma and Grandpa treated us to dinner and took us to see the play Willy Wonka.  Surprisingly enough, Ezra was completely mesmorized by the play and barely moved a muscle or made a peep for two hours! Of course Eliza thought the show was hilarious; S has already read her the book and she really enjoyed seeing it in action.  Ezra played trucks outside with Grandpa and Eliza made visors with Grandma.  Playing with the remote controlled recliner was also a big hit.

 

Morning

Morning Person

 

 

Not a morning person.  Check out that bed head.

Belly

The kids still love to snuggle in the mornings.  He only ate a little bit of the icecream; that "small" is bigger than his head!  This has been a fun week- nice that it's been rainy and cooler.  Twice this week we've gotten completely drenched, once on a walk home from the playground and once trying to get our groceries to the car during what can only be described as a downpour.  The kids thought me dashing across the parking lot pushing the cart as fast as I could was absolutely hilarious.  We've been wearing our rainboots a lot this week and puddle jumping too. 

JJ Baby

The kids got haircuts this weekend.  They look so much older after a haircut; it sort of depresses me.  Ezra's BFF had a baby sister last week.  Ever since I showed him her picture, Ezra has been carrying a doll around the house saying, "This JJ baby."  He feeds it, pats it on the back to go to sleep, the whole nine yards.  When he saw Lillie in person this week, his eyes got really big.  Eliza's swimming has improved dramatically the past few weeks.  She's been floating on her back a lot and swimming under water with her eyes open.  It's so thrilling to watch them learn new things.  The four of us went swimming last night and it was so much fun.  It's much more relaxing now that at least one of them can swim and the other is more likely to be convinced to wear his Puddle Jumper.  I still can't really take them anywhere more than 2 feet deep alone, but we're making progress!

4th

We had a fabulous little 4th of July.  The kids and I met Isaac and Sam and family at a neighborhood park for a little bike parade.  Ezra could not have been more excited about the firetruck.  We had icecream, got balloon animals and played on the playground.  Then the three of us had a quick lunch and met Papa and Grammy at this awesome pool near their house.  It was full of slides and water playscapes and we can't wait to go back! Papa and I both braved the big waterslide and the high dive, which the kids thought was hilarious.  I'll admit my stomach dropped a bit when I saw how high up I was, but seeing the kids watching intently from below, I knew I couldn't back out! :) Ezra fell asleep as soon as we got in the car and then Uncle Jason came into town and we got to meet his friend Claire.  She brought cookies, so she was instantly a hit.  We all went to Paco's for dinner and met back up with Isaac et. al at our favorite fireworks viewing spot with a picnic.  Of course waiting for it to get dark is always a challenge for the kiddos.  Poor Sam passed out right before the fireworks finally started.  Ezra had no problem staying up and was full of ooohs and whoas! Both kids were (for once!) sleeping in when I left for work this morning.  They're both very excited about having a special day just with Daddy today.