Slacker Tooth Fairy

Poor Grace woke up this morning and came downstairs crying. I couldn't figure out what would set her off so early--she wasn't even up long enough to discover that all the "good cereal" was gone and there wasn't enough time for anyone to bug or tease her and it was Saturday, so she got to sleep in! Anyway, she came down sobbing, "The tooth fairy forgot to come!" (We've got a pretty lame tooth fairy here in NE TN. Maybe it's that the tooth fairy is so busy trying to keep up with the high rate of tooth loss in these parts).

Well, luckily as I was trying to hold and comfort her Parker and Michael came to my rescue and her consolation as they explained, "Oh, that happens ALL the time, sometimes it takes a few nights!" Michael also said that he wanted to loose all his teeth in Kirtland, because the tooth fairy there is better. We were up there in the spring and Opa and Grandma were with us, thus the "better tooth fairy".

Hopefully, our children will survive their childhood without too many emotional scars.

Back-To-School

Wow, here I am ALONE in the quiet house. (Peter and KK are still asleep). I’m not sure how I feel about the solitude—usually, I’d relish it, but today I am feeling very melancholy and blue—the kids went back to school today and they’ve been gone for less than an hour and I really miss them. I don’t know what to do with myself. I’ve wandered around the house like a lost soul and tried to keep busy with the piles of laundry, but that isn’t working. They were all very excited to start school—probably more for their new pencils, crayons, notebooks, and outfits—than the actual school part!
We just had such a great summer together and it went WAY too fast. They are all such great kids—their teachers are SO lucky to get them in their classes. Well, hopefully Peter or KK will wake up soon, so that I can end my aimless wandering!
We had a great trip and I’ll update everyone on that soon.