Tooth #6

Okay, so it's been a year since I blogged.  I need to try to do this much more often.  There is so much going on in our lives that it would certainly be worth sharing tidbits!

Anyhow, today's post will be a recap of...today only.  Mason and Mackenzie are out of school, while Jenna and Sierra are in their last week of preschool.  After taking M&M on some errands, we came home and decided to play a game together.  They picked the new Angry Birds card game we received from a friend.  We successfully played the game a first time.  They asked to play again.  While I was looking down, shuffling the cards, they were wrestling over a piece of the game.  Next thing I knew, Mackenzie was standing there screaming hysterically.  There was blood in her mouth and on her hands.  Mason was very subdued on the floor.  All I can say, based on what they told me, is that Mackenzie might have leaned forward as Mason's thumb or other finger tried to push her away, and somehow pushed the front left tooth (which was loose, btw).  Mackenzie thinks she swallowed it.  We couldn't find it anywhere.  We looked.  She was so scared.  I told her not to worry.  It would come back out in her poop.  That shifted her sobs to giggles.  Thank goodness!  Hours later, no tooth has been found, but a nice letter was written to the tooth fairy, in hopes that the tooth fairy would understand and still make a visit.  :-)

To date (June 27, 2012), Mackenzie has lost six teeth!  Mason has lost seven.  Hmmm...

A Tooth Story

It has been a long, long time since we posted anything. Jenna turned 4, Sierra turned 2, Mackenzie turned 5, and Mason is just nineteen days from turning 8. But, in keeping true to trying to post an occasional big event, we wanted to write about Mackenzie's tooth. On June 5th or 6th, she showed us that it was loose. This was shocking, considering Mason didn't get her first loose tooth until almost the end of kindergarten! Anyhow, Mackenzie has been wiggling it a great deal. Today, she wiggled it so much that she was afraid she would swallow it. For dinner, we had to make soft food, and even that was not enough. She was so afraid of swallowing the tooth, because it appeared to be hanging by almost a thread, we told her to grab hold of it and lift it up. When we tried this suggestion with Mason, it was usually met with panic, drama, and whining. Mason never tried this. Mackenzie, on the other hand, grabbed the tooth, lifted it, and that was that! The tooth was between her fingers and no longer a disturbance in her mouth. She lost her first tooth on June 9th, 2011, just nineteen days after her 5th birthday, and months before starting kindergarten. Wow! Will post a picture soon (if we remember)!

Funny Interaction

Jenna (3) and Mackenzie (4) are conflicted about whether or not they can be friends when they're sisters, too. We've told them that they can be both. Often, we hear them arguing, "you're not my friend!" Thank goodness they haven't tried to not be sisters yet! :-)

Anyhow, today, they had a most amusing interaction. Mackenzie came running to me, all upset, and said, "Jenna said I'm not her friend anymore!" I assured Mackenzie that Jenna would change her mind shortly. (She usually does.) Mackenzie must have gone back and relayed this message to Jenna, because a few moments later, Jenna came and found me. She then said, "Mommy, I won't change my mind!" Alan, who was nearby, and I had to stifle our laughter. One of life's amusing and short-lived moments in a household full of drama! (From left to right: Mackenzie, Sierra, Jenna)

Hurray!

I know it's been ages since I posted, but the big news of the day, and this is how we'll remember, is that Sierra, at 19 months, is attempting to potty train herself! She went three times today on the potty, and the last time, after her bath, she came and said "Potty!" to me. I took her, she went, and we were all so proud! Yay!!!!!!

Growing Too Quickly

Sierra turned six months this past week. She weighed in on the Wii Fit at a whopping 16.6 lbs! (I was holding her, of course.) A couple weeks ago, she started doing the military scoot, or so it seemed. But now, she is doing her own version of the crawl, which apparently is identical to the first crawling demonstrated by her mom back in the early 70s. Ha ha. She gets up on all fours, pushes off with her toes, lunges forward, and goes down on her stomach - flat. It works. She went chasing after a ball yesterday. She almost went out the front door a couple of times. She found the cat food. Mmmm...yum. Too bad her coordination about getting food to her mouth isn't so great.

One afternoon, we were all hanging out together, playing Mario Kart on the Wii. Sierra was on the floor in front of us. All of a sudden, our game abruptly ended. We looked around and there was Sierra, on the floor with her hands wrapped around the Wii console itself. Oops! None of the other girls crawled this early!!!

Sierra and Her Sisters

Sierra is already three and a half months new, if you can believe that. Of course at this age, they change constantly. She smiles all the time. She is rolling over all the time now. She still has blue eyes and one adorable dimple. Her hair is growing longer quickly, and she has plenty of it. She is as pale as Jenna is dark. The solo picture is maybe around a month, and the group picture puts her close to a month and a half. It's a keeper! And just in case anyone wondered? There will not be a Bice boy. Alan recently told someone after being asked where they could "buy" one of these that "it is a discontinued item." It is time now to watch the family grow together, and do the best job we can to raise them well. Stay tuned, and if you missed the Potty Buzz, be sure to scroll down the page. It's a recent event, but was posted before some birthday updates.

Mason Turned Six

Mason celebrated her 6th birthday this year with her classmates from kindergarten and a few other friends at the local playground (now walking distance from our new home). We downgraded from Chuck E. Cheese (her 5th birthday) to Costco pizza. Ha ha. She insisted on an Ariel the Mermaid cake. For the first time ever, we bought the cake. We were in process of moving and did not have the time nor resources to make Ariel. She didn't seem to mind the store bought cake. Whew!

See how grown up she looks? First grade, here comes Mason!