THE DENTIST

THE DENTIST

A few weeks ago we had our 6 month check ups at the dentist. Since our old dentist is 4 hours away in Provo (Ty wouldn't let me make the trip every 6 months or I would have ;-)), we had to find a new dentist a little closer. We made appointments with the dentist that one of Ty's co workers goes to, Dr. Greenhalgh. I loved him. He was so good with the kids and was very straight forward and open about what he was doing and why. Well despite how enjoyable the experience was, we all needed some work done. Ty had 2 cavities, I had a broken filling that needed replaced, Crystal had 2 permanent teeth that needed sealants, and Lily ... dear sweet Lily... had 4 cavities! Whew! I knew it was coming since I'd seen 2 of them while brushing her teeth a week before our appointment. They were all definitely cavities! Yikes! 

Well this week was the week for getting everything fixed! I was mostly nervous about Lily. Crystal has never had a cavity and Lily hadn't before this, so I haven't had to deal with fillings on the kids until now. Crystal has had sealants done in the past, and it's easier than a cleaning, so no big deal. But Lily was going to have to get numbed up and her teeth drilled into. I was really worried about how she was going to handle it. 

I took her in bright and early at 730 Monday morning which by the way felt like 630 since daylight savings helped us out the day before... haha. Lily did AMAZING! He was only going to fill 2 just to make sure she had a good "first filling" experience, but she did so well that he filled the other ones as well.  He said she was probably the best 4 year old patient he's worked with.

She did have laughing gas to help out. She was saying the funniest things. lol. She told the dentist to only get out the bad sugar bugs and leave the good ones in. The dentist told her all the sugar bugs were bad, and she insisted there were good ones in her teeth and that he should leave them alone. He finally just promised to leave them alone. lol.  She also blurted out out of the blue, "I take lots of showers!" The dentist said, "You know what I take lots of showers too." haha. I have no idea where it came from... she actually has only taken a few showers in her life. lol.

As soon as we got in the car though, she became a little more difficult (laughing gas wearing off I guess). She was a getting mean with me while I was buckling her in. Then she insisted that her lip was big. I couldn't convince her that it just felt big and wasn't really big. "Mom my lip is big!" "It feels big because its numb, but honey I promise doesn't look big at all" "No mom! Look at it it's huge!"). 

She refused to eat or drink anything which was fine with me. I HATE eating and drinking when my face is numb. As soon as we got home she laid on the couch and stayed there until 1 in the afternoon when she could feel her face again. Then she was back to her old self again! 

To pass the time that morning, we watched 'Annie' and the newest 'Little Rascals' movie on Netflix. She's been singing 'Annie' songs ever since. Yesterday while getting dressed she was singing 'You're never fully dressed without a smile!' It was adorable! Crystal has been singing them too. They've also watched it 2 more times since then (and its kind of a long movie...). I couldn't be more happy :D. It was my favorite movie as a child, so I don't mind it becoming one of their favorites as well! 

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT REED'S DAIRY

Reed's Dairy has a birthday club where they will send you a birthday coupon for a free cone during your birthday month. Well we have 3 birthdays in March, so last week we got 3 coupons in the mail for free cones! Monday we decided to get our cones for our FHE treat. Yum! 

ROSCOE

Now I know the dog isn't in the picture... I'm just not fast enough. haha. But he plays fetch really well ... in the house at least ... he refuses to play outside. haha. We aren't sure why. Anyway, Ty threw the ball one night and one of the kids got in the way, and Roscoe just flew over her. Ever since then, Roscoe jumping over the kids to fetch the ball has become part of the regular nightly routine ;-). I couldn't get a good picture of it but I did manage to get a good video of it!

EATING LEGOS?!?!?!

Yep that's right. Those are legos in Jay's mouth. No worries. They are edible! My brother and sister in law gave us these candies for Christmas that are lego shaped. We just opened them this week (of course since we just got all our teeth fixed. haha). I was surprised to find they actually click together just like legos. I really hope Jay doesn't try eating the actual legos now... haha.

PRESCHOOL

I made Number Play Doh Mats for the kids! We are on number 17 this week. The kids loved it, and it was good practice for them. I'm going to be using these every week next year to try to help the kids remember their numbers!!!! 

I WILL SURVIVE AND SO WILL SHE

This little girl in all her adorable sweetness is my cuddly child who will give everyone she sees a great big hug without hesitation. But it fascinates me how she can turn into quite the opposite within seconds. She is fiercely independent and often will throw a HUGE tantrum when someone innocently tries to help her with something. I've tried over and over to explain to her that when someone helps you, you should thank them for it ... not try to beat them up for it. haha. I seriously don't know what I'm going to do with her. I pray every night that I can find a way to teach her without breaking her strong sweet spirit. 

Sometimes I think if only she'd take a short nap she'd feel better... well we can all see how well that went over. Haha... It's amazing how fast I can go from "her bestest girl in the whole wide world" to "the meanest mommy in the whole wide world." Whew! We will survive each other. Of that I am sure.

Our Week In Review

THE CAR SEAT

Years ago when Lily was just over 1 we bought a new car seat. We bought the cheapest one we could find that fit our needs. It was a COSCO rear to front facing car seat.  When we bought Crystal's car seat it was equally as cheap, and we had never had a problem with it (her's is an Evenflo). 

But maybe 6 months after getting it, I noticed a rash/dry/raw spot on Lily's back. I just thought it was eczema which I wasn't overly concerned about. Nothing we hadn't dealt with before.  It would get better but not heal completely. I thought since it was on the part of her back that stuck out the most when she hunched over that it must rub on things when she'd lay back on them such as the car seat or the couch. 

Well flash forward several years. Crystal is in a booster, Lily in the Evenflo, and Jay in the COSCO car seat. We moved him there when he was 8 months old (rear facing of course) because he grew out of the infant seat. We flipped him around to forward facing at 18 months. Five months after putting him forward facing, HE HAS DEVELOPED THE SAME SPOT ON HIS BACK AS LILY! I took a picture of it the other day when it had really flared up. When its not so irritated its usually in the same spot on his back as Lily's is.  I felt the spot on the seat that correlated to Jay's spot on his back. And sure enough there was a lump there. As it turns out it's the LATCH system belt pushing thru the thin padding. I can't believe it was the car seat this whole time!!!!!

If I had the time and energy, I would have attempted to sew a new pad... but since I don't, I went ahead and bought a new car seat. Again. I don't like spending a ton of money on a car seat. I feel like the $40 car seat is just as safe as the $400 one. Just without all the bells and whistles (which we can't use anyway because of space constraints. Haha.) But this time I paid more attention to how much padding was on the seat. I ended up spending $20 more for an Evenflo with thicker padding just to be sure. ;-) Lily was pretty excited about a new seat, so we put Jay in the old Evenflo and let her have the new one. Her favorite part is that it has 2 cup holders! Haha. And the best part is that they stick out front instead of off to the side, so they actually fit in the car with the other two seats! In the end I think they were ALL more excited about the box than the seat. In fact I found ALL 3 of them in it at once at one point. haha!

Youchy!

New Seat... Cup holders and all! ;-)

Lily's in there too. Haha.

Oh and I almost forgot to mention that when I went to put the new pretty car seat inside the car, I couldn't do it. I just couldn't bring myself to put the clean new car seat in the filthy disgusting car that hadn't really been deep cleaned since right before Jay was born 2 years ago. Haha. So I spent the next 4 hours vacuuming, scrubbing, carpet/upholstery cleaning (with a carpet cleaner), wiping and washing the inside of the car in the 40 degree weather (which wouldn't have been so bad had the sun not been behind the clouds the entire time. haha. Needless to say my body hurt the next day from the odd angles I had to work in while cleaning it. haha. But now the new seat is in the nice clean car... if only I could keep it that way... lol.

TY'S BIRTHDAY AFTER HIS BIRTHDAY
Ty's parents were out of town on his birthday so we went over the next day for a birthday dinner. Since I didn't take any pictures of his actual birthday, I thought I'd get some of his After Birthday Birthday. Haha.

He got up in the chair on his own!

Give me cake!! NOW!!!!

 PRESCHOOL THIS WEEK

Making queen q's

Making our own constellations. Jay got to help too!

THE TRAIN

Jay is suddenly obsessed with trains (not as obsessed as he is with vacuums and brooms, but pretty close. haha). I remembered that we had a wooden train in a box that we got Crystal when she was his age, so I pulled it out for him the other day. He LOVES it. (Can you tell he loves shoes too? haha).

 $5 FIND
Ty found a toy weed eater at Walmart on super clearance for $5. Jay LOVES it. And he thinks its a vacuum. Of course. Haha.

DUMB DOG
We are down 3 kleenex boxes this year because of him... he just never learns. GAH!!!!

HOME DEPOT KID'S WORKSHOP

The past few months Ty has taken the girls to Home Depot's Kid's Workshop the first Saturday of the month. This month they made book ends. It is always super crowded there, but the girls love it so much! 

RAIN GUTTERS

We bought rain gutters this weekend! Now to just get them up on the house!!! Haha! This is the first step to getting our basement finished, since we have water leaking in from somewhere. Once we get them up, the next step will be opening up the wall insulation to look for cracks and hopefully sealing them the best we can to fix the problem.

Anyway the only reason I took a picture is because Jay was being so funny. We had him sitting on the cart while walking thru the store, and he was VERY upset when we sat the rain gutter supplies on it with him. There was still plenty of room for him but he insisted that it all had to go. While we waited in line he kept giving me handfuls of supplies as he voiced his frustration of the situation. I was laughing so hard. And when my hands were full, and I had to put them back, he was NOT happy. Oy. 

'EEP!
We walked down the street from Ty's parent's house Saturday to see the baby sheep... and the mamma sheep as well. Jay saw them and started yelling, "'EEP! 'EEP!" It was pretty adorable. The girls had the sheep convinced they were going to feed them, but then handed them straw from the ground. I felt kinda bad since ALL the sheep came running over, and we had no real food to give them! Jay was pretty upset when we left. He yelled, "I walk 'eep! I walk 'eep!" because he wanted me to put him down so he could walk back to the sheep. He even accidentally put a /sh/ in front of the /eep/ once in his frustration and said the whole word. haha.

Playing in the tree at Grandma's house.

ANNIE
We went to see Grandma Leslie's school put on the play 'Annie' Saturday night.  They did an awesome job. You'd never believe it was all just 4-6th graders. Jay made it about halfway thru the play ... maybe more ... before he was done sitting so Ty didn't really get to see the end. He was chasing Jay around. Crystal enjoyed it at first but got pretty tired of it towards the end as well. Lily was an angel which is a miracle in and of itself. haha. 

PRIZES FROM DISNEY WORLD
Grandma and Grandpa Gordon just got back from Disney World and brought the kids prizes! The girls got Frozen Wands and a Princess sweatshirt and Minnie Pants, and Jay got a sword and a Cars jacket! They were all pretty excited about it! But they were most excited to have Grandma and Grandpa home again!

Family Fun!

GATOR JACK'S

We love the Gator Jack's in Rigby so we were pretty excited when we found out they were opening one in Idaho Falls! We had to try it out as soon as it opened! The kids all LOVE the Gator Bites! (And don't you love Lily's outfit? Yes that's a belt around her head. Oy. I don't know what I'm going to do with that girl.)

MOVIE NIGHT

We sat down as a family and watched Box Trolls and ate pink popcorn! We went to a movie this summer and the Box Trolls trailer came on during the previews. Jay, who at the time found NO interest in movies/tv/any screen in general, watched the trailer, squealing and laughing the whole time. Ty was so surprised by his reaction that he wanted Jay to see the whole movie. I wasn't so sure it was going to be okay for the kids, so we waited for it to come out at Redbox instead of going to the theater. They all loved it! Jay even sat through the entire movie! Love our movie nights!!!!

 LAUNDRY HELPERS
I am beyond excited that the kids can help with the laundry now. Crystal can actually run the washer and dryer on her own now, and Lily usually goes down to help her. Even Jay is getting pretty good at moving clothes from the washer to the dryer and from the pile to the washer. Love my little helpers!

DRESS UP
Even when I have their dress up bin put away, these girls still seem to find stuff to dress up in! Haha!

REED'S DAIRY
Reed's had their grand opening of their new store in Idaho Falls this week. They had half off all sundaes, and it came with a free insulated bowl! We even bought Jay one, so he wouldn't feel left out when he's older. Now he'll have a special ice cream bowl at home too. Haha. We do love our ice cream in this house! :D (Random Note: See how the bowls are blue? They were blue in the store I swear. And when we got home they were suddenly purple... seriously so weird. haha.)

JAY

Jay is a little high maintenance in the mornings sometimes. On this particular day he insisted on being covered with THAT blanket with his pop tart and milk AND Scout and his baby doll. They ALL had to be on his lap. And not to mention 'Go Go' (his way of saying Bo on the Go) had to be on the TV. (I really wish they had made more than just one season of Bo on the Go. I have seen the same 16 episodes a hundred times. haha) 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Ty turned 31 today! This was the Tres Leches Cake I made for him. It tasted pretty good! And it's the only picture I took on his birthday! Gah! I hope he had a good day. He started it off with bacon and eggs for breakfast. 2 hours of stake conference. Jay was already trying to climb into the aisle before it even started so it was a VERY LONG 2 hours! He opened his presents: 2 new Wii games that he can play with the kids (as requested), a new button up shirt, and a case for his gun. Then we headed to dinner with the LaPray's where Ty kindly shared his birthday cake! When we got home we had time to play Wii games with the kids for an hour or so before bedtime! Now he's sitting on the computer engaging in his favorite activity: Online video games. I hope he's enjoying it because tomorrow I'll probably go back to getting frustrated with him and his video game habit! Haha!!!! (We are celebrating his birthday again tomorrow with his parents so hopefully I'll get more pictures then!)