The lengths our kids go to avoid doing a job!

It really was an accident, but I have to laugh because I had just asked Trinitie to move the stools out of the kitchen before she went to play with a friend. She was working on getting the first stool and somehow knocked the stool over. The seat of the stool landed on her pinkie toe and that was as far as she got with moving the stools out of the kitchen. (After we got ice on the toe and Ibuprofin taken, mom moved the stools and swept the floor.)

Her whole toe was purple and swolen in just a few minutes. It was obviously broken and we knew that there wasn't much you could do for a broken toe. I was determined we were not going to waste our money on a trip to the doctor. I rented some crutches so she could get around but by the third day the whole right side of her foot was bruised. Jim and I were afraid that maybe her foot was hurt worse than we thought. She wouldn't put any weight on her foot and it really looked bad. We caved! I took her to the doctor the next morning and found out that our diagnosis had been correct. Her little toe was broken but that was all. They did encourage her to wear the boot and use her foot more so that it would heal faster. All this for a pinkie toe.

Three teeth in 24 hours.

Just after Christmas Autumn had gotten one of her top teeth so loose that it was almost sticking strait forward. It stayed that loose for the next 6 weeks. She also had two teeth on bottom that had started getting loose at the same time as the top one but she had left them alone and we didn't think about them much. I guess I was getting tired of seeing her tooth sticking out so mentioned that the dentist would probably pull it out at our next dentist visit if she hadn't. She had a dentist appointment in 10 days and decided she wanted control of the situation. We had been encouraging her to pull it during the past 6 weeks but suddenly she had it out within 1/2 an hour. I felt kind of bad. The front part of the tooth still had a fairly big root. Oh well, it's out now and I'm pretty sure the dentist would have pulled it.

Now for the bottom 2 loose teeth. The next morning she was messing with one of her bottom teeth. She says she just pushed down on it and then pulled and it was out. Much less blood than the top tooth and the root was definately ready. Before I knew it she had done the same thing with the other bottom tooth. She kept the Tooth Fairy busy last weekend!

Am I ready for this?

Thursday I took James down to the DMV to get his drivers permit. I thought I would have a hard time with it. Especially since they get to drive a year younger in Idaho than I was planning on when we lived in Colorado. Instead I found myself somewhat excited. It's hard to watch my kids grow up so fast, but I'm finding that I truly enjoy each phase we go through (some more than others). I am really enjoying this phase of life. I wanted to post a picture of James' permit but they keep it to give to the Driver's Ed. Teacher to keep until James finishes the class.