A toothy day

Annika lost her first tooth this morning!! It's been wiggly for quite a while (about a month and a half), and after seeing Annika wiggle it for so long, Emmett decided that he wanted a turn. Before I could stop him, he had his hand in her mouth and wiggled and pulled it right out! She cried a little bit (I think mostly just from seeing the blood - I hadn't told her that it would bleed) but she was very, very excited about it. I think she may have a hard time getting to sleep tonight, she's so looking forward to seeing what the tooth fairy will bring her.

To add to the tooth excitement, the kids both had dentist appointments today.  The dentist and the hygienist laughed when we told them how the tooth came out.  Both kids did great for the dentist.  For Emmett, the dentist just poked around in his mouth a little bit (no cleaning yet), but he was perfectly still for her and she said his teeth looked great.  He's still missing his top 2-year-old molars, but the dentist said that it's actually a good thing if baby teeth are slow to come in.  She said it usually means that they'll fall out later, and then by the time the adult teeth come in, the child has better brushing habits and technique to take care of them.

 

Annika had a full cleaning today, even with x-rays and fluoride in the trays (in the past they've just "painted" it on).  She continually amazes me at how well she does at the dentist.  None of it seems to phase her, and she actually seems to look forward to going to the dentist.  She had to have some tartar removed, which she's had done several times before.  There's something about her saliva that makes her more susceptible to tartar build-up, but the dentist said that it's nothing to be concerned about at this point.  Today she actually told me that people who get more tartar actually get fewer cavities, so there's a plus.  

Now for the "tooth fairy" to do her job!  I think I'm almost as excited as Annika! :)

Men at work

At the park this morning Emmett was far more interested in what was going on across the street!

Camping

We were camping this past weekend (Saturday morning - Sunday evening) with Carey's family.  I'm not a huge fan of camping (well, more accurately I'm not a huge fan of sleeping in a tent - the other stuff I don't mind), but it was a good weekend.

We played at the beach.

The kids went on a bunch of rides (the fair was in town).  We had been to this fair last year and Annika went on most of these rides, but this was a first for Emmett.

This ride was a first for them both, and the one that they chose to go on twice.

We rented a "bike" and rode around town.

We made s'mores.

We were "attacked" by fish flies (luckily they don't bite or sting - just a nuisance to have around).  This picture doesn't do them justice.  There must've been millions of them swarming around at dusk.

We had beautiful weather. 

This was our campsite.  The kids slept in the camper with Carey's parents, Carey's sister slept in the small yellow tent on the right, and Carey and I slept in the tent on the left.  It was quite cold at night, and there was lots of noise due to the fair, but it was only for one night, so I survived.  Now I don't have to sleep in a tent again for another whole year. :)

My bed

At least it's just for one night. :P

Salamander

Annika finished her week of swimming lessons today, and even though she didn't pass her level ("salamander"), she really amazed me at how well she did. There were only 2 things that she "missed" on her report card - front to back roll-over and back to front roll-over. And more importantly, she had a lot of fun (which wasn't happening when she took swimming in spring). I think she really liked her teacher a lot. Despite being initially disappointed that she got the "boy teacher", she seemed to really like how fun and silly he was. She actually asked me today if I thought he would be teaching salamander again! :) Since she had so much fun and did so well, I actually registered her for another week of swimming lessons in August. Gotta strike while the iron is hot, right?

Brrrr

Swimming in the deep (cold) pool today, thanks to a pool "fouling" in the shallow pool. She was shivering by the end of the lesson.

How to...

... entertain a two-year-old for 45 minutes at swimming lessons. I'll admit, not my finest "mommy moment", but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.