Ella's getting glasses!

It was only a matter of time... I think all our children are destined to wear glasses. They will take after their dad and their mom. Actually, I think that I can claim most of the credit here. I started wearing glasses in second grade and Mark didn't get his glasses until fifth grade. She was having trouble seeing at school and failed a vision exam with the school nurse, so we made an appointment with an eye doctor. After a thorough eye exam on Monday, Ella got the exciting news that she would be getting glasses. She was and is very excited and she wanted her glasses right then! I explained that we would have to go shopping for glasses and then we would order a pair. She wanted to begin the process right away, so we took our thrilled little girl shopping for glasses on Monday night. I think we helped her pick out a great pair. What do you think?

I'm only kidding! We did have fun trying on glasses and these are obviously not the pair she picked. Stay tuned... We hope they are here soon as someone is anxiously waiting!!

Look who made the newspaper this weekend...

We submitted this photo of Claranna to the open call for Halloween pictures for our local newspaper. Claranna was one of eleven photos out of more than 100 to make the print edition. Of course, that makes us proud parents! To see all the other pics and vote on Claranna as the best photo, if you are so inclined, follow the link. http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=425420

Halloween

How We Scared the Tooth Fairy Away

After last night, we probably won't be winning any "Parent of the Year" awards at our house... Ella pulled out her second front tooth yesterday afternoon and she was so excited. One of her friends told her that the Tooth Fairy leaves double if you lose a tooth on Sunday. This would be the same friend who got $20 when she lost her first tooth... We've since explained to Ella that there are different zones for Tooth Fairies and we clearly don't live in the same zone as her friend. Ella has always been thrilled with whatever the Tooth Fairy has brought her...when the Tooth Fairy remembers to come. Are you beginning to see where the "Parent of the Year" awards are going to come into play?

Last week when Ella lost her first front tooth, she didn't put it under her pillow right away. Instead, she wanted to keep it a few days and she didn't let us know that she decided to put it under her pillow one night. She was pretty disappointed when she woke up and the fairy had not visited. This also happened to be the unfortunate night that Ella was very sick with the flu, so we were able to console her by convincing her that the Tooth Fairy knew she was sick and didn't want to catch her germs. Simple and reasonable! The Tooth Fairy came with a very good gift of a silver dollar and a fifty cent piece once she was feeling better. All was well...until last night.

At bedtime, Ella excitedly put her second top front tooth under her pillow and her very tired mommy knew this, but... All was quiet at our house for a little while. Then, Claranna had a rough night and Mark and I were both up with her countless times. This morning we knew Ella was awake when we heard her exclaim in a rather disappointed voice that the Tooth Fairy didn't come. Uh Oh!!! Being the stellar parents that we are, we took full responsibility and blamed the baby. You see, we carefully explained that Mommy and Daddy must have scared the Tooth Fairy away when we were up with Claranna. Fortunately, Ella seemed to understand. After all, everyone knows the Tooth Fairy can only come when everyone is fast asleep. Here's hoping the Tooth Fairy and the Sleep Fairy make a much needed stop at our house tonight!!

Trying to Stay Healthy...

Said by James when I was trying to get him up from his nap, "I need to go back to sleep because my head has a tummy ache." I think he was just extra sleepy... He still loves his nap time!

Claranna and James had their H1N1 vaccine tonight...let's hope it works. Isabella tested positive for Influenza A on Monday morning and she is still working on recovering. So far, no one else in our house is showing symptoms and I hope we can keep it that way. I've been doing a lot of sterilizing. I guess someone in our house was bound to get the flu as both Ella and James keep coming home with notes from school stating that there are students out ill with "flu like" symptoms in their classrooms.

There is a lot of excitement building in our house. Someone is turning four on Saturday!!! Hope you are all staying healthy!