Rookie Tooth Fairy...Fired!!

I am STILL covering for that Rookie Tooth Fairy that visited this Summer!!
Remember the fairy dust? How she woke up my kids? ...Well there's more!

I am....well let me rephrase that...I have a girl that has been coming to help me organize the house and make the most of what little storage space we have. A few weeks ago she cleaned and organized my closet. One night last week, I came home from hanging out with some of my girlfriends and Brad warned me that David found a tooth in a box that looked exactly like his first tooth. It was in a box of "junk" that the storage girl had left for me to go through (and I still haven't). I asked Brad what story we were going with. Thankfully, David had come to the conclusion that it must have been my tooth from when I was little and I forgot to put it out for the tooth fairy. Since this happened last week, I certainly wasn't going to bring it up again...I thought he forgot about it. Yesterday evening, David told me I was going to have to go to bed early. Ummm, OK...I certainly don't mind...but why? He told me about the tooth he had found in a little BLUE box from when I was a kid. :) I needed to put it under my pillow so the tooth fairy would leave some money for me! Soooooo, last night I went to bed early (he and Brad stayed up to watch the Saints game - since he doesn't have school today!). This morning David woke up early to make sure "my" tooth was gone and it was!!!! I got a quarter from the tooth fairy!!! WAAAHOOO. This time, the tooth fairy took the tooth and disposed of it properly...if you catch my drift! :) Funny how I got the same amount that I received 25 years ago - but David's tooth fairy adjusted for inflation!




For those of you that were aware of Christopher's Developmental Test last week. He didn't do too well. Understandably so!! I went to pick him up from Mom's Day Out to bring him to the School Board Office. He threw a fit because I "forgot" Jacob. It took me about ten minutes to explain that Daddy was coming to get Jacob when school was over. So we were late and running up the stairs at the very old, outdated, cold yucky LeBlanc Services building (a very OLD school that they tried to spruce up on a Trading Spaces budget!). It was not one of those places where you get a warm and fuzzy feeling. In fact, as soon as we walked in it reminded me of a hospital! When we arrived in the testing room there were six adults sitting around a kiddie table staring at us. They wanted Christopher to go and sit in the empty seat. Of course, Christopher froze. I ended up sitting in the chair and he was on my lap. They took turns asking him to do and say things and before he could even respond, the next person was asking him something. Christopher didn't say a word or do anything that they requested. I tried to hold back, but all of a sudden my maternal protecting instincts kicked in. I started tearing up and someone had noticed and asked if I was OK...I explained to them that Christopher CAN speak and he can do many of the things they requested. I agree that he has speech problems but it was not to the degree that they were witnessing for those 10 minutes that they were with him. They decided he will start attending Dutchtown Primary School the week of his third birthday to assist in his speech development. He'll attend a few hours each week. They have requested that he is fully potty trained. ...Here is where I think the tears may have helped me...One lady piped up, because of his medical issues if he is not potty trained, we understand and will work with him! :) Ummm, obviously she doesn't understand...but I'm going with it!! :) His heart defects have NOTHING to do with his mother's lack of commitment and consistency on the potty training!! :) Since he doesn't have Mom's Day Out this week, I thought I'd make another attempt at the potty training. Christopher wore underwear ALL day yesterday and NO accidents. I attached a picture of his living sticker chart next to his sticker chart on the wall.

I'm "working" (or at my office!) and Brad's lovely Mom is watching the boys today, so I'm not sure how today is going...Poor Annette! So sorry!!! Yesterday, I was on bathroom duty with him all day and during the process Jacob took advantage of the distraction. The same gal that organized my closet, organized the pantry last week. She doesn't have children and it was obvious. She put the cake, pancake seasoning mixes, etc on the bottom shelf of the pantry. Jacob decided to take advantage of their new location and opened the box of "pancakes" and poured Bisquick mix all over the floor. I didn't complain too much, because the Bisquick mess could easily be Dustbustered up and was nothing compared to the day before.

On Sunday morning, all three of the boys got together and created a "lotion potion" in my mop bucket. I was in the shower assuming their father was watching them and he was unaware that he was "on duty". Anyway, they opened every bottle of the hotel shampoo, lotion, conditioners (yep, I'm one of the people that takes them home!!) and poured it into the mop bucket. Yesterday, when I went to mop it took me an additional ten minutes to get all of the soap out of the bucket. And then last night, when I went to wash my hands, bubbles came up from the sink. I must admit, it brought a smile to my face when the bubbles came up...I guess this is just the beginning of what it is going to be like with three boys!!!




Sunday we spent the day looking for a Christmas tree. I know, it is not Thanksgiving yet, but I like a big full tree and they are always picked over on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Brad is way to busy at work on Black Friday and Saturday, so it is usually the Sunday before we are able to get out and get a tree. It will stay outside until after Thanksgiving. I guess that shows my true greed. :(


David wants to "be charged" (that is how he says "in charge") of watering it. He is getting to be so big and responsible. I am super proud of him. Yesterday he helped me go through the little boys rooms and purge their outgrown clothes and toys. We are bringing them to some friends that have younger kids and the rest to Goodwill. David ran to his room to look for things that he could give away. He grabbed some old Vacation Bible School t-shirts that he doesn't wear anymore and some shirts that are saturated in stains to add to the give away pile! My sister, Cathy sends him the Highlights Kids magazine. He went and grabbed one and a pen. He wanted to know what her address was so he could send it to her dog (she doesn't have any children). I guess he thought the dog would read it?!? He was serious and so I told her the address. Sis, Sierra should be receiving her book soon! :) 'Tis the season for giving!

Not too much going on around here. We are hosting Thanksgiving at our house this year. The kids are excited, I am too. I hope the food turns out OK!!! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!