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Down in the Mouth

Argh.  I'm feeling really down lately.  I suppose I'm actually feeling better since I can talk about it.  I've managed to talk myself out of the deepest parts of the depression.  My life feels like it's in shambles.  It's not really, it is just me in shambles.  I'm just feeling overwhelmed with everything that I have to do, want to do and should do.

Growing Taller

Ada was riding in the car the other day and started whining.  She was really upset and when I asked why she said, "I got a grow spank for my birthday and I'm not any taller!"  (Her birthday was about 3 weeks ago...)

She also insisted that she was 4 and a half.  This comes directly from my grandma who is always the next year older the day after her birthday.

Bad, bad tooth fairy!

So Owen begged me to pull her tooth the other day.  It was incessant.  I know it was bothering her, but if you know me, teeth are NOT my thing.  So the fact that I finally decided to give it a yank or two should tell you how insistent Owen was being.  After one or two tries, I got sick to my stomach and told her she'd have to wait and keep wiggling it.

So we're sitting there reading quietly when she screams, "I lost my tooth!"  It simply fell out while she was busy wiggling it. (Thank goodness!)

This is where the horror begins.  I'll admit it, the tooth fairy is bad at my house.  She is frequently late. So late in fact, that no one bats an eye when she does show up on time.  But this time, she was four days late.  And this morning, we woke up to Owen screaming and crying, "My tooth is gone and the tooth fairy didn't leave anything!"  We assured her that the tooth fairy hadn't come yet.  (Meanwhile we're scrambling for cash to see if we can pull this one off...)  No tooth.  No dollar.  No fairy tale ending.

So amidst tears, Owen wrote this note for tonight.  

Updated:  The tooth fairy has arrived, well before morning and has left the cash and removed the note.

For all the griping I do...

This morning I was working in bed while the kids were up running around.  And Kevin made them breakfast and the appeared with this for me:

That would be homemade vegan banana waffles with maple syrup topped with fresh bananas!  Yum!