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Owen & Clara Turn 7!!!

They were so excited to be seven.  They started the day with big hugs in bed and the immediate post birth story of how we held them in that very bed, seven years before.  Then off to MyGym for a bit.  We had lunch at SkyLine where the ladies were waiting with lunch and balloons.  Then we drove to the cupcake shop down the street.  At home we watched a movie.  Then off to dinner at CPK with just Owen, Clara, Kevin and I.

We came home and the other kids shouted "Surprise!"  We served rainbow cake (also a surprise) and sang Happy birthday in multiple languages. 

Since they've made the huge commitment to chess the got their very own chess  sets and they each got a DS and a game to use during chess tournament breaks.

 

Surprised!  They were excited, but in the end - chess won.

Chanukah Night #6 - Owen

I think that this photo says it all - she loves her new hat!  We had to beg her not to sleep in it.  She also got a Momiji doll, watch, crocheted cupcake purse, a pet shop, a polka dot bathrobe and the AG dog, Honey.

Two are missing!!!

This is what Owen looked like right before we left school around noon.

This is how she came home from school a few short hours later - not one tooth but two!  The chess volunteer removed them.  That's what I get for skipping chess.

Trade In

School lunch

Today Owen, Clara and I had a fun morning. We painted a fence picket and the shared lunch! Love my girls.

Self Defense

Noa is pretty popular these days. But sometimes there is just too much love. Owen really wanted to hold Noa but Lilah had her. So Owen wrote a note to Lilah. Please note that she drew pictures of Noa with Lilah, note that Noa is kicking Lilah in the face.  There is also a picture of Noa smiling with Owen.  Noa will bite you if she's not happy.

They really love me!

I love finding these little notes all around. It's a nice reminder that they like me occasionally.

Halloween 2009

We had a lot of fun last night. The girls enjoyed the themed costumes as did the folks at the nursing home. Then we stopped to see Eve and Doug. Back to our neighborhood.

Isaac walked with us and took some pics. Benjamin and Hilary opted to stay home. Then I did homework.

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.

Giving up a tradition?

Okay so if you know Owen well, you know that she really loves socks. She loves socks so much that she wears two different socks everyday. Several people have told me that this is their surefire way to tell the girls apart. But as you can see in a picture from this morning - her socks match. They have for a week! Today she found two like socks and declared excitedly, "Ooooo! A matched pair!"

I wonder if this tradition is dead? I used to find it annoying. Then I realized it was so Owen. Now I think I might miss it...