My babysitter

On Saturday Starshine and Jr.Princess had a babysitter . They played EleFun and Trouble Starshine won both!Then they had dinner and watched a movie .Then Starshine and Jr.Princess read to Babysitter and she said we were excellent readers!When it was time to go to bed I was sad :( because I liked her :)! In the morning Starshine asked her mom and dad if they could go out again and that was because she wanted Babysitter to baby sit again!

Starshine

Super Brave Girl

Starshine's dentist was concerned a few weeks ago that she has yet to lose her top two teeth. So he recommended pulling them out. And, following her trend of not winning the genetic war (she got M&M Dad's bad eyesight), she apparently has a small jaw with closely spaced upper teeth like me, so......

he needed to pull the next two teeth, too, in order to make room for the first two big teeth! Here she is after her super brave outing to the dentist to have 4 teeth pulled, and several bloody soaked gauze pads later...

She was a super trooper, and the dental hygienist was very proud of how brave she was. Starshine was hoping to have enough room to fit a straw in, and then she discovered she can stick her whole tongue out with her teeth together!

Now, "All She Wants for her Birthday is Her Two Front Teeth" But I have 4 less teeth to brush!

So, Starshine is hosting a pool on when she'll get her first front tooth. Post a comment to enter!

As a side note, Starshine has been biting her nails for years. I have even offered to take her for a real manicure if she can stop biting long enough for them to grow out (no dice so far). Today, however, she discovered she can't really bite her nails without her 4 front teeth! Let's hope this helps break the habit.

My teeth have loved me apparently some of them don't :(

Fathers Day

Today was a slightly odd Fathers Day, because my Dad is out of the country, so we don't even get a chance to give him a call. Well, we hope you're having a great vacation and we love you!

We did, however, get to shower M&M Dad with love. First, the girls nicely watched tv for a bit downstairs this morning and didn't wake Dad (and me) up until almost 8.

Then, Jr. Princess was passionate about serving him breakfast in bed, which was perfect because he could lounge around watching the World Cup as we made him an egg sandwich with strawberries.

For our activity we went for a bike ride for some family fun, followed by me taking the girls for a leisurely trip to Target to make sure he got some alone fun (running while watching more World Cup).

Of course, we made him pizza for dinner. We debated making him a dessert, but M&M Dad will often comment he would rather have 1) more pizza, or 2) peanut M&Ms over pretty much any dessert. It just felt wrong serving peanut M&M's for dessert, so we're at least going to sprinkle them on ice cream tonight, and then let him have the rest of the bag. (I'm sure he'll polish off the leftover pizza at some point, too).

Most importantly, I have resisted temptation ALL DAY, from asking him to clean, garden, or haul anything. Ummm, except the one time I needed the old ottoman out of the living room, but seriously, I could NOT have gotten that to the garage without his help.

The girls were in great spirits hosting a fun day for their Dad.

Super Carnival Fun

Friday my Division at work had a fun carnival for families. Of course, it was mainly employees with children because no spouse (mine included) wants to waste a vacation day going to their spouses work event...

Well, the girls and I had oodles of fun. Who wouldn't considering everything was free and there were no lines/no waiting for everything, including pony rides...


Mini car racing...
Henna tattoos...

Various DJ led contests, including this hula hooping one (Starshine was super excited early last week when she realized she has finally learned to hula hoop)...
To show Starshine that it's not embarrassing to participate, I even joined the adult hula hooping contest. Based on the practice round I totally would have cleaned-up, but in the real event I botched the initial spin and was out in the first second. I totally choked. Sigh... At least I also got to demonstrate good losing behavior.

There was also super jumps, balloon animals, crafts, caricature artists and carnival games. Our favorite was the carnival game where you got to throw baseballs at plates to break them. The girls were in awe that they were being encouraged to break something!

It was a great time. The girls love to point out that Mom's work is super awesome fun, and Dad's is super boring :).

My brush with fame

The girls and I are Biggest Loser super fans. We DVR it and watch together every week. This season we were rooting for Sunshine and O'Neal because a) they were from Minnesota and b) they were just so darn likeable.

Well, Tuesday I found out they were coming to my work on Thursday! I was super excited to tell the girls, and was sooooo surprised when they reacted by breaking into tears, throwing themselves on the floor and totally whining that they weren't going to be there. Wow - I did not see that coming. I thought they would just be excited for me...

They recovered in time this morning to make sure I got them an autograph, and Starshine even called me as I was driving to work because she thought I had forgotten the camera. Nope - I got a great picture...

They're super nice in person, too.

Jr. Princess Birthday Memories

Jr. Princess had lots of fun looking through her birthday pictures tonight, so we thought we would share them with you...

On her birthday...

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and 5

Jr. Princess, we love the smiles and spunk you have brought to our family. Happy Birthday - we love you!

Jr. Princess's Special Day

Tomorrow is Jr. Princess's 5th birthday, so we celebrated today with her special day where she gets to pick everything. Here's the run down of the desires of a 5-year old...

1. A delicious breakfast of French Toast, where she gets to help cook followed by the family decorating the dining room in her honor

2. Baking of the birthday cake she picked out at the store

3. A fun trip to the Zoo...

4. With a ride on the Carousel

5. Angel food cake with whipped cream, strawberry ice cream and strawberries (oh and sprinkles)

6. Opening presents

7. About 50 trips down the slip and slide...

7. Sharing her new stomp rocket with some friends

8. Dinner at Red Robin where they sing and bring her an ice cream sundae

9. And time with Dad looking at her old birthday pictures on the computer.

Happy Birthday Jr. Princess!

(Did you notice yesterday's post was pants and sweatshirts and today we're running around in swimsuits - holy heat wave!)

Jr. Helper

Starshine was gone Friday and Saturday at her first Girl Scout overnight. (Thank goodness they didn't need more mom volunteers, because I went to bed earlier on Friday then they did!) So, Saturday we were all alone with one kid, which is sooooo different than 2 kids. Seriously quiet...

Last weekend M&M Dad was busy painting our old dingy garage doors to not look so shabby next to our fabulous new siding, so this weekend all we had left was putting up the new weatherstripping. And Jr. Princess was a superstar helper...

We put her in charge of picking out the perfect nails...

I wonder what other projects I can get her to do?

2nd Grade Musical

Thursday night was Starshine's 2nd grade musical. (Actually it was more of a concert because they stood on risers the whole time, but who's nit-picking...)

For a few days ahead of time Jr. Princess and I had lots of fun singing "2nd Grade Musical" to the tune of "High School Musical," which Starshine did not appreciate and told me she would die of embarrassment if we did that at school. We restrained ourselves...

So here we are at the big event. Starshine was SUPER excited that she made it up to the first set of risers. While she is perfectly 50th percentile for her age, she is so young in her class that she has always been a front row gal. And thank goodness, because Starshine's school does not have a stage so you can barely see anybody during this performance, but I tried videotaping anyway. Trust me she's in the middle behind the purple-shirted girl in the front row.

I was super impressed with how many songs they had memorized, and then each class recited a funny poem. ( I should have video taped Jr. Princess, too, because she knew some of hte songs and was singing along next to me. ) Can you believe she only has 2 1/2 weeks left of school??

Jr. Monkey

Jr. Princess was so excited when I picked her up from school today because she had discovered she could do the monkey bars. Of course, I didn't have my cell phone running the first time she went across, but I assure you she flew across. The second time, with phone ready, she was a little tired and ran out of steam towards the end...

My baby isn't a baby anymore...