TECHNOLOGY

Does anyone else ever feel like this with their significant other???

ORCHESTRA HALL

Friday was fieldtrip day for Juliette.  Usually, I love to go, but we gave Gramma a turn!  The field trip was to Orchestra Hall.  I think they had an ok time ;-)

Selfie with Gramma

 Playing the drums...

 Playing the violin...

The live version:

Thanks for going Gramma!!

LOST TOOTH!

It happened so fast!!  Wednesday night Juliette said she had a loose tooth, and Thursday at school she lost it!  I barely had time to document!!  She was SO INTO IT...I think the promise of the Tooth Fairy coming really sped up the process! 

Wednesday night it was loose, so we took a video to send to Gramma and Papa!

Here is a still of her wiggling away in the mirror...

I had to go coach my softball clinic on Wednesday night, but when I got home I made a quick tooth fairy pillow in case she lost it the next day (I had plans to be out Thursday, so I wouldn't have time!).  Luckily, I was able to throw this together.  Not my finest, but a good prototype at 9pm...

 

Got this pic from her teacher on Thursday :-)

 

Finally, in case you are wondering, the going rate for a tooth in our house is $1 and a tube of toothpaste :-)

 Juliette has had a lots of "firsts" and I love them all, but not gonna lie, this one made me tear up a bit.  She's getting so big :-)

STYLIN'...

Just another Mamma/Juliette day in the books!  We started by dropping off Dylan and heading to Target.  Juliette was stylin' in her Ariel costume.  She pretty much rocked Target!   

After Target we went to see Sara for her 2nd ever haircut...they chatted it up and Juliette was really into all the mirrors!

  

With the bribe of a sucker, we also curled her hair.  She looked SO old!

After her hair appointment we headed over to see my Grandpa Erickson (my dad's dad), who is currently in hospice.  Juliette was SO AWESOME...he can't see or hear very well, and I explained that to her before we went.  She stood right next to him the whole time and he held her hand...it was really sweet.  She even tried speaking up so he could hear.  This girl truly has a compassion gift with the elderly...she was awesome when my grandma (mom's mom) died a little over a year ago and she was awesome today.  We are very lucky to have such a sweet little girl!

 

Finally, we finished the day making some homemade granola bars!  They were kid approved!

CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT

When Como Town is not open, we have to improvise for rides...

I'M PAPA!

Both of my kids have done this with both of my parents glasses....but my mom caught this on video and it always makes me giggle...

BUH-BYE STROLLER

DW 2014...some of us need nap time more than others

Someone was looking to buy the exact stroller we had.  I wasn't really thinking about selling it, but since they were looking- and willing to pay a really fair price- why not?  Except for DW there is not much need for a double stroller for us anymore...so I dropped it off Sunday and collected our winnings!  One more baby item gone...they are getting so big!

HOCKEY FANS

watching the boys

Saturday afternoon I took Juliette to go watch my bosses kid's hockey game.  He also has a daughter who is Juliette's age and those two played together the whole time.  They were pretty adorable and giggly :-)  After the game Juliette went up to Johnny (who is 8) and said good game and gave him a big hug- she LOVES older boys.  It's pretty cute.  For now.

ALL SCREEN TIME ISN'T BAD

There are so many articles on screen time this, blablabla that...it can make your head spin as a parent.  Obviously balance is key.  But you know what...sometimes you get a little picture like this of your two kiddos working together and you just don't care! 

KG OPEN HOUSE

Joey and I went to the kindy open house at St. O's last night.  I went myself last year when we weren't sure what we were going to do.  Apparently you can't keep kids in preschool forever, so Juliette will be going to Kindergarten next year!  She will stay at St. Odilia's, and get to wear a jumper!!!  Everyone is excited about uniforms!  Juliette is also very comfortable at the school and has a nice relationship with the kindergarten teachers...as you may have expected!  So here's to putting down the deposit on some nice first day of school pictures!!