Where are they?

Tuesday the kids went to the dentist for their 6 month cleaning & checkup. At the last appointment, the dentist told me that at this checkup he was going to take a picture of Emily's mouth to see the status of her teeth. Emily has been very late in losing her teeth and to this day her 6 year molars still haven't come in. Well, the outcome is an orthodontist consultation. Apparently, Emily is missing several permanent teeth, mainly molars. So, we need to figure out how this situation needs to be dealt with in the future. I never thought I would be dealing with the orthodontist at age 8, even for just a consultation. The funny thing is even with all the work that has been done and will need to be done in her mouth Emily still wants to be a dentist when she gets older.

Matt, his checkup resulted in another appointment needing to be scheduled to fill 2 flossing cavities.

Sorry if the x-ray grosses you out, I thought it was pretty cool. You can see all the work that has been done to date, even the metal spacer ring.

Chinese New Year

In honor of Chinese New Year, I went back in time to when Matt's love of dumplings began. We went to NYC for the day and had lunch in Chinatown. Little did we know the obsession this meal would start. Matt's love of dumplings has increased tenfold. Today at school the Kindergarten class will be celebrating Chinese New Year with fried rice, fortune cookies and oranges. Poor Matt is missing it because he is home sick but I think if he was there the first thing he would ask is "where are the dumplings?"

Ice, Ice Baby

Another storm came into our area yesterday but this one was not snow filled it was ice filled. Personally I prefer snow. The kids ended up having an early dismissal from school which helped seeing I changed their dentist appointment from Wednesday morning to yesterday at 2 in anticipation of today's weather. Last night we had sleet which changed to rain about 9 this morning. The kids were a little disappointed to find out that they only had a late school opening while the majority of our county's schools were closed. Fortunately, Dave went to work a little later and dropped the kids off for me. This winter has been just crazy with storms and it seems that it is going to continue - they are forecasting another storm for Saturday. Thankfully, the groundhog didn't see his shadow. Do I really believe in groundhog predictions? Not really but this year I am hoping he is right.

Like Mother Like Daughter

Emily is definitely her mother's daughter even down to her newest obsession - her computer. Many a night we are a mirror image sitting on opposite couches working on our laptops. Of course, she isn't allowed on Facebook but Emily has found her own kids sights that let her dress dolls in outfits, cook recipes and so much more. Lately I have caught both Emily and Matt doing or saying things that mimic both Dave and I. It is true they are little sponges and you never know how or when you will see yourself in your child.

I00 Days of School

Monday is the 100th day of school for Matt and Emily. The Kindergarten class was given the assignment to create "something" that included 100 of an object. So, we got creative. The 100 is made out of Styrofoam pieces (1 tube and 2 circles) which were painted red. Then, Matt glued on with red glitter glue 100 googly eyes. With Matt, we keep the projects as simple as possible because he is not "into" doing projects, or homework. As a matter of fact, 5 googly eyes in he stated "this is going to take forever". It didn't. His project is safe at school and ready for their 100th day celebration. Oh, and the best part of this assignment is that Matt doesn't have homework this whole week so the kids can focus on completing their projects....now Matt loves that. We'll have to see how he feels when homework resumes next week.