The Dentist

The girls had their first trip to the dentist yesterday.  I was very surprised at how well they each did.  We had the whole office to ourselves so we all went back together. 

Emma wanted to be first and she climbed right up onto the reclined chair.  They gave her little sunglasses to put on, it was cute.  She opened her mouth big for the dental hygenist.  Emma was a pro, nothing seemed to phase her and when she was done she picked out a wand as her prize.  Emma doesn't have any cavities, but she has a small defect on one of her bottom teeth.  I have never noticed it, it is just how it formed, its a little rounder and has faint white line in it.  The tooth is fine but we need to brush it good.

Olivia wanted to be next so they had her climb up in another chair and the dentist actually did her cleaning, after she got her sunglasses of course.  Olivia seemed a little nervous, and the dentist wasn't as friendly as the hygenist so she was a little hesitant.  She opened up well and I tried to show her what to do, and that helped her relax.  She picked out a bouncy ball for her prize.  Her teeth are good, no cavities for her either.

Emma and Olivia wanted to go back to the waiting room to play so I stayed with Savannah while she had her turn.  She climbed up on the chair and got her sunglasses and the hygenist cleaned her teeth.  She was very good, but pretty reserved, I don't think she said one word while we were there.  The dentist said her teeth had a differen make-up than Emma's and Olivia's and were a little more groovy meaning they would be more pron to cavities.  She also has a small chip on one of her front teeth, who knows how that happened.

I asked the dentist if he could tell they still had pacifiers.  He said he could tell, Emma's bite didn't seem affected much, Olivia's was a little, and Savannah's a little more.  He said it wasn't a big deal and that they could keep them for a while, he said they would grow out of them and when they did their teeth may actually correct a little.

So when I got them all in the van I made a decision, so I told them all that the Dentist had said they couldn't have their 'bs' (aka pacifiers) anymore.  They all looked at me and then looked at their pacifiers attached to their chairs.  I told them to give them to Katelin when they got home and they seemed to understand.

Nap time was a little off today, but I'm not sure that was entirely due to taking away their pacifiers.  They asked about them last night at bedtime but Savannah reminded everyone, 'the dentist said no bs'.  I really thought they would have cried for their bs and made more of a fuss than they have so far.

Mother's Day

I had a lovely Mother's Day with my girls.  It actually started early, on Friday when I got home the girls had made me a brownie and milkshake and gave me presents.  Our thoughtful nanny had worked very hard all week to make some lovely gifts.  They each made me a card and had told Katelin what to write. 
Emma's said, "I sing ABC for Mommy.  I love my Mommy.  Happy Mother's Day Mommy."
Olivia's said, "Happy Mother's Day Mommy.  Mommy be so happy Mommy proud of me.  I love you Mommy."
Savannah's said, "I like when Mommy sings me songs I have to sit on Mommy's lap so we can give some hugs.  Mommy go to work.  Mommy comes home she so happy to see me.  I love Mommy."

They also made me an apron with their handprints, a keychain with their thumbprints, a mom sign, and a mason jar vase.  Here are some pictures.

On Sunday Scott and the girls made me breakfast in bed.  Scott made my favorite french toast and eggs, the girls 'helped' too.  They brought it to me in bed, but then the girls wanted to go get theirs so they could eat in bed with mommy, so I decided we would all just eat downstairs.  We had planned to go to church with my mom but the festival was going on in Waxhaw so they had moved the time of the service and we weren't able to make it that early.

My sisters and our families all meet to eat at Captian's Galley to have lunch, it was pretty peaceful considering we had 7 kids with us.  After that we all went over to the festival and the kids played on the bouncy houses and feed the animals at the petting zoo.  The girls were super tired so we headed out around 2:30 and they all fell asleep in the van.  When we got home Scott stayed out in the van and I was allowed to go in and take a nap, I could really get used to mother's day. 

Here is a picture of the stepping stone the girls made for me (with some help from daddy).