The Tooth Fairy is Visiting tonight!

Kate lost her first tooth this morning! We recently read the really cute Junie B. Jones book about the tooth fairy and Kate is looking forward to adding to the fairy's tooth collection (and hoping to make a buck!).I have assured her that teeth in baggies are easier for the fairy to find and carry....a few too many nights desperately seeking teeth for this fairy! By the fourth, you wise up!

Greg and I completed a lot of tasks around the house this weekend. And Ty, well, he "helped". He was covered in paint more than once! Oh boy is he fun!
Pam and Ken visited us yesterday and treated us to dinner at Cracker Barrel. Ty kept staring at the mounted deer head over the fireplace and finally pointed to it and declared it was "stuck"!We had a great time with them and hope to see them again soon. Kate just adores Ken and has been his buddy since our boating trip with them three years ago.

Even after a bath, some of that paint remained on his legs! Our ceilings are finished and the patio furniture has been repainted. The laundry, kitchen, dining, living, hallway and Ty's room have had the trim painted. At that point, my back insisted we STOP! I spruced up some little items in the landscape and ordered my new porch swing since my old one is literally falling apart. It took Greg awhile to convince me we couldn't salvage my swing. Greg's parents gave it to me just after we bought our first house together. Obviously, I am a little sentimental about letting it go. It is my favorite place to relax but the new bright white swing will look quite nice in its place.

Ty broke out with his second cold sore this month. It is healing quickly but revealed he is not responding to preventative treatment. We are disappointed but have decided to pull him off the medication. We've completed three of the six months and are still having outbreaks. His belly was frequently upset on the medicine and it affected his appetite so it was with mixed emotions we made this decision. We pray his body eventually builds the antibodies necessary to fight this virus on its own. Until then, we know we need to eliminate his beloved paci and hope to see noted improvement once he is no longer teething. Still having a lot of things in his mouth certainly doesn't help prevent outbreaks.

We had a beautiful weekend as a family and enjoyed friends too. Memories of those we've lost were also in our hearts as was gratitude for the sacrifice made by our American soldiers.  Happy Memorial Day.