Ari lost her first tooth and she has another one on the way out. The tooth fairy left her a whole quarter, which she took to the play section at Walmart and promptly used in the machines. She can't wait for all of her teeth to fall out so she can make bank! I can't believe that this girl is going to be 5 in 19 short days. Ari starts Kindergarten at the end of the month too! We go to the pool every day we can and Ari is one of my two little fish. One of my other children THINKS she takes after Grandpa Smathers.

Brynli turned 6 this last month. The girl is 6 going on 16. I never thought I was as ungirly as Brynli makes me feel. As a mom, I don't quite know what to do with all the skirts and drama. She wants to be a cheerleader! AUUUUUUGH. For her birthday she requested a princess cake- bedecked and bejewled. I did my best and, all told, it turned out pretty well. The best thing I can say about it was that we had tons of frosting left over and it was good.

Nick took the family fishing. Feeling like a beached whale, and not having a fishing license, I took pictures, read and watched. Chance really got in to it! The boy who doesn't like anything dirty on his clothes or his hands loved playing with the squiggling fish and worms! He took every fish off the hook and hucked it back into the water. The girls enjoyed the catching part, but wanted nothing to do with the worms or the fish once they left the water.

Nick and I just celebrated our 7th year. (Hint: the anniversary usually is closely followed by the girl's birthdays and you just have to know the anniversary year and you can count back to find out how old the girls are). Mom asked me if I was getting itchy- I didn't understand and she had to explain it to me. I must admit that this is not where I saw myself being at this point in my life, when I was younger. I wouldn't have it any other way!

Now we are setteling in to await our new one. The kids are very excited and ask all kinds of cute and embarasing questions!