Frequent Fairy-ing

The Tooth Fairy has been visiting Dexter all over the place the past couple weeks, and I dunno how this kid continues to eat apples because he's down a whole bunch of teeth.

Missing the top tooth on either side of his (already adult) front teeth

It started at the lake, when a loose top tooth just magically fell out of Dexter's head in the middle of the night.  Which was all fine and dandy, except then he LOST the tooth while he was sleeping, so then we had to do a lot of looking in his bunk bed room that he shared with Erin.  We checked everywhere and finally decided we'd just write the Tooth Fairy a note saying "Dude, there's a tooth somewhere in this house.  Find it." and call it good.  But then Daddy stepped on something in the kids' bedroom and lo and behold, it was Dexter's tooth!  Tooth Fairy crisis averted.

If you look real close you can see the top left missing tooth

Then last weekend when we were at Katie and Brian's house in Blacksburg, VA, Dex pulled his bottom tooth out while we were eating breakfast.  Which wasn't gross at all.  So the Tooth Fairy got to visit Blacksburg.

OK, this isn't Blacksburg, and you can't see any of Dexter's teeth.  But I took the kids to Sweet Briar, too, and took them to where John and I got married.  And I made them hug.  And Dex said "Now it feels like I am marrying ERIN!"

And then yesterday morning Dex tried pulling a very wiggly top tooth out that had been bothering him for a day or so.  He couldn't quite get it, so Daddy pulled it out for him.  And the Tooth Fairy got to come to our own house last night.  We're happy to see that the Tooth Fairy is so talented, and knows where lost teeth are, no matter what state the pillow is located in.

Awesome missing top teeth

And a harder to see missing bottom tooth.

We're done now, with our fairly whirlwind travels in the first half of July.  We're hanging out at home for a few weeks, watching our ridiculous tomato plants try to take over the world, and swimming in our pool, and swimming in the pool at the gym, and riding bikes, and catching up on sleep.  At least Erin is doing that last one.  She won't nap in the car, and we kept her up from her nap one day in Blacksburg because the pool was way too much fun.  So she needed some catching up.  She was grumpy.

Grumpy

But not missing ANY teeth!

See that ridiculous mess of green?  That is TWO cherry tomato plants.  TWO.  They have already eaten the marigolds in the garden, and are currently threatening to eat the pool, the house, and maybe the new neighbors' house, just for fun.

Vay-Cay Eve

We're packing up the world (although this year it seems like we're packing LESS of the world, which maybe means we've learned better how to pack, or maybe means we're forgetting something fairly large and significant) and getting ready to head to NY for our annual week at the lake.  Skaneatales Lake again this year, and a new house.  Dexter is looking forward to kayaking and swimming and jumping off the dock and pretty much just everything about the lake experience.  Erin would like to ride in a boat with Dexter and Mama, with Daddy rowing.  I like the way she thinks.

I haven't seen much of Dexter the past three weeks, honestly.  He spent a week with Grandma and Grandpa right after school finished up for the year, and then has spent the past two weeks at a full day camp at the YMCA.  He has LOOOVED it, and I have enjoyed hearing all about it.  He has had his TSS, Ms Candi, with him to help him navigate the big new world of camp.  He has remembered some friends' names (a minor miracle), and describes in detail all the fun games they play.  Gaga ball is his favorite.  As is swimming in the pool.  And last week he got to go to the Delaware Childrens' Museum, which he thought was awesome.  So he's had a great June, and is looking forward to a great start to July.  Once we get home from the lake I have a feeling he is going to be tremendously bored.

Dexter came home from camp yesterday with a certificate - he was chosen "Camper of the Week" in his group.  Yay, Dex!  He was pretty excited about it.  He got to get up on stage to accept his award.  When I asked him how that was, he said it was great because he felt like he was in charge.  We really might have to look in to some theater classes for that kid.

Last weekend Erin went to a birthday party for her little friend Izzie.  So here's some pictures from that.  Dex and John went swimming at the Y, but that didn't last long.  They were too cold.  Dex will have to wait for Grandma's pool to swim in warm water again.  Maybe we can sneak in a little pool time on Saturday before we go to the lake.

Dex, getting ready to shoot Aunt Jeanne in Grandpa's pool

Erin and her little friends.  "Why is she six feet taller than the other kids?" John asked.  She's almost a year older than all of them.  And also she's just TALL.

Erin did a very admirable job blowing bubbles

Erin taught Izzie how to make a silly face.  We figured that was a pretty good birthday present to give to a two-year-old.