First Tooth

Dominick lost his first tooth today. It has been wiggly for a LONG time. Last night every time he talked it wiggled in his mouth. He pulled it out at school and brought it home in a bag. Super excited. He even wrote a letter to the tooth fairy explaining where the tooth was. So excited!

A bit of guilt/sadness though, as we sat down to read tonight he held out his pinky and said (very fast) "Pinky promise it isn't you being the toothfairy" he then just reached out and grabbed my pinky. A pinky promise is pretty much as strong a promise as there is. I haven't broken one yet. But technically, I didn't really officially make this pinky promise . . . still a bit of mom guilt going on there.

I just tucked him in and did relaxation. We secured his note to the side of his bed. I offered to get a piece of tape was quickly told that "fairies are tiny. She won't be able to pull it." We had to make sure it was right-side up so she could read it and lightly attached with an old sticker.

He's growing up so fast but we're both still clinging to the little boyness for as long as we can.

Halloween 2010

Our little lion man

Dominick's self-designed alien monster

Trick-or treating was so much fun this year. Both boys were super excited. Xander loudly would tell everyone we passed--"It's almost Halloween Night!" We met up with Nattie and Jane and Dom was soon treating at warp speed. Xander was not nearly as scared as I had feared. One scary monster guy sat motionless on his porch, until you walked up. That freaked him out a bit and he still talks about "that guy" but luckily that was on the way home. He informed every house after that about the guy that was a "little bit scary." He also told everyone that he was "a little bit ferocious."

Too much of a good thing

Tonight over dinner (which was nice for a change, I should mentally note the nights when everyone eats, listens while other people talk, and refrain from roaring, screaming etc.) Dominick was retelling a favorite Tom and Jerry episode--Dennis didn't notice the shift of pronouns, but I've heard it before. When the boys watch T&J they take on the roles of cat and mouse. Dominick, although obsessed with cats is Jerry and Xander gets to be poor Tom. Luckily they don't physically act them out but they'll talk about, "Woo I just hit you over the head!" "Watch out if you do that it's going to hurt!" They find the show hilarious and I guess even funnier when they are in on the act.

So tonight Dominick talked with Xander "about the time you were playing the music and I was banging on your tail." Perhaps we need to find some new shows . . .

Weekend Weather

Yet another amazing weekend of beautiful weather--I feel the need to soak it up and document it before the winter comes and I forget what sunshine and days without coats feel like. My parents came this weekend which put more sunshine on the weekend. Dennis and I were able to make great progress on the index while the boys played and played. So wonderful to have grandparents!

This afternoon I took the boys on a walk through our backyard campus--I so enjoy living so close to K. Xander and I swung on the swing while Dominick pushed us. The boys jumped in a pile of leaves. We watched a rubber shark on a string swim in a fountain (we had to provide the shark and string). And then we spent a long time collecting buckeyes and sorting, squashing, rolling, and fetching them. So much fun for a beautiful fall day.

Farmer Xander

Lake Michigan

An idyllic lunch on the beach followed by throwing sand back into the lake. What could be more perfect?

First Day of School

They start late up here . . . not this late, but we've been busy. Moving in, starting a full-time job, finishing Dennis book (still indexing!). I miss sharing our pictures, our stories. So I'll start catching up . . . slowly.