Tricking the Tooth Fairy

Saylor's cousin Gabbi recently lost a tooth and Saylor was in awe when she learned from Gabs about a sneaky visitor called the tooth fairy. You may have heard of her--she is the crazy lady that trades cash for chompers. Saylor came up with an ingenious plan to trick the tooth fairy using a cotton ball. In Saylor's estimation a cotton ball looks very much like a tooth if you tie it into a small ball with some string. She thought the best way to overcome the texture issue (pillow-soft vs very hard) was to coat the ball with a little Elmer's glue and let it dry. It really is too bad that the tooth fairy doesn't reward ingenuity but sadly the fake tooth is still under the purple pumpkin pillow.

Family Swim Night

As I have posted before, Snow has decided it is part of his fatherly duties to teach our kids how to swim. Saylor has made great progress under her daddy's tutelage but on this night Sawyer wanted to get in on the action.

Sleepy Saylor

There is a problem with Saylor's current stage--it is her refusal to nap. I know, I have little room to complain since she is now 4 and napped without complaint up to this point. But, as you can tell from this photo, her little body isn't really up to the challenge of staying awake until bedtime (not to mention the crank-fest we have from 4 o'clock on!). I made her dinner (yes it is Kraft mac n cheese...but I did add broccoli, much to her dismay) and went downstairs to do something (OK, OK, I was checking my e-mail, not doing laundry or anything legit). When I came back up this is how I found her. And BTW, there is an unchewed bite of broccoli in her mouth. Apparently this dinner was a snooze!

Sweet Little Sitter

I cannot believe that Sawyer is creeping up on 8 months already. I don't know where the time goes...well actually most of my time goes into keeping this little man's tummy full and diaper dry. He is now an accomplished sitter. He is really the most good-natured baby with a smile that, pardon the cliche, lights up a room. He eats like a champ which is how he has gotten his tank-like physique. While his belly gets bigger, his hair gets blonder and yes, I do love a baby faux-hawk! He now sleeps from 7-7 which is AMAZING and those chunky cheeks are just as delicious to smooch as they look. I love this little man!