Mara's Birthday

We celebrated Mara's 3rd birthday this month. She turned three on September 10th, but we waited until the weekend for her party. The party was supposed to be on the church playground, but we had to hold it in the gym thanks to hurricane Ike. Rain or shine, we all had fun eating pizza and cake. The kids enjoyed the pinata, and Mara loved opening her presents. Thanks to our friends and family for making her feel so special on this special occasion!

Mara's 1st Day of School

Mara attended her first day of North Texas Christian Academy preschool last Tuesday. She was so excited for school to begin, and is really loving it. She is in Mrs. Joni's class which is a combined age group of older 2-year-olds and younger 3's. I am so proud of her for adjusting quickly to this new routine. It helps that she is such an eager student since I am teaching the 4-year-olds, and my mornings are pretty hectic. I am thankful that she has had no reservations about school expectations. She is growing up so quickly. I can't believe that she will be 3-years-old tomorrow! Where has the time gone?

Back to School

Rex went back to school on August 25th. I can't believe that he is old enough for 1st grade! I am very happy that he is in Mrs. Quisenberry's class. Everyone says that she is a wonderful teacher. She has the sweetest disposition, and always has a smile on her face. She actually used to be our next-door neighbor (before Rex was born). It's nice to get connected with her again.

Rex has just completed his second week of school, and everything seems to be going well. He has received stamps in his take-home folder every day as well as earned several "paw points" for good behavior. I am very proud of his efforts thus far.

He lost his third tooth at school on Thursday. This was a surprise to me because I did not even realize that this tooth was very loose. The tooth fairy has been working overtime at our house this month, and Rex is really going to have a challenging time eating with such a large gap in his mouth.

Lost Tooth

Rex lost his first tooth on Thursday night. It was getting very loose, and the permanent tooth was already beginning to pop up behind the baby tooth. He worked hard to loosen up the baby tooth, and even tried to get it to come out by biting into an apple...no luck.

Then, at supper, we were all sitting around the table eating when he bit into a soft piece of garlic bread. He looked up in alarm, and I could see a little blood on his bread and in his mouth where the tooth had been. Sure enough, the tooth came out in that bite of bread, and he swallowed the bite, tooth and all! I looked closely at the remaining piece of bread, and we searched his mouth, but the tooth was never found...So he literally lost his first tooth.

Thankfully, he was not upset by these turn of events. He was relieved that it did not hurt or bleed much, but most of all he was relieved that the Tooth Fairy would still be able to visit him eventhough the tooth was lost.

The Tooth Fairy did pay him a visit on Thursday night, and left him two gold dollars for the lost tooth.