No Tooth. No Quarter.

Riley lost her first tooth yesterday at camp.  Then she lost her lost tooth.  Ms Maggie, her camp counselor, said she looked like she was going to cry, so they wrote the tooth fairy a note.

Our friend Michele came over last night and they started talking about the lost, lost tooth.  Riley tried to explain to us that she read a book, No Tooth, No Quarter, and it very clearly explained that the tooth fairy does not care about notes, just teeth.  We tried to convince her that things have changed since the book was written and the tooth fairy is a bit more understanding these days.  It seemed to appease her, but then this morning Jason asked her if the tooth fairy left her anything under her pillow.  She told him she didn't even bother looking because she already knew the answer.  She wasn't upset that she wasn't getting anything, just very matter of fact about it.  He tried to convince her to look, but they just kept talking in circles.  Finally I told her I have read the book, and was here for the conversation with Michele, but Daddy's just asking you to look and see if maybe the tooth fairy found compassion in her heart for you and left you something anyways.  "Ok.  Mommy.  I'll go look."  Then she came running up the stairs shouting, "I have a tooth fairy dollar!"  She had to show Wyatt, "Look, I have a tooth fairy dollar!!" 

Ben, "Ohhhhhh. You pee in toilet - not the floor."

Benjamin has decided that it is time to pee in the toilet.  He went in the bathroom, took his diaper off, and tried to pee in the toilet.  Then he came back and sat down at his desk next to mine and said, "I don't have to pee in toilet."  Then he went back again.  I went with this time.  "Mommy.  I pee in toilet." Nothing happens.  "Mommy, my pee-pee's not working."  Ok.  We go back to our work at our desks.  Then he goes in the bathroom again.  I follow him and then I was asked to leave, by Benjamin.  He comes in and tells me "Mommy, I pee-pee in toilet."  and he did.  Riley and Wyatt were so excited for him they jumped up and ran to look in the toilet at the pee he didn't flush.  Then Ben told me, "Come here.  I show you."  He stands there and nothing happens.  "My pee-pee not working."  He would then sit for a minute and run to the bathroom.  This went on for about 20 minutes.  And the really good thing is he never peed on the floor!

Water

Cherise, my cousin, is sitting in the recliner reading a book.  Benjamin comes up to her and says something.  Cherise is into her book and just blankly said to Benjamin, "Yah, Sure."  Then she got a glass of water poured in her lap.  After it happened it registered what he had said.  "Cherise.  I. pour. water. on. you."  She jumped out of the chair and he started crying.  Pour guy couldn't understand what he did wrong.  Not that anyone yelled at him.  How could you?  He asked first.

Moral of the story... Always bring a change of clothes to the Cappert house.  You never know when you'll need them.  Cherise was prepared.

Our Morning

Today started at 6 am.  The kids came up in our room.  We were so proud of Ben.  Not only did he sleep through the night, but he did it in his toddler bed with Riley and Wyatt in their room.  I didn't put them to bed until 9pm so we had minimal stand up comedy from Ben this time.

Then Wyatt was so excited.  He had a board book in his hands and informed me, "Mommy!  Uncle Morgan is a teacher and he's teaching me how to read!"  Then he told me to watch him as he looked at the pictures and made up his stories.

I tried to load the dishwasher, but Collin kept crawling inside it.  So I asked the kids for help and Wyatt volunteered.  He took him out of the kitchen.  I could here him telling Collin, "The kitchen is closed."  and Collin was crying.  I asked Wyatt why the baby was crying and he said, "I'm sitting on him.  He can't go anywhere."  He had him completely pinned to the ground.  Ok.  That wasn't exactly what I meant.  Riley took over baby duty and I asked Wyatt to go read to Ben.  When I was done in the kitchen I came out and found Wyatt in the recliner reading to Ben, Riley drawing, and Collin with a piece of chalk in him mouth.  The kid won't each food, but give him dirt, sticks, or chalk and he's all over that. ????

We're Hunting Rabbits

Wyatt comes inside and asks me, "Mom, can I have a carrot?"  "Sure.  Just give me a minute and I'll get up and peel it for you."  Wyatt-"No Mom.  We're trying to catch a rabbit.  Rabbit's don't eat peeled carrots!"  So I go outside to watch them and they are carefully placing the carrot in the last place that they saw the bunny.  They turn to look at me and say, "We're going to catch the bunny for our new pet."  Good luck guys.  Two minutes later Wyatt comes in to give me a report that they still haven't caught him yet.  Patience young grass hopper.

Now they've set a trap.  Still no rabbit.  

Instead of sitting outside they are now watching out the bathroom window so they don't scare it away.

Me and My Shadow

This morning Wyatt comes up to me feeling real sad, "Mommy, my shadow is a girl.".  So I had to inquire about how he knew this.  The answer I got was, "Because I keep blinking."  ok...  Makes perfect sense.  Then he started to wonder.  "Since I'm blinking all the time I don't know if I'm a girl or a boy???"  Riley was standing on the other side of me.  Her response to all of this was, "Yeah! I have a sister!!".  Once this registered with Wyatt he was quite certain that he is a boy.....as are all the rest of us.  I don't think he has a girly bone in his body.

Great Day! Legoland and then Soccer

So we start out at LegoLand today.  Feild trip with Riley's kindergarden class.  So fun!!!  I just love being around these little people and listening to what they have to say.  Half way there, on the bus, banana (names have been changed to protect the innocent :) ) says, "I can smell legos.  We're almost there."  I told her that this was a very rare talent and I was pretty impressed.  It's not everyday you meet someone who can sniff out lego's in the air.  I was lucky today.  Found one. 

So we go about our day.  Ride the ride, eat lunch, go to the 4D movie, and then go to the Lego Factory.  This is where they show us how lego's are made (sort of...).  So the first part of the machine is called something like the Gizmonot.  Ralph, our tour guide, asks the kids if they can say Gizmonot.  They all yell it back.  He answers with, "what?"  They all yell it again.  Same thing.  Ralph does this one more time.  He answers again with, "what?"  Banana says to Ralph, "You know, we're little, and sometime little people can't say everything the right way."  So now we know why Ralph couldn't hear them.  Ralph started laughing so hard I thought he was going to hyperventalate.  Then Ralph started to talk about being brave.  He looked over at Clementine (again changing the names to protect the innocent) and asked her if she was brave.  She told him, "No.  I'm Clementine."  That took him a moment to process.  I guess Ralph wasn't ready for the wittiness of our group. 

So after Legoland we had our first night of Soccer.  Fun!  Much better than last year.  The kids are now playing with their friends on the team and having a great time.

Ben walked around eating Goldfish.

And then the boys decided to play in the dirt pile as if it was a sand box.  Wyatt was actually making dirt angels. 

When we got home I gave them a bath and had to empty the tub 3 times before we actually had clean water. 

I think I'm going to sit by the dirt pile every Friday soccer night.  They boys were contained and well behaved the whole time.