Snaggletooth!

I don't know what has been up with my teeth lately but I have been spending a lot of time of the dentist. A few trips were for routine things such as cavities and cleanings but today something out of the ordinary happened. I was there for a filling (I know seems like I have a lot of cavities but Mom, I swear I haven't been eating candy and I'm brushing my teeth at least twice a day)- anyways while I was there I mentioned to the dentist that I felt something on my top tooth. It seemed there was something stuck on the top of tooth and it was also stuck in my gum. I thought it might have been some cement left over from dental work done the previous week. Well, the dentist took a look at it and told me that she thought it might be a piece of bone. She then proceeded to numb me up and removed the bone. But what we thought was just a piece of bone was actually a small tooth growing, with a root and all! I hope that is the last time I find a stray snaggletooth growing in my mouth! And I thought it was just a popcorn hull stuck up there!

The funniest part though occurred when I told Chris the story and he proceeded to tell me a story about his childhood baby teeth not falling out and his "double snaggletooth"!

Monkey see, monkey do

Conner and Elizabeth are really into parallel play right now. And their favorite person to imitate is the other one, of course!

Spaghetti and meatballs!

Enjoying a Sunday night meal of spaghetti and meatballs.

Things we are into...

What we are into these days:
*disclaimer: Chris did not give me any input on his list, I just write what I observe.

Chris:
1. Working, working, and then spending weekends working
2. Reading medical articles with big words in them, mainly about lungs and phlegm
3. Coming to grips with the fact that the Mets aren't going to make the playoffs again this year

Erin
1. Road biking
2. Granola
3. Teaching the kids all the essential dance moves, such as the cabbage patch, running man, and the Carlton.

Conner
1. Saying uh oh, and that's about it
2. Pointing and grunting at items instead of attempting to say the words
3. Chasing the dogs around the house, cornering them so he can proceed to torment them

Lizzie
1. Learning new command words so she can more effectively order Conner around
2. Fooling mom into thinking she is ready for potty training

3. The Corsica collection at Baby Gap

Lizzie does the Carlton

Sometimes I'm naughty

Rafting down the Nile vs. Tweetsie Railroad

Last Saturday we finally got brave enough to take the kids to an amusement park of sorts. While we were braving cowboys and Indians fighting to save balloon man, my sister was rafting down the Nile fighting off crocodiles and snakes. I think both my sister and I had moments of terror during our trips, but we both survived and lived to blog about it. See( http://home.olemiss.edu/~mshannon/Megan_Shannon/Peace_and_Carrots/Entries/2009/7/11_Sit_back%2C_relax%2C_and_enjoy_da_Nile....html) for my sister's blog about her rafting trip down the Nile.

The amusement park we went to was called Tweetsie Railroad and as the name implies, the main attraction is a real, live train. We took the train around the mountain and saw a staged scenario of cowboys fighting Indians to rescue balloon man, who was captured for ransom by the Indians. While the acting was worse than what is seen on The Hills, I was really proud of the kids for not getting scared of the fake gun shots. They must be immune to the sound of gun shots, growing up in Clemmons and all :). The kids also went on the carousel, some airplane ride, and on a small train into the mouse mine. But of all the attractions, their favorite thing was the slide on the playground. Not even a fancy slide or playground, pretty much your run-of-the-mill park playground that is about 1/2 mile away from our house. But isn't that how it always goes!

Conner, Chris, carouselNotice the train in the background, that's TweetsieLizzie training to be a fighter pilot

Straight from Wisteria Lane

Pretty sure that this will be a storyline for the next season of Desperate Housewives. Tonight, after the sun had set, Chris and I began a mission. The details are as follows: fill a trash can with water, tape the top of the trash can down with painter's tape (yes, duct tape would have worked much better but we couldn't find any), wait for the neighbors to start wondering what we are keeping captive in the trash can. What, you ask, is in the can- I'll never tell.

Snack bowl

I don't know why but when the kids get home from daycare they are starving! Perhaps its because daycare doesn't serve them adult-sized meals (which is what they would consume if given the opportunity). As soon as we get home they head straight to the cabinet holding snacks and proceed to point and whine at the cabinet until the cabinet relinquishes some treats. So, hence, the snack bowl was born. My sister laughed when I told her that Conner and Lizzie have a snack bowl everyday after school, mainly because she wished someone would prepare a snack bowl for her. Its nothing fancy, just a regular bowl filled with things such as graham crackers in the shape of bunnies (much preferred over the ones in the shape of bears), pretzels, and if I am ready for a mess, blueberries and strawberries. The other day I heard a crash and came in to find the snack bowl in multiple pieces. Conner must have tried to throw the snack bowl (probably at his sister) and broke the bowl. To make it worse, Conner was chomping down on one big piece of the snack bowl! Don't worry, no harm was done. But a lesson was learned, only the contents of the snack bowl are edible and not the bowl itself!