Calla's missing tooth!

Calla lost her first tooth tonight! She was very brave and let me pull it out. (with very little effort) She's a little frightened by the red spot where her tooth was, and went to bed with a cloth in her mouth for comfort. She's excited that the tooth fairy will be visiting tonight. I made her a small pocket to put her tooth in, so that it isn't lost under her pillow before the Tooth Fairy arrives.

Yes folks, I had a sentimental moment, my eldest, my firstborn, lost her first tooth. It was a joyful, tearful moment. Calla gave me a big hug. Silly Mommy.

I will take pictures of Calla's new smile in the morning.

Wiggly Tooth

Calla has her first wiggly tooth. She is so scared. She cried and didn't want me to look at it. Finally after many calm words I was able to wiggle her little tooth. Maybe next week we'll have the Tooth Fairy visit. She's afraid that it will fall out while she's asleep. Poor kid. She's a very emotional child when she's tired.

Another Tooth and a mother's rambling.

Eliana's 2nd tooth has arrived. She's a bit fussy, too. And her newest trick: Separation Anxiety! I hope this passes soon. She raises her hand when we're waving now, and if you wait long enough, she'll clap when we do. Silly baby tricks are fun.

I'm feeling out of sorts lately. Maybe it's the unschooling...we could probably use more routines in our daily life, maybe it's the constant running around...mom's group, swimming, gym... and the knowledge that Rowan hates swimming lessons, so every Wed will be a battle. He awoke with "I'm not going to swimming" at 6:45am. Calla's last gym class is next week. Swimming ends the first week of June. Back to quiet normal before too long.

We're off on our first camping trip of the season this weekend. This will be Eliana's first camping trip. We'll be camping at Mara Provincial Park, near Orillia. The kids and I will start packing what we can today. Which reminds me that I'll have to do all our laundry before Friday. Hopefully tomorrow the sun will shine and I can use our enviro dryer. (ok. The laundry line)

Got to go. Eliana is napping, Mrs. Spider has just ended, and I promised we'd do some schoolwork today.

Eliana's first tooth!

It has arrived! Her first little tooth has cut through. And it's a sharp one!
Here's a cute photo of the toothy one (ok. So we can't actually SEE the tooth yet, just feel it)


Calla, Rowan, Eliana and I spent Monday at the Zoo. We love it there. Rowan was treated to a Zoomobile ride. That's his favourite part of the day.

His hair reflects the green from the zoomobile roof.
(Not another Halloween fiasco)

A turtle in her shell

A paleontologist at work