- Josie is very acutely afraid of fire right now. She saw a tiny segment of a news story about a school in Vancouver that burned to the ground a few weeks ago, and has been peppering me with questions ever since. There was a fire drill at school yesterday when I just happened to be helping in the classroom and the look on her sweet face made me so sad. Some of the other (slightly "behaviorally-challenged," shall we say) kids in the class kept yelling that they smelled smoke, just for attention, and I could tell J was petrified. She had a million questions last night before bed--what if there's a fire at school and someone is in the bathroom? What if some of the kids don't get out of the classroom in time? What if there's a fire at home and someone is in the shower? What if she's asleep and there's a fire and she doesn't hear the smoke alarm? It breaks my heart to hear her worrying about these things so I answered all of her questions very matter-of-factly, assured her that the adults are taking every precaution, and told her to come up with a list of three fun things she wants to do this summer.
- After a trip to the dentist this week, it was determined that Avery needs a special panoramic x-ray taken at an orthodontist's office because her upper 12-year molars are "missing." Her lower 12-year molars grew in at age 10, but the dentist just figured the uppers might be operating on their own schedule. The fact that they haven't emerged yet apparently means one of two things: either she doesn't have those teeth, or they could be growing in sideways (which is unlikely because none of her other teeth are being pushed out of the way). The joke with her dentist has always been that she has the straightest, most perfectly-aligned teeth he has ever seen, so giving her a referral to an orthodontist was painful for him. He joked that I was absolutely, under no circumstances, NOT to let them talk me into an orthodontic consultation when I made the appointment. I chuckled at that, but sure enough, when I called to schedule the x-ray, the receptionist asked twice if I would like a consultation with the orthodontist.
- During the same visit, the dentist pulled me aside very seriously, in the middle of Cayden's check-up. I was concerned at first but then he told me that I only had to pay half-price for him because he doesn't have any teeth left! As I talked about before, Cayden pulls out all of his teeth the moment they become loose. The dentist confirmed that by checking his records: in the last six months, he lost eight teeth, something it takes most kids two years to do. He is now done with baby teeth, and will hopefully never have to pull another tooth in his life. Okay, enough about teeth.
- Andrew and I booked a trip to Hawaii this summer to celebrate our 15th anniversary. Since our girls' Mexico trip isn't happening this year, this will give me a little something to look forward to. I'm so, so, so excited.
- A friend that I knew way back in the stone age when I had one toddler and one baby was back in Portland this week, after nine years in China. We got together with some other moms from that group and... wow, our kids are old. And there's a lot more of them than there were in 2003/2004.
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Poor Josie! Sounds like you handled it like the pro you are.
Iris is missing a canine or incisor. They fused together. Eventually she'll have to have braces to either create a gap to put in a fake tooth or close up the gap -- or something like that. Purely aesthetical.
Cayden is such a funny boy.
I'm extremely jealous of your trip. Someday I'll make it back to HI.
oh man. on the airplane Anneke was studying the safety manual intently, and asking a lot of questions about the security screenings. she's a littler thinker, that one. I could see her having the same reaction. When I was her age I was convinced that the house could catch fire from the random Christmas tree needles that stuck in the carpet.
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