Loose Tooth and Potty peeing

We have a couple of big milestones in our house!! Bridget has a loose tooth. Brian was brushing her teeth earlier in the week and said, Kate, one of Bridget's bottom teeth is loose...is that ok? I said, yeah, they fall out. :) But, wow, we didn't expect our baby girl to be losing her teeth yet! I guess it usually happens around kindergarten and she is 5. So, right now it's just loose - it's the bottom left tooth. She is excited about losing her tooth and the prospect of a visit from the tooth fairy. We'll be sure to have pictures when it actually falls out.

Dillon peed in the potty for the 1st time last night, and AGAIN tonight. What a big boy! Of course, we clap and high-5 and are so proud of him, so he's quite proud of himself. In fact, he peed in the potty 2x tonight...once in the little potty seat and once on the big potty (just like big sister).

Here they are bothing reading as they sit on the potty. LOL

My babies are growing up so fast, I blink and they are doing new amazing things. In less than 2 months Dillon will be 2...I cannot believe it.

Bridget started ballet classes again last week. She's taking classes at a new (closer to home) place. Instead of it being private lessons she is in a class with about 8 other little girls. She had a fun time. We went today and bought a skirt to go with a leotard I got at a consignment sale. In this picture she is posing before last week's class.

Wkend near Asheville - end of Sept.

We had a really fun weekend in Gerton (20 min south of Asheville) with our friends Tony, Teresa and Will. They live in VA now, but we've tried to see them at least 2x a year. The weather was not so kind on Saturday, but Teresa and I took the kids to the Health Adventure children's museum in Asheville. It was a lot of fun....including a Grossology exhibit. Will, Bridget and Dillon are 'brothers' and 'sister'. They really enjoyed their time together. Will did say he was glad he was an only child b/c he didn't think he could handle a little one like Dillon around all the time. HAHA - He's just not used to so much almost 2 year old energy anymore.

Sunday we went to Chimney Rock state park and had a good hike to the waterfalls, and up to Chimney Rock. We had lunch and ice cream afterwards and then made our way home. It was a good weekend. We're looking forward to planning another trip in the spring.

Faces....

Some silly faces...a cute bundle and a little reader. Enough said...

This week with Dillon.....

Dillon LOVES corn - he demolishes, devours, and thoroughly enjoys it. (yes - he's wearing Bridget's old piglet bib, but he's ok with that).

The new haircut. I said to say 'cheese' - and now you see the goldfish he was eating. Guess Mommy picked the wrong time to say cheese. :)

Today - Dillon fell asleep in the chair...poor guys must have been exhausted - it was only 11:50am!

Fireman Dillon....there is more to this picture, but I nicely cropped it. (Brian wouldn't take it, said it was just wrong...but it was too cute!)
Another say cheese moment - he loves to say cheese. I should take a picture of his happy, sad, mad faces - it's too cute!

Birthday Party

We had fun at Bridget's birthday party this year. It was a garden princess party. Bridget wore a fancy dressup dress and flower headband so she could be a flower princess. I made a Barbie birthday cake (much simpler than I thought it was going to be), and the kids decorated crowns (note to self: glitter glue is messy). Bridget had a lot of fun...thanks to her friends and Aunt Sarah for coming and celebrating with us!!

Birthday Girl - 5 years old!!!

Believe it or not, Bridget is 5 years old!! I know I can't believe it. I remember so vividly when she was born - this tiny little baby. Now she's so tall, so sweet, so smart, so imaginative, so everything. I simply adore her, and so does everyone she meets. Happy Birthday!!

Dillon had to get in on the action - Bridget decided a pink hairbow would be nice. LOL

Silliness

Dillon wanted to wear Bridget's elbow and knee pads - silly guy!

Go Daddy Go - pushups with the kids on his back. (you can see I was getting clothes ready to sell at the clothing exchange!)