Chip Off the Old Block

Extra extra, read all about it:  The tooth fairy makes an early visit to Miss Maddie Jean!

Tuesday, May 8th started off like a pretty normal day.  It was pajama day at school which was pretty awesome.  I got home and was excited to do dinner with Uncle Dave and Dido.  We killed some time waiting for dinner to be ready by playing outside.  My old classmate Toby even dropped by during a walk and I let him share my car.

Let's not put it mildly...that's when shit happened.  I was down the sidewalk, turned to run back to mom and dad, tripped over my own two feet and face planted.  I chipped my tooth.  BAD.  I actually only cried for a couple minutes and slept pretty well that night.

In the morning I complained that my tooth hurt (duh people) and we got in the car and I made a call to the dentist.  He got me in straight away.

He had a kid friendly waiting room complete with awesome fish tank.  I got an x-ray of my teeth and a close inspection led to this verdict:  It's gotta be pulled.  I was a good little patient and didn't wriggle around much.

 

The couldn't actually pull it there so we headed down the road to an oral surgeon who squeezed us in right away also.  Mommy was so thankful we could take care of everything before my afternoon nap since I wasn't much into eating.  We only spent a short while waiting before they ushered us into the op room.

After getting a topical the doctor got down to business pretty quickly.  A shot to numb the area (I was not a fan of course), a short 5 minute wait for it to set in, and less than a minute getting the tooth out.  I definitely did my share of bawling (you would too) but quickly recovered to my old self! 

In fact, as soon as I got home I was ready to go for some ice cream.  I was more interested in playing than eating, so mom got the majority of the good stuff.  That evening BobBob and Ta stopped by to lend me moral support and of course gifts! 

 

On Thursday, Mimi dropped by for the same reason and stayed home with me all day.

Anyway, as you can see I'm doing pretty well.  Mom is pretty sad that I'll be sans front tooth until my real one grows in...4 years from now, but I think it gives me character.  Hopefully you agree.

Bribery

Dad picked me up on Monday, April 30th so mom could hit up a happy hour with her lady friends.  While there she spied these duckies doing a little clothes shopping.  Holy cow that's a lot of kids to take care of!  They left without buying anything...must've been an expensive store.

Here I am following up on my missed calls since I can't take my phone into school.

Mom dropped me at school on Friday, Mary 4th.  I'd regularly been in my room now for a week and was still crying every morning as she or dad walked out the door.  Since mom was running late for work and really didn't want to hear me cry she resorted to a new low...BRIBES!  I was promised some chocolate candies after school if I was a good girl and promised not to cry.  Count me in!  I didn't she a single tear and when she came to pick me up, right on queue, I asked for my prize and she delivered with 3 M&Ms.

Dad had a class all day Saturday and mom ran a 5K first thing in the morning so I got to spend some time with Dido.  He was awesome at pushing me around in my car. 

The rest of the morning was spent at the children's museum.  I did the usual...golf balls down the hole and track, insert foam sticks into blocks, etc, etc....

 

And then I stumbled upon the FACE PAINT!   I'm just trying to get used to how kids will be wearing makeup when I hit my teens.

Here I am playing veterinarian.  Why is that such a hard word to spell?  We finished off the afternoon with ice cream and a trip to the library.

Cinco de Mayo evening was spent at the Tennissen residence.  We had some great food, some new candy I hadn't tried before (twizzlers), and a pinata!  Note that I'm not in the hammock picture, but there were a lot of other fun kids at the party who enjoyed it.

Here's me actually taking a few slugs at the pinata:

I went to church on Sunday morning and made it through the whole service.  I went to the front during the reading for kids and then after everyone cleared out, went up to get a closer look at the alter.  It's pretty amazing.

Afterwards, we headed out to BobBob and Ta's where guess what was waiting for me....A NEW SWINGSET!  I was told I'm supposed to share with Pierce and Paige, but as far as I'm concerned it's mine, all mine.

After I tired of that Ta broke out the kid pool for me.  Unfortunately, I had to share with the doggies.

Fortunately, they let me strip down to my birthday suit! 

Uncle Dave even dropped by for dinner with the Duncan's.  The other fun part was the near touchdown of a Tornado by BobBob/Ta's.  The sirens even went off, but it didn't phase me a bit.  We rode out the storm at their house before finally packing up for home after 8pm.  I stayed up the whole car ride which was awesomely way past my bedtime!