Snowmobiling

Tony and I went snowmobiling Friday afternoon, up at Daniels Summit. We met up with some of Tony's friends, and set out for the top. I am still not very good on the machines, so I mostly stayed on the road. And of course I was the photographer. I had quite a fun time, however. Watching those guys jump and turn is amazing.
Here is Tony posing for me for a second.

This is the overlook at the top. Of course, the picture doesn't do it justice. It was really pretty. It's amazing how far you can see when you are up there. They were all trying to figure out where towns and canyons were.

This is a missed shot, that was SO sad....Tony is the closest one. This was the first time he hit that spot, and he jumped the entire road and then some. However, I didn't catch it. Dang, Dang, Dang! So the next time he did it, I used the video. Since the "lip" was gone, he didn't go quite as far, but it's still pretty cool.



Here is Tony and 2 of the other guys that we rode with. Tony is the one on the left.






And here is the only shot of me. Oh, so cute...I know. Gotta love how those helmets push your cheeks forward. lol I practiced a bit on the way down. I just CAN NOT turn that snowmobile. I am so week! Needless to say, my arms are sore....but it's a good sore.

After we rode for a few hours, Tony and I headed back to the lodge for dinner and a nights stay in the lodge.

Hair Cuts and a little Weave

Yesterday, the kids didn't have school and Tony had the day off, so I took the day off too. We headed to Walmart and got the kids hair cut. TJ was so shaggy, they probably cut 1 1/2 inches off! Geez, I'm terrible. But he sure is a handsome little boy. It was so funny to watch him in that chair. He can NOT stand the hair falling all over him, so he fidgets like mad. Luckily the beautician was very patient with him and kept laughing at him. Here his is in spikes:

Gracie had about 2 inches cut off. And she got a little blond weaved into her hair. She has been begging and begging to get some blond in here hair. I decided a little wouldn't hurt. She was so excited, she could hardly hold still until it was her turn. It turned out very nice and she is VERY happy with the results. Isn't she pretty?

Punch Stand

Saturday was such a nice day, the kids wanted to be outside constantly! After a while they decided it was warm enough that they should have a punch stand. So they made some punch and set it up. TJ was the sale's man. Every time a vehicle drove by, he would hold up the sign, at the end of the drive way. They went through 2 pitchers of punch, and made 4.50.

In between customers, they played hula-hoop, skate board, soccer, and pogo stick.



Gracie didn't want to try the skate board. But she was taking pictures the whole time. Perhaps I'll get some of them loaded on another post.

Spell-a-thon

The kids both had their spell-a-thon tests last week. They practiced hard and were excited. THEY BOTH GOT 100%!!! Check out their work below.
Gracie's:

TJ's:

They both did great and we are very proud of them! Good job guys!!!

Crazy Hair Day

Today was crazy hair day at school. Our intention was to get Gracie's hair to stick straight up, but it just wasn't happening. So we ended up tying it in a pony and having most of the pony sticking up and out the back of her head. It looked crazy anyway. TJ got a little wolverine look with his hair, sort of. LOL! He thought it was pretty funny apparently. Both of them were laughing at their hair. Gracie decided she looked like a scarecrow, and TJ looked like he had mountains on his head.

Gracie's 4-wheeler

As you know, TJ has a dirt bike. Gracie can ride it as well, but doesn't really like it. She has always wanted a 4-wheeler. So, we have been on the look out. Well, we finally found the right one at the right price the other day. It's a little Suzuki 80. She was so excited and asked her dad to get her a pink helmet and pink gloves. Tony of course was happy to oblige. So here she is on her first solo ride. Tony turned the throttle down low, so she can't go to fast yet, while she is getting used to it.



Of course TJ gets to ride too, and was excited to do so.

Here is a little video of Gracie riding it. You can hear her giggle towards the end.

Gracie's Lost Molar

Yesterday I got a phone call from Gracie, during work. She said she had lost a tooth. Gracie has lost almost all her baby teeth, so I teased her a little about it, but she didn't really respond. So, I asked her where it had fallen out of. She didn't know, she said. She then started to cry and told me that she didn't think it was supposed to fall out. She thought it was one of her permanent teeth. She was very upset. So, I went to the school.

She told me she had been chewing a cookie for lunch and it just popped out. It is her 2nd molar back on her right side. A girl sitting next to her, told her that one wasn't supposed to come out. Thus, Gracie was scared her teeth were just falling out. Poor little girl was so scared. I called her down and explained to her that the first 2 molars are baby molars and are supposed to fall out, to be replaced with dual fang looking molars, as I showed her mine in my mouth. "Weird", she said. I called the Dentist to make sure it was okay the 2nd one fell out before the other, to calm her further, and they assured her that they just fall out, there isn't a specific order.

Obviously she thought it felt weird. And she was afraid kids would make fun of her, because no one else had lost one. I told her to smile at the mirror, and notice that she couldn't even see that it was missing. You'd have to pull your lips to the side to see it. So that made her feel better. Oh the things that they get nervous about. She hasn't been feeling really well, so I think that added to her distress. But I got her calmed down and walked her back to class.

When she got home, she was in good spirits. She had only told one person about it. And they thought it was "cool". She brushed the tooth until it shined and made a little envelope for it and wrote the tooth fairy a note about how scared she had gotten. The tooth fairy wrote her a little note back and left her 2 dollar bills and a 1/2 dollar bi-centennial coin. Gracie was very excited.

So...lesson learned. Make sure your kids understand that those first 2 molars are baby teeth. They will fall out too, eventually.