just a normal trip to the dentist

Well 6 months had passed since the boys and I had been to the dentist. Back in February Emmitt was just over 2 and begged for his turn in the dental chair as he sat back and watched Parker go through the gauntlet of having his teeth cleaned, flossed, fluoride treatment, scrubbed, rinsed, etc... my turn, my turn, my turn he kept saying. Then it really was his turn and there was no way he was even going to let Dr. Herzig look in his mouth. He put his little hands right over his tightly closed lips, shook his head no and and murmured no. Finally, after much convincing, Dr. Herzig was allowed to simply count Emmitt's teeth. 20. It cost me $10 to find out information I already knew. So this trip around I thought I would outsmart the 2 1/2 year old. I was going to have him go first. Nope. Parker go now, I wait. I wait. Fine. Parker went in and did perfectly. He really is willing to try things all on his own. He just walked back with the assistant and let her do everything to his teeth she wanted and never batted an eye. I wasn't even near him. I was out in the lobby with Emmitt, playing legos. Well the assistant came out to get Emmitt, it was finally his turn. I had read to him the Trip to the Dentist book already and explained what was going to take place. He agrees to go back to the room. He isn't so sure he wants to sit in the chair. Last time that was the best part. Weird. We convince him to sit in the chair and go for a ride. As I am lifting him into the chair I smell the reason in his pants of why the kid doesn't want to sit in anything. But for some reason Emmitt gets up in the chair and lays back. I explain to the assistant that my kid has crap in his drawers and just obliged to have his teeth cleaned! She asks if we need to take a break?. No, I exclaim! We may never get him back in the chair, so if she is okay with the stench that she could just proceed. Emmitt laid back in the chair and let this woman do whatever she wanted to his teeth. Cleaned, flossed, fluoride treatment, everything. It took about 30 minutes. In poopy pants. Then Dr. Herzig came in and bragged up Parker for being so good. Showed me the new 6 year molar he has in his mouth (at 4 1/2). Parker bragged that he can tie his own shoes and that he had heard that he should be able to brush his own teeth too. Dr. Herzig said he could brush by himself in the morning but that mommy or daddy get to do them at night. Then he checked Emmitt over. We never did tell him about the poop. And he didn't say anything either. Both the Dr. and the assistant said that Emmitt was the youngest ever patient to have a full checkup done. I laughed a lot as I told this story, I bet he was the first patient to sit in crap while having a check up too!
Just a normal trip to the dentist is one of the reasons I blog...

First Day...part 1

Where do you think you are going?
To school silly!
I told Parker to get in the shower this morning and that he could wear his rubber boots and rain coat to school today. He replied with, "That's today already?"My big boy will head to 5 afternoons of preschool this year. So far he has done okay with no naps in the afternoon, I am sure school with tire him out but am confident he will make it through the day.
Emmitt doesn't know it yet, but his days at Stephie's are going to drastically change. He is going to be one of the big kids in the afternoon when all the other kids are gone to school. He'll still be napping of course and may have no idea though!
My four (and a half) year old. He and mommy headed to Duluth yesterday for a mommy and Parker date day. We had a blast, I let him pick out his own clothes (for the most part), we ate out our meals together, held hands as we walked around the shops, and he through his penny in the wishing well and said, "I wish for mommy and me to have a great date day!".
He up(down) graded to a smaller backpack this year. The last years red one was just too huge, but we'll save it for another year. He picked out Iron Man for this year's theme. He by far was the most excited about his new Batman shirt! He is also very excited to wear his new runners that he can tie himself.
Papa is picking Parker up from daycare everyday and will bring him to school. I have him and Summer taking pics today of the drop off...those will come soon. And of course the "off the bus" pictures this afternoon! Should be a fun day...

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom...Welcome to our Room!

We had preschool open house last night. Parker was very excited to see his new classroom again. We found his locker right away and he got his bus tag for his back pack. It is still a little crazy that he will be riding the bus at 4. Almost 5, I guess. We had met his new teacher, Mrs. Walls, last Spring when we signed him up for the afternoon class. He remembered her and commented on how cool the room was. It is set up like the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom book, one of the boys' favorites. He found a P on the wall right away that had his name on it. And an A for Aubrey, his friend. We brought along Grandma Audrey and Papa Milo, and Emmitt and Daddy too. Emmitt didn't want to leave the room, he was having way too much fun with the new toys and the big kids. There is a total of 20 kids in the class. I have been waiting for Parker to have Missy as a teacher for 3 years now. Every year we would come close and she would jump ahead a year in teaching. This year we get her and I am sure it is going to be a great year. She is a good friend of my sister Tammy's so I hope I hear lots of funny things about him. I actually won't be taking him to school this year, Papa will do most of the delivering with Grandma as a backup. I will take off of work at 3 to get Emmitt from daycare and then the two of us will meet Parker at home to get off the bus. I never pictured myself as the mom who would be waiting for her kids to get off the bus, but the picture is looking pretty sweet right now...

Finally...Smokey Bear!

I finally got the boys to play with Smokey Bear! It is the Bass Tournament this weekend and we were downtown last night. I told the boys that they could climb and play on Smokey while we were there. I couldn't believe a couple of months ago that Parker asked me if they could play on Smokey someday. I hadn't realized the biggest landmark of our town had never been introduced to my kids. I must find the picture of me with Smokey and my babysitter from 1985.

I told the boys that when I was little I could fit through Smokey Bears feet. And of course they both tried and they both fit!
I think Parker was a little uncertain if he really could fit through...but was all smiles when he met me at the other side.

Emmitt wasn't really into going through, he just liked to crawl in the hole and stay there.

We'll go back today after Stephie's to jump in the bouncy playhouse, have another corn dog and see the weigh ins. Bear and I are signed on for date night tomorrow night, pouring beer at the Beer Gardens. It'll be fun to see everyone that came to town. Lots of our friends are fishing in the tournament, we scored tons of candy last night at the parade and are sure to have a fun weekend!