Frances Visits the Dentist!

Today was Frances' first dentist appointment! It went really well. When we checked in they told us that the dentist would just look at her teeth and brush them right there in the little office we were in, kind of like a triage office. I told them how we have been reading "Going to the Dentist" and preparing for this trip for a couple of weeks. They said we could give the big chair a try then.

She hopped right up there! They had her wear sunglasses so the light wasn't so bright. There was a flat screen tv right above her playing "Finding Nemo". They brushed her teeth with flouride and some other vitamin stuff. She didn't like the second one as well, it was marshmallow flavor! Yuck! Then the dentist came in and counted her teeth. She has all 20 baby teeth and no cavities! Yeah! That was it! What a success!

Drying up

Well, summer is almost over! Our lake is drying up do to the drought this year! Here are some pictures of the cove where we keep our boat. There is about two inches of water under our lift but it is just trapped water. The cove is actually pretty dry.


Our friend Cord's boat is stuck up on his lift!

Luckily we have some other friends with an empty lift that is out in the deeper part of the lake. Thanks Brad and Sarah! We currently have our boat on their lift and are able to use the boat whenever we can fit it in. Since the lake is so low, there are not many people out anymore! That means more smooth water for Mitch! His parents were in town this week and he took Frances wakeboarding! She really liked it. Of course, Mitch wanted her to get back in the boat so he could have a "real" turn, she wanted to go again!

State Fair

We went to the fair on Sunday with our friends the Jewell's. It was a good time despite the HOT weather! Here are a few pictures!

Frances liked drinking out of this fountain!


Thanks to the trip to Mike and Lisa's to see the new pony, Frances is no longer afraid to feed animals! She really enjoyed feeding the goats.


Frances and Brayden went through the Pioneer Village and got to be farmers! They enjoyed picking apples, collecting eggs, and milking the cow. Frances thought it was funny to squirt people with the cows "milk", which was really just water. She thought it was just like the widow feeding baby Todd in her favorite movie, The Fox and the Hound!

technicality

So Frances is on day four of no movies. We are trying to get a hold of her bad bedtime habits and have told her that if she doesn't stay in her bed she doesn't get to watch movies the next day. Do tv shows count as movies? I might end up caving! It is hard to say no when she is being really good during the day and who can say no to this face??????

Dress Up

Frances came out of her room the other day looking like this...

She is really into playing dress up lately! Notice the dark circles under her eyes? That is not from lack of sleep (although that is an issue). Before coming out to show me her beautiful outfit...she went into my bathroom and "painted her eyes".

Great Discovery

So this morning I was being a dutiful wife and mowing the lawn. While doing so I came to the realization of why I have not fully mastered child rearing AND House wife duties since becoming a stay at home mom. Up until this time I have thought of myself as the nanny. Therefore, when Frances was sleeping or entertained by a movies I felt entitled to play on the computer, read, or sneak into the kitchen to eat something sinful. It dawned on me this morning that as the "Homemaker" I am supposed to use that time to get my "work" done so that I can then entertain my spouse in the evening (or entertain the child so the spouse can rest). Silly me!

I thought I would share this new thought with all my other friends that stay home. I wonder what my husband would think about this? :)

Update!

Hello Everyone! I am sorry I haven't update in awhile. I still don't have the time to do it right but I wanted to let everyone know the latest at our house.

Zachary has returned to live with his mother and sisters. It is a good thing! We saw him briefly on Saturday (he went home the previous Friday so it had been a week) and he seemed really happy. Frances appears to have adjusted just fine as well. She was more interested in his mother's cat than in him. She also has not mentioned him other than a couple of brief times. She was concerned that I forgot to pick him up from his visit. I just explained that he was not visiting and that he was going to live with her now. Pretty simple!

Other than that...Mitch has tomatos coming in tomorrow so pack has officially begun! Hopefully it is not too stressfull of a season. I am keeping really busy with Usborne so far this month and loving it! We are getting ready for mass salsa production as our tomoatos are turning red. I made a batch tonight and it was great!

That is all. I will work on updating some pictures soon!