Mule Poop

We had big news yesterday!  I'm going to give you the same clues we gave Daddy and see if you have the same guess.  During handwriting time yesterday, Rachel found something.  It has two words, and both of them have the "oo" sound.  Do you think she found mule poop in the school?  The kids took a while to recover enough from their giggling fit to inform him that no, it was a loose tooth!  And it was in Rachel's very own mouth!  She's been longing for a loose tooth for months now, so this is kind of a dream come true.  We're very excited--and a tad wistful.  Are we ready for this chance in our sweet baby's smile?  Ready or not, it's coming, and it will certainly be better than if she had found mule poop in her school.

Boo!

We had a lot of fun on Halloween this year.  Rachel went for "fierce" for her pumpkin face for the first time.  Nathan stuck with "friendly."  Both kids had classroom parties (and I got to attend both), and the trick-or-treating was chilly but bountiful.  Smurfette and the Cowboy (shown here with our neighbor and good pal Ironman) had as much fun handing out candy as they did collecting it.