The dreaded Dentist appointment went so well!! Eben was amazing! The Dentist even said he was one of the best patients he's ever had at that age. I was so proud of him. And holy cow, was that tooth huge! Usually when you lose teeth the root has already been dissolved, but only 1 of 3 were gone, so it came out with 2 huge roots on it. It looked so painful coming out, but Eben just laid there relaxing with the nitric oxide...or whatever it was. When we were almost ready to leave he asked when they were going to take the tooth out. I told him it was already out and I had it in an envelope to take home. How funny. We still have a few foll0w-up appts to do in Dec, but hopefully they'll go just as well!
In other news, Nora has picked up 2 new interests, the first being "why". She asks "why" after almost everything now. No idea where she got it from, but she thinks its pretty funny. And no matter how many times I answer, she just says it again. Ugh, the little rascal! She also has taken an interest in the potty. For the past couple days, she's told me she wants to sit on the potty. I haven't been thrilled, but I figured if she wants to, I'll let her. I'm not jumping into anything though! I learned my lesson w/ Aliza! Anyway, she usually sits there for awhile and doesn't do anything, then I make her get off b/c its time to move on to something else. Anyway, yesterday she asked to sit on the potty and shortly after told me she was done. I told her I'd get her diaper, and when I returned I was shocked to see that she had gone in the potty! Oh boy! She actually did it again at a birthday party we went to yesterday. Nothing today, but that's fine with me. I'm not going to do anything until maybe after our trip to Michigan. If she asks, I'll put her on, but I'm not going full steam ahead on this. We'll see where she's at after our trip.
Aliza, oh Aliza. She is giving us a run for our money! The "Trying Threes?", yes I believe it. I'm just hoping 4's will be better :) Today she found a burned out light bulb that the kids decided to remove from Eben's "bug light", and proceeded to think that throwing it at Eben's bed would be a good idea. No Aliza, it wasn't. It broke, leaving little bits of glass all over Eben's bed. What fun that was... On a positive note, she is doing well in school and can write her name quite well. That "Z" is tricky, but she's getting it. I forget sometimes how old she is getting.
Well, I'm off to work on a Christmas gift and then do a little reading :) I'll post some pics next time.
