Thursday, June 15, 2006
Pierce loses a Tooth
Wow, I didn’t realize my powers of prediction were so strong (I should get to a casino fast). Pierce lost his tooth Tuesday at dinner. A bite into his Subway sandwich did the trick. The first thing he did when it fell out was pick it up off the floor and run into the dining room to look at his mouth in the wall mirror. Only after that did he come back into the kitchen to tell us he’d lost the tooth. The (generous) Tooth Fairy left him a dollar under his pillow. Early the next morning he excitedly came into our bedroom to show us his dollar. He’s decided he’d like to spend it at the Dollar Store (anyone want to bet he’ll buy a car?). Anna was, of course, very excited about the loss of Pierce’s tooth and has been walking around trying to wiggle her teeth with her fingers ever since.
The caterpillar Pierce “caught” has turned in to two caterpillars. Apparently, when Nora went back to the garden to get Harold some leaves to eat there was a second caterpillar on one of the leaves. Since being put in the bug jar one of the caterpillars has started making a cocoon. The other got a little manhandled (kidhandled?) by Pierce and Anna and is showing signs of wanting to die. He may “escape” one of these evenings if the trend continues.
Pierce had t-ball practice last night. He fell asleep in the car on the way over, so he wasn’t quite as enthusiastic about practice when we got there as he usually is. Fortunately, he shook it off and got into the swing of things fairly quickly. For a change I remembered to bring my glove, so I was able to help field hits as the kids practiced. Anna was extremely well behaved throughout the practice. She brought a stuffed Cat in the Hat that she played with most of the time.
Pierce and Anna finished their day off with a “midnight snack” (according to Pierce) –breadsticks and strawberries.
I got industrious last night and drained our now-empty fish tank. We’re going to stow it in the basement for a while and use the space for a computer desk and workstation. Hopefully it will be something Pierce and Anna will become comfortable using. I also put some trim on the DVD shelf I built awhile back. I was pleased with the look of the bookcase I built (that used trim) and thought that this addition would improve the look of the DVD shelf too. It’s not bad, but it definitely needs to be stained. I have a miter box and saw that I used to make angled corners and they work great. But man, it is hot work using that thing on a muggy summer night.
-Eric (Dad)
The caterpillar Pierce “caught” has turned in to two caterpillars. Apparently, when Nora went back to the garden to get Harold some leaves to eat there was a second caterpillar on one of the leaves. Since being put in the bug jar one of the caterpillars has started making a cocoon. The other got a little manhandled (kidhandled?) by Pierce and Anna and is showing signs of wanting to die. He may “escape” one of these evenings if the trend continues.
Pierce had t-ball practice last night. He fell asleep in the car on the way over, so he wasn’t quite as enthusiastic about practice when we got there as he usually is. Fortunately, he shook it off and got into the swing of things fairly quickly. For a change I remembered to bring my glove, so I was able to help field hits as the kids practiced. Anna was extremely well behaved throughout the practice. She brought a stuffed Cat in the Hat that she played with most of the time.
Pierce and Anna finished their day off with a “midnight snack” (according to Pierce) –breadsticks and strawberries.
I got industrious last night and drained our now-empty fish tank. We’re going to stow it in the basement for a while and use the space for a computer desk and workstation. Hopefully it will be something Pierce and Anna will become comfortable using. I also put some trim on the DVD shelf I built awhile back. I was pleased with the look of the bookcase I built (that used trim) and thought that this addition would improve the look of the DVD shelf too. It’s not bad, but it definitely needs to be stained. I have a miter box and saw that I used to make angled corners and they work great. But man, it is hot work using that thing on a muggy summer night.
-Eric (Dad)
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