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Maddie's first day of 1st Grade

Another one out...

Yay, so Maddie has had her other top front tooth majorly loose for the past week. We kept trying to convince her to to pull this one out on her own...no luck there. MY GOAL was to have it out by the time she starts school this next Mon. Today we were coming home from Target and I got her some new gum, so I let her have a piece. Good thing I did because her tooth got stuck in it and it came out before we even got home. Soooo funny, she wasn't really scared, more excited. I pulled over before we got to our street so she could get a tissue for the blood, but since the tooth was super loose for a while there wasn't much blood. It ended up that after her tooth came out there was a tiny blood clot that was where her tooth was. It was actually inside the tooth and that's why the tooth looked dark. YUCK, I know...TMI! Sorry. Anywho, here is a pic from when we got home. Oh, I guess the tooth fairy needs to visit tonight. ....... Let me check my purse.....
I think she looks much cuter with both gone!

C is for....COOKIE

Yes, it rained again yesderday....and do any of you remember what I do when it rains????

Make yummy cookies. It seemed like a great day to make the standard Chocolate Chip Cookies. A lot of people compliment the look of my cookies...and the taste of course. How? they ask. I say..."Tollhouse & Crisco." I use the TollHouse Choc. Chip Cookie recipe, but instead of Butter I use Crisco...NOT BUTTER CRISCO! If you like flat crispy cookies, then go ahead and use butter. I like the fluffier cookie, hence crisco. Obviously bake them in the center of the oven and do not over cook them..about 10-12 mins. Take them out just when they start to get a bit of color and them let them cool on the cookie sheet for 5 mins then remove. And Voila...enjoy! What ever you do.....do NOT eat the cookie dough. I know that may be hard for most of you....but it tastes soooo better cooked! I NEVER eat the dough!

Scenery from Dallas to Mansfield

So this was our drive on the 4th of July. It was so beautiful and green. There were trees and small rolling hills everywhere. Oh, and a few totally exhausted girls.

4th of July...yes, out of order

For the 4th we went to Lynette's house. We walked blocks and blocks and blocks...jk...to the parade. Super fun..and HOT! The girls finally realized that they had to cheer to get candy thrown at them. Luckily, Aunt Lynette came to the rescue and gave each of the kids a bucket to collect all of the goodies. Maddie even got a toy football thrown at her head.....soooo funny! After the parade we came back to our house to unpack....ugh. Still unpacking. Later that night we got pizza and parked in a Hospital parking lot a few miles away to watch the fireworks. After coming back home...unpacked more, then went to Fabian's to spend the night!!! Long day!

Madeline's first front tooth...GONE!

July 19, 2009