Dresses, Dirt and Valentine's Party

All

After their Valentine's party at Mrs. Talley's, Allison and her darling pre-school friend got to come home with us for a little while.

They danced around inside and also played outside...

...they were getting doodlebugs (rolie-polie bugs), slugs, worms, etc. from the water gauge box in the front yard!

Tooth

Allison lost her first tooth!!!!

It's actually the one on the bottom. (She has a space inbetween her top teeth that looks like a lost tooth.)















She worked on it all day. Scott pulled it out at dinner time.











Quinn is helping me remember
what she said.
Something like...
"That didn't hurt.
Now can I call Christine?!?!"

Yes, my heart is broken. Not only did Allison need to tell Christine that day about her tooth, but I needed Christine, too, to remind me that this will be just one of many firsts!

Anther idea of Quinn's

About a week ago, Quinn got crafty. He took apart Allison's old bicycle.
He sewed (with the sewing machine) a seat for a creation he was going to make with the wheels from the taken-apart bicycle.
The Dangerous Book for Boys had the idea for making a go-cart-like thing. Unfortunately it didn't work.

Quinn's wheels are always turning. My blow dryer recently bit the dust....who knows where its parts will end up!

Webelos Awards

Connor received some Webelos Awards this month....

Bobcat

Scott helped Tanner earn his Bobcat in Cub Scouts.

Beaver Tanner

Tanner lost another front tooth....He is now officially a beaver!







He lost it at school recess on Friday. I think the story was something like playing ball and another boy knocked into him and Tanner's arm hit his mouth and then he checked his tooth and pulled it out. Something close to that.







Just in time for Groundhog Day. Isn't a beaver like a groundhog? Come on, they are similar. Sort of.

Pinewood Derby

This was Tanner's first pinewood derby, and Connor's last pinewood derby. Both cars raced well and they won ribbons. Scott says that next year he will not help so much with the axles.

Connor likes simple, sleek cars: just a wedge cut with green and white paint. Tanner's was quite the elaborate creation: black and yellow stripes with a white racing line down the middle. Connor and Tanner designed the cut of their cars. Bro. McGraw cut the wood out at a Saturday workshop. Then, a couple Saturdays ago they painted and worked on their cars.

Quinn made a car, out of one of the old pinewood derby cars we had around the house. He is not in cub scouts, but he sent it down the track a couple of times after the racing was over. Quinn's "Bob" went fast at first, but then came to a screeching halt on the runway end.

And not to be outdone or left behind by the brothers, Scott put some wheels on a block for Allison. She painted it one morning right before pre-school: two colors of purple!