kid updates

Kaity-Lou lost another tooth last night (her 6th). She actually let me pull it! (I don't know why...but I LOVE pulling teeth!)...and since her Grandpa Flake isn't here to give her $2 for allowing him to pull teeth anymore...I gave her $2. Then she put the tooth in a baggie and put it under her pillow. This morning she woke up in a grumpy mood...calling for me and not getting out of bed until I came into her room to see what her problem was. There....to my utter astonishment was her tooth...still in the baggie! The tooth fairy hadn't come! Luckily...I have the tooth fairies email address...so I hurried and sent her an email. She replied right away telling me that she'd had been very busy during the night and was behind in her stops and that she'd be to our house sometime during the day...if Kaitlyn stayed out of her room. Well....low and behold...after lunch Kaitlyn checked under her pillow and her tooth was GONE with a $1 in it's place! How does that tooth fairy do it?

Addie has been her busy little self. She loves to play Barbies and get wet in the little kiddie pool....sometimes she does both at the same time. She has also graduated from wearing pull ups to bed at night. She's officially a BIG girl! We told her that she could wear panties to bed at night if she were able to keep her pull up dry for 5 nights in a row. Well...she did it and then called her daddy and Grandma Barrett to tell them all about it! She was so thrilled to wear her panties to bed. It's been a few weeks and she's had a couple accidents...but I gotta say...it feels great to only be buying diapers for one!

Which leads me to Westy-boy! He's trying to be a BIG boy and go to the bathroom on the toilet too! For a few days in a row he did all of his #2 jobs on the toilet to the point where when he actually went in his diaper, I was kindda grossed out! I think I'll wait one more month and see how things go before I aggressively start potty training him. They always think going on the toilet is GREAT when it's their idea but it seems like as soon as mom suggests it...they want nothing to do with it! Weston has also gotten very cute with how he pronounces things...and he's learning his "please" and "thank yous"....but kindda gets them mixed up sometimes. The other day I asked him if he was ready to go take a nap and he said, "No please".

We also have my cousin Amy staying with us. She got here Wednesday night. She's 17 and is GREAT to have around! The kids LOVE her and she's so good with them. It's also great when I need to run somewhere real quick or go visiting teaching...and she'll stay with the kids! She's out playing night games with my nephew Noah and some of his friends right now. We plan to have her here for another 2 weeks...if we don't drive her crazy first!