The backyard is now complete

Playing in the sand is hard work!

Sand is everywhere but in the sandbox.

The last addition to our backyard joined us today. We got the girls a sandbox. We talked about doing this for awhile but never decided the best way to do it. They have space under the tower part of their swing set that could be used for a sandbox, but we worried about all the neighborhood cats using it as a litter box. Because of that fear we went with the good old turtle that has a lid. The girls loved playing in the sand tonight or should I say they loved throwing sand all over the place. I see we will go through several bags of sand a summer at this rate. Hope they continue to have as much with it as they did tonight.

Growing

We got a pack of 4 watermelon plants back in May, and thought we would plant them for fun. Well we actually have 3 little watermelons growing. Hope they amount to something.
The same time we got the watermelon plants I also got a pack of 4 sunflower plants. This was the first to open, and I have 3 more about to open. They are beautiful.

TEETH!

My mission this weekend will be to get a good picture to go along with this post. Here's our story:

A month or more ago I noticed this large gap between Emma's teeth on the top left side. I was showing everyone and anyone because it really bothered me. It was a huge gap! Well this weekend, actually I'm not sure when, I noticed that a tooth was trying to grow in this gap. I would look and look, count and count. There should be no tooth there. Now this bothered me even more. Tuesday morning I was telling the babysitter and she suggested I call a pediatric dentist. I called Dr. Green because I had heard from numerous people he was the man to go to. Normally they have a waiting list, but the lady who answered the phone said that they could see her early since I believed there was a problem. So Emma had an appointment for August 31st. There was no way in this world that I could wait that long plus that would be the second week of school. I then called my dentist and asked to speak directly to the dental hygienist that I always see. She could work us in Thursday. I had to wait 3 days not 3 months. Linda said she would look, possibly do an x-ray but didn't think there was anything to worry about. So we go today and Emma was a trooper. She didn't fuss, didn't cry, didn't try to cling to me. I sat in the chair and she sat between my legs. Linda looked once, then again....yes she did believe there was an extra tooth. So she took two x-rays. Once again Emma was great, I couldn't believe this was my Emma being so good. The x-rays confirmed it. Dr. Fowler came in and said the same thing. My Emma has an extra tooth. How crazy is that!? At this point there's nothing that needs to be done, and I shouldn't worry. (That will be hard to do). So from now until my child is at least 6 ( or when she loses it) she will have an extra tooth. Dr. Fowler hopes that when the permanent teeth come in they will push it out and everything will be fine, but we have to wait and see. If that doesn't happen then we will deal with it at that point.

Life Happens

Not sure why I have waited until the last 2 days of May to post anything. Life has just happened this month and there isn't much to post about. Get up, go to work, come home, play, eat dinner, bath and bed for girls, clean up the girl's mess, and then start the same routine all over the next day. Nothing to post about. The middle of the month Ali did have a UTI. That cleared up and it was the first we had to go to the doctor's in quite some time. These last few weeks of school have been crazy busy, and meetings and paperwork continue to grow. I'm looking forward to being home with the girls this summer and finally taking them to the beach the last week of June.

Update on the Gardens

We just got these things planted the beginning of May. Hopefully they take off soon.

Picture above taken about a month ago.
Picture below of same bed taken today.

Picture above: check out the back bed, you can see the seed just starting to break through and grow.

Picture below: same garden, taken today, the peas and beans are going wild along with everyone else squeezed into that bed.

Baby Pool aka The Beach

We finally have plans made for the beach and have started talking to the girls about going to the beach this summer. Now the girls think that the pool we set up for them in the back yard yesterday is the beach. They want to go out and play at the beach. They are loving every moment of playing in their pool and at least for this summer I'm glad we got them one like this and not the big blue ones everyone else gets. This one is just right because I still have to watch/worry about them going down the slide head first and getting under water, but they can also get in and out on their own. They will get out, run through the yard or dump water somewhere and then come running back. After 2 days of playing at the beach Emma still tries to go down the slide head first and get a mouth full of water. Hopefully she will learn soon.

Hair Cut

The girls had their first official hair cuts on Saturday, May 15th. Ali was a trooper and sat in the chair and let Robin do her thing. She did want to turn head around alot and check out what was going on, but other than that she was great! Emma on the other hand would have no parts of sitting in the chair. I had to hold her.
Both girls had about the same amount cut off. Just enough to made all the edges line up. With Ali's hair being so long you can not tell at all she had her hair trimmed. Emma on the other hand looks like a completely different person.