ACK! A dinosaur is coming to get me!!!

A life-size King Kong whose hand you can sit it. An epic battle between a tyrannosaurus rex and a triceratops. Who knew that you could walk around such things in a little town just outside of Berryville, VA, which is in of itself the very definition of a small town. But Nate and Anna had a blast, as you can tell from these photos....

A wide grin minus one tooth

Nate's wobbly tooth fell out last weekend while we were sitting around our firepit. He was noshing on some food when suddenly, he felt something hard in his mouth. And guess what he did?!?! He threw his tooth into the fire! We sifted through the ashes trying to find it, but no luck. It is gone forever. Luckily the tooth fairy is one understanding lady and accepted a picture of a tooth in flames instead. Now I am totally digging his gap-toothed grin!

Whoa! Too many milestones!!

Two firsts in the Milin household has occurred in the last few weeks. First, Anna has been going off-and-on on the big potty. Yesterday at school she told her teachers and they were able to take her across the hall to the 2's room which has a potty. She could totally be potty trained, but unfortunately her room at school doesn't come equipped with a bathroom so she has to wait until she moves up hopefully in a few months. But a 1 1/2 year old who is ready to be potty trained is pretty cool! Second, Nate is losing his first baby tooth! He's very excited to meet a tooth fairy. I'll be sure to post a picture of his gap-tooth grin once it actually falls off!!

No time to blog... and don't even bother trying to call me!

Blogging is hard for me right now. I have things to say, but no time to write them down. Right now I'm squeezing in this message while Nate is watching I-Carly on tv (don't askl) and I am getting a much deserved 5 minute break. Every 30 seconds, he does call out to me... "Mom, I spilled water on my shirt!" (He's ignoring my response, which is "go upstairs and get a new shirt on".) In the meantime, I hear Anna in her crib talking to herself. I am sure without a doubt that she is now completely naked. But you know, I'll put on her diaper and her pj's when I take Nate upstairs. While we were reading books she went "beep beep" (that's not me censoring her, but rather how she says pee pee) so I am going to take the chance that she's won't have to go potty again in the next 30 minutes. Famous last words, eh? Blogging just can't find a time to squeeze in. So sorry about that! My 5 minutes of freedom are up, so I had better pull my sheets out of the laundry (Anna's diaper leaked this morning), finish cleaning up tonight's meal, then get Nate to bed. Uh oh, from upstairs I hear "beep beep". Better run!!!!!