Being the youngest, Abree has watched her older siblings lose their baby teeth one-by-one. She has longed for the day when hers would get wiggly and finally fall out. She has been talking about it for years.
Over the years, when the subject of loosing teeth would come up, I would tell her that she didn't need to worry about it until kindergarten... when most kids started loosing teeth. She couldn't wait for kindergarten to start and noticed "The Tooth Book" in her new kindergarten classroom when visiting.
The start of kindergarten came and went. As the year progressed, it looked like she would NEVER loose a tooth.... at least that's how she felt. Recently, she came to me and said, "Mom, even 5 year olds are loosing their teeth... and I'm 6!"
(Totally NOT fair in her book.)
Then one day in January it happened.
She came to me and said, "My tooth hurt when I bit my carrot at lunch. I think it's wiggly." I checked the tooth and could detect the slightest bit of wiggle..... maybe. Really I thought she was still just hoping.
When she got home from school she showed Taylee her "wiggly" tooth. Taylee took action. She grabbed the tooth with some tissue and pushed it in... HARD.
Boink!... out popped the tooth.
After locating the tooth on the floor, Abree picked it up and came running in to show me. Truthfully I couldn't believe it, but I was happy for her.
Yay, Abree had FINALLY lost a tooth!!!
Side note: Our tooth fairy stinks. She only gives .50/lost tooth....when others are giving $5 plus. And that's only if you catch her on a good day... most days she forgets. She even stopped coming to the older kids when she found out they didn't believe in her any more. She's kinda moody I guess.
If Abree was in it for the money, she'll be quite disappointed.
For "cake" we had brownie trifle; brownies, chocolate pudding, Cool Whip, candy and chocolate drizzle. Oh my!
"One year older and wiser too.... Happy Birth-day.. to YOU!"
It was a low-key birthday, compared to last year's surprise 40th, but it was good.
The original idea used OREOs and different kinds of melting chocolates. I have a hard time copying someone's idea verbatim, so mine look a little different.
What I used: vanilla sandwich cookies, wintogreen Lifesavers, mini chocolate chips, cinnamon lips (cut in 1/2), pink colored melting chocolates and orange frosting.
On the site where I found the cookie idea, she also had these cute cards to print off.
I like that mine look like the Valentine card. Sooooo cute!
I got my grey covered and a new short do.
Rylee wanted "peek-a-boo" color and a choppy, shaggy new do.
Taylee got highlights for the first time and a nice trim.
Treyson received a much need haircut.
We tried to recruit locals and outta-towners alike.
We had soup and rolls for dinner...an ok rice soup made by me and a DE.LIC.IOUS soup made by Candice... a cheesy potato chicken chowder to be exact.
As we started to snack on the treats we brought to share, Aunt LoraDawn made a shocking discovery...... not nearly enough chocolate was on the snack table! Jana was already too close to stop at any stores, so Tiffany was called in for back-up. As luck would have it, she had just walked into a grocery store to purchase a treat. She came minutes later with a variety of M&M's to share. Whew, chocolate crisis averted!
After dinner and as we continued to snack, we used my "Conversation Starter" question jar. We took turns asking a question and then allowed anyone who wanted to, to share their answer. 
We were happy to have Melanie and Lydia there for the girl's night out.
Sterling and Levi liked being a part of the girly party too. 
J.C. and Julia were blessing their new baby Christian...
and baptising their oldest son Cameron.
It was so nice to be there and share this special weekend with them.
