Just Found

I started this post on July 30, but never attached pictures, suppose I'll keep the writing and add the pics now! :-)

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We didn't do much yesterday. Ethan was outside playing with his friends from 10 am to 8:30 pm. Natalie spent most of her day taking as long as possible to clean her room and around the play tent I got her.

Thursday the kids did a bunch of errands with me, we were gone for a good 4 or 5 hours. We exchanged a video game Ethan got that didn't work, payed my first car payment, went out to my college to sell back a book from my online class and get new parking permits for next school year, went to Build-A-Bear because they were having a super special (I told Natalie that if she does really well getting her braces and doesn't complain about getting them anymore she could have one...she doesn't get it until she gets them on--I KNOW she doesn't need more stuff, and bribery isn't good...but sometimes it helps), and had ice cream before we picked up some pizza for dinner. I think that maxes out our spending for he summer! :-) I know errands are boring for the kids, but they need to deal and realize they aren't always going to be playing.

I did get an apology from the "other parent" about letting Natalie watch the ghost/alien show.

After Nat chose her bear, the kids helped put more stuffing in the machine.

(I took a video of her stuffing her bear and all that fun stuff, but its too big to post and I'm trying to post so much right now that I'm not going to take the time to resize it.)

Very excited about her bear and her pretty outfit!

It was then time to register her bear on the computer.

I did give Natalie the bear after she got the first part of her braces on. She did really well and was even showing them off at the school open house!

We couldn't forget the ice cream!

Brain freeze.

I'm going to miss just hanging out with them!

Nat's teeth have visibly moved already! I'm amazed at how fast that happened! I took her this morning to get the rest of the braces put on. I'm worried about the palate expander making her mouth sore, but its for the best and should only be for a short while.