Date nights

Last weekend was a busy one, particularly because both Kyler and Craig, and Calista and I, went on dates. 

It started with a date for the boys. We had two tickets to Galaxyland, so Kyler and Craig went. Craig had a ton of fun.

He's grown several inches in the last year, which means there were quite a few rides he could go on, both alone and with Kyler.

He loved the rides and begged to do the fun house twice.

Kyler thought Craig might stay in the playground all night, but he only played there for an hour or so, and then did some more rides. The boys were out pretty late (I even did my best to get Craig to nap in anticipation of the day. I was successful) but it was worth it.

While Kyler and Craig had fun, I was home with Caleb and Calista. Calista had gone to a birthday party earlier, and came home pretty tired. When she fell asleep on her own before Caleb did, however, I decided maybe she was sick.

Yup, checked her temperature and she has a fever. Uh oh! Because she and I have a date the next day, going to see Stars on Ice! I've been looking forward to going with her for a couple of months, she can't be sick now!

Nope, she was sick. And my chance at seeing Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Kaetlyn Osmond, Patrick Chan, Elvis Stojko, and Javier Fernandez, to name a few, seemed to be slipping through my fingers. Nooooo!

But we decided to give her a blessing. For hours, she'd had a fever hovering around 102-103. An hour after her blessing, it's down to 99. She begins to perk up. Calista begs to be allowed to go and gets dressed on her own. Against my better judgement, and mostly because I really want to go, I say that our date is back on.

And, honestly, I'm so glad I did. We had such a good time together.

Calista loved watching the skaters and dancing to their music. Her favorite to dance to I think was Patrick Chan and "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" by BNL. She was impressed by Elvis' ability to touch his toes while doing the splits in midair, and so excited to see the people she'd watched at the Olympics in person.

One of my favorites, of course, was Javier. Who doesn't love a handsome Spaniard?

Javi forever, Javi for always

Although probably the best moment for me was seeing Tessa and Scott do their "Roxanne" dance.

I am so glad she and I got to go and have a blast spending time together. I feel so blessed that she was able to feel well enough to go, and also just blessed to have her as my daughter and buddy.

Yay date nights!

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

My favorite toddler has beautiful hair. It's curly, blonde, and looks like this:

Well, okay, it doesn't always look that crazy. I actually do try to comb his hair regularly.

So, instead, it looks like this:

 Um, I mean... this! This is what it looks like!

A little shaggy, but do you see those curls? Oh, my heart!
But, after some convincing by Kyler, I realized it was time. Time to give my baby his first haircut.

The first few cuts were the hardest. After them, there was no going back so it got easier to finish.
The end result is quite handsome.

 And maybe a little too grown up.

Who's that handsome young man? Where has my baby gone?

Even without the curls, I love him. I still miss them, though.

Toothless

Calista has been telling us she has a wiggly tooth for months. We mostly ignored her, because it wasn't really wiggly at all. But she persisted, and since time was on her side, eventually Calista's tooth was legitimately loose.

She wiggled and wiggled it, but hoped it would come out at school so she could get a little tooth necklace from the office to put it in. Because this is important.  Calista let Kyler and I wiggle it as well, and soon the tooth was hanging on by a thread. But she wouldn't let us pull it.
Problem was, it was starting to hurt her to eat or even talk, because the poky bottom of the tooth, the part that used to be securely in her gums and jaw, was now mostly on top, poking and hurting her gums every time it moved. Calista's gum was getting pretty inflamed, so we decided the time had come.

We put a show on for Calista. Kyler got out the pliers.

He didn't actually use them, though, because he couldn't get a good grip on her tooth. Calista was complaining it hurt, but in the end, when Kyler pulled out her tooth finally, she didn't even know it had happened until he showed it to her.

And then she was thrilled.
Calista got to put her tooth under her pillow. She asked me if I got money when I put my teeth under my pillow. I told her I did, and she replied, "Maybe the Tooth Fairy is real, then!"  Maybe, kiddo. You've got no proof otherwise!

Now we have a little Miss Toothless, with more to come (someday), I'm sure.