I left on Mother's Day afternoon. I arrived at school with a button made by O that read, "I love you." In her own writing. I loved it. So did everyone at class. No need to explain.
On Monday afternoon C sends me a video, via cell phone, of CK riding her bike without training wheels. I cried. So proud of my big girl, but sad I missed it. On the other hand I was so happy she was able to share that moment with her daddy! Very special.
C told me later he tried to get CK to wait until I got home to take off the training wheels. I'm glad she didn't want to wait. She might not have done it. It was all her idea. Gotta go with that right then!
Then Tuesday at dinner I get a pic & text, via cell, from C that reads, "O just pulled it out right now!" O finally lost her first tooth. It had been loose forever and when does it decide to fall out? When Mommy is gone. Again, I cried. I was so happy for O, but was sad I missed it. I was happy she was able to share that moment with daddy. My fear was the tooth fairy might forget to leave money under O's pillow. The tooth fairy was on it!
At dinner that night at school the other moms and I shared our stories of what our children were doing back home that we were missing. I think we all sat with tears in our eyes thinking about it.
Here are some pictures I took when I got home.
Bike is getting a little small. Gotta get a new one soon!
A ride around the neighborhood.
Now, just gotta get O off of training wheels.
Look at that big toothless smile! I love it!
2 comments:
Great pictures, like always! Hannah isn't too far behind O....same tooth as O and super loose! Hopefully in the next couple weeks I will be blogging about my not so little girl losing her first tooth!!!
What a weekend full of 'firsts'!! Sorry you missed them, but I'm sure C was beside himself that he could be there to see it all!
How old are the girls?? Hannah's trying to ride her bike without training wheels but gets discouraged easily and I'm wondering if she's just too young still.....
C was excited that he was there for these firsts. He has missed so many and the girls are at an age when they will remember this as what they did with Daddy.
These darn teeth take FOREVER to fall out. Just have her keep wiggling it. :)
CK is 7 1/2 and O is 6. I don't know if Hannah is too young or just not ready. I know kids who have been riding w/out training wheels since they were Hannah's age and then other's who are CK's age. Everyone kid is different. Tell Hannah to hang in there.
Maybe have the training wheels not touching the ground. That's what we did for CK. Then if they loose their balance the bike doesn't fall over. Good luck.
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