Toothfairy can't open plastic ziplock bags!!

Can you believe it? Both Anna and Jenny lost a tooth on the same day! They were so excited to tell me after I picked them up from the boys and girls club yesterday that they both had very loose tooth, the same tooth (I believe it is their molar). I did not give much thought of it until about an hour later at soccer practice, they both handed me their lost tooth together. Afraid to loose them, I put them into two separate small zip lock bags. I told them to put them under their pillows later when we get home. That was the last time I saw them.

This morning on our way to school. They both told me that the toothfairy did not come last night!! Oh boy! What I am going to say? This Toothfairy forgot my girls again! I wasn't sure if I could cover up this mess the Toothfairy has created. I wanted to say there is no such thing as toothfairy. It is a simple mistake Mom made. But that would require more explanations and answer more "why's". Maybe something in between the truth and the fairy? I had to act on quickly to avoid any suspsions. So I said "Maybe because you are from China and there are no such thing as toothfairy in China. So it will take some time for the Toothfairy to figure things out....". I was not proud of myself for saying this. Luckily Anna turned that idea down immediately by saying "That is not true. I got money from her before. Last time I got a dollar!". Now I had to back on the track with her again. Let's do some troubleshooting to see what went wrong last night. So I started to ask a lot questions. "Are you sure the tooth is still there?", "Did you look carefully?", " what? Jenny put another old tooth in? that would really confuse the toothfairy!", "Did you take it out of the plastic bag?", "What? you did not take them out of the plastic bag? you have to take it out of the plastic bag because toothfairy did not know how to open the ziplock bag!".....

At this point, both Anna and Jenny were so quiet and thinking. While I was still so afraid to be caught of lying or something, Joshua came to the rescue. He said "that is it!! the plastic bag! why did I think about it. I always hid the tooth and hoped the toothfairy could not find it, but it never worked because I did not use the plastic bag! Once I wraped it in a bath rope and the toothfairy still found it! If I had put it into a plastic bag, even she found it, she would not be able to take it out!"

Thank God we arrived the girls school by then. They both promised to take their tooth out of the bag and I promised that the toothfairy will come tonight!

Should I send the toothfairy a reminder just in case?

Anna's Homework

I am signing all the forms Anna brought home. In her homework folder, I found what she wrote today at school. Here it goes...

"Though my idea may change, right now I'd like to grow up to become a scientist because I want to be smart, happy and joyful. I want to work where my Mom worked at. But I have to work hard like her. I hope that I meet and make new friends there. I'll miss my other friends that I have now for a long time. But sometime in my life, I will see them or meet them again."

Isn't she sweet?

Barnes and Nobles

It is Labor Day so we are all home today except Joshua. He is taking dual enrollment class at Hope College and Hope does not close for Labor Day. Before picking Joshua up again, we all went to down town Holland for the annual Truck Parade. Not too much fun for me, but I think Bert had a great time. We then wanted to spend some time in down town Holland, but everything is closed.
So we decided to do something or go somewhere together as family. I gave Joshua the choice to make a decision. With all the choices he can make, he chose to go to Barnes and Nobles!! So we spent a few hours there checking and reading books and had some Starbuck coffee. We then headed to Johnny Carino's for Lunch. Life is good.
We also stopped by Bed, Bath and Beyond to get some coffee for Daddy and some wedding gifts for a friend. For some odd reason, I could not stop thinking of Toby. Maybe because we are having too much fun this weekend at home. I miss Toby even more. I know he is in a good place and having a great time. However, that does not stop me thinking and missing him. I think Daddy noticed my bad mood. He must have called Toby. As I walked by him while he was on the phone, I head the name Toby. Suddenly, I broke into tears. I could not stop crying right in the middle of the shop!!! Bert got a smash wet shirt from my tears. Finally Joshua showed me a UofM blanket he grabbed from one the nearby shelves. We all broke out laughing. Thanks Joshua!! You know how to cheer me up.
Yes, I will have to get used to the fact that Toby is in a difference place and having a difference life...

Family of Five now

I dropped off Toby last Thursday to Ann Arbor. He is now officially a student at University of Michigan. I have to say that I am a bit of jealous of him. What a luxury to be there! He has one of the best dorm on campus with WiFi and airconditioning and connected to the best dinning hall on campus as well. Behind his dorm, there is a huge green field and tennis court. It is situated near the center of everything in walking distance. I wish I had someone to pay me to spend the next four years there!
It is kind of odd feeling to drop him off. I am happy and sad at the same time. I think it will take some time to adjust to his absence at home. So far so good. He is having a grea time there meeting new people and getting to know Ann Arbor. Meanwhile we are having a great time at home to enjoy this long weekend together. Joshua has been a big help cleaning up one of our rental property last Friday. Weather has been great. We took the boat out two days in a roll. We actually caught some fish, some big fish!! The biggest one is nearly 2 lbs! I think they are sheepshead, not the greatest fish I heard, but it was really fun catching them.
Still another day off yet...I think if the weather is good again, we will go out again. We are making up the lost time with our boat this year because of the bad weather we have had this summer!