I Did it Again!

Yesterday David lost his tooth #3.  He put it in an envelope marked "My tooth" and placed it under his pillow last night before he went to bed.  Of course, the Tooth Fairy forgot to stop by!  What is wrong with me?!  My memory is incredibly bad!!  Anyway, this morning I heard him shuffle to his room (I was sick so the kids slept in my bed with Dave while I slept on the bottom of the kids' bunk bed), said good morning to me, and then started to climb up to his bed.  That's when I remembered!  Oh crap!  He's checking under his pillow.  Oh man, I could not look at his face.  I heard it in his disappointed groan.  I needed a Twix moment at that time (see Twix commercials to know what I mean).  But I played cool and asked what's the matter.  He said that the Tooth Fairy hadn't come.  I instinctively said that it was perhaps because he wasn't at his bed and on top of that, I had been in the room.  It could be that the person who lost the tooth had to be lying on the pillow that the tooth was under and no grown-ups should be in the vicinity, right?  Well, he bought it.  He had no choice.  Poor kid. 

So tonight, I made sure I remembered!  There, it's done.  The Tooth Fairy stopped by with a little extra dough to make up for the blunder.  :)

Lincoln Pilgrimage

This morning the family went to the city's annual Lincoln Pilgrimage.  This year celebrating its 72nd.  Little David's cub scout troop was among the participants in the parade.  It was a lovely day for the event.  David enjoyed the walk and attention.  And of course, his family cheered especially for his troop!  ~Fabulous family adventure!

 Here's the head of the parade

 I recognized this young boy ..my formal CTR7 student.  Wow, time flies..he's going to be 10yo this year!
(correction:  11yo this year!  See, time really flies!!!)

Mr. & Mrs. Abraham Lincoln

 I see Kuya!!

Here they are!

My cutie pie and one of his scout buddy

 Aren't they adorable?!!

Pilgrimage ends at the bowl with President Lincoln addressing the audience

The commemorative patch.  Yikes, this is huge..where do I sew this on his uniform?

Happy Birthday to my Book Blog!

Books That Tug The Heart (aka Jinky is Reading) is one year old today!!  Woohoo!!!  It feels like a 4th child and in some ways it is!  It sure takes a lot of care, nourishing, and time but it's rewarding too.  The books take me to wonderful or not so wonderful adventures.  Certainly through them my horizon is broadening.  A fun hobby.  ~Yeay, Jinky is Reading!!

Head on over to the website (look on the sidebar for the link) for a chance to win a copy of the first book I reviewed, Ever After by Karen Kingsbury ... or stop by to wish me happy birthday. :)