by Megan
Chapter 1: The Irony
Lily, oh Lily, lost her first tooth. Based on her past (click here if you don't remember), we thought it would be a joyous event.
Oh how wrong we were.
This is how it went...
Lily: (while sobbing and screaming) DON'T touch it!
Mom: OK
Lily: (while still sobbing and screaming) DON'T look at it!
Mom: OK
Lily: (still, 10 minutes later, sobbing and screaming) GET AWAY FROM ME!
Mom: You're not going to Lagoon until we get that tooth out. I'm not spending another day like this. (this is me being firm)
Lily: It will HURT! (mind you, she's still sobbing but the screaming has gone down just a touch)
Mom: No it won't.
OK, maybe just a little.
Lily: (mustering ever ounce of courage that a 5 year old drama queen has)
OK.
and....ta-dum!
Mom: Did that hurt?Lily: No.
Oh, Lily.
Chapter 2: Undie Jumping
We love Lake Tahoe. It is my favorite place in the whole entire world. Really.
I have passed that on to my kids. This year, after a fabulous offer from my brother, we spent a week basking in the glory.
And, we discovered something.
Sophie is a total stud.
Rock jumping. No problem
Cliff jumping. No problem
Mountain climbing. No problem
Putting large groups of teenage boys (and her mother) to shame because they are too chicken for all of the above.
No problem
(Sophie and Geoff jumping off a dock on a break from a bike ride, and, yes, she's in her undies)I love this kid.
Chapter 3: The Talk
Emma
It's hard for me to explain how much I love this girl. She is strong, sensitive, smarter than me, kind, compassionate, brave, and beautiful.
And 9.
And that means...time for THE talk.
After much delay, Wade and I gathered our courage, took her out for a night together, and had THE talk.
She was wonderful. She led us through the whole thing. She asked great questions.
At one point (and by that I mean the point of the big reveal) she said,
"OH! NOW I get it!"
When it was all said and done, she looked at me and said,
"Well, I'm really glad we had this talk. I've been wondering about all this stuff for a while and I've just kind of been waiting for you guys to be ready to talk about it."
She puts me to shame.
The end.
