The Dentist

Hannah and Hailey had their first dentist appointment today. As some of you may know I am a stickler for oral hygiene. I have never had a cavity but due to some lovely issues with my teeth not falling out on their own, having my two front teeth knocked out repeatedly (first by a golf ball and then my a softball) and my cuspids/canines growing on top of my jawbone instead of beside it I have have had to undergo my teeth being pulled, shoved back in and several oral surgeries. Did I also mention this is my second time have orthodontic braces? I never want my girls to have a to suffer through any type of dental procedure, especially if it’s due to lack of hygiene on my part while they are still young.

We’ve been prepping for this day for awhile now and I really thought that the girls would do great but I always seem to forget how shy they get around strangers. My kids are in no way, shape or form “shy” but the moment someone they don’t know speaks to them they clam up and try to hide behind each other. The waiting room was nice and the girls read a book or two and waited patiently consistently asking me if it was their turn and when they could say “ahh”. Their excitement was gone the moment the dental hygienist started talking and went to get the dentist. Hannah was to go first and she shut her mouth and hid her face so far into my chest I thought I would have to get a crow bar out! After a little fussing she finally let the dentist look in her mouth and everything was fine. Hailey did a little better but she still was not happy with me for letting some strange man put a mirror in her mouth. After it was said and done they gave the girls each a balloon and we were out the door with an appointment in six months to perhaps try a cleaning next time.

I was able to get confirmation on their being “mirror image twins” while at the appointment. (Mirror image twins are monozygotic twins that form from a single fertilized egg. When the split occurs late - more than a week after conception - the twins can develop reverse asymmetric features. This term is not really a type of twin, just a way to describe their physical features. For example, they may be right and left handed, have birthmarks on opposite sides of their body, or have hair whorls that swirl in opposite directions. About 25% of identical twins are mirror image twins.) I always noticed that the girls seemed to teeth on opposite sides but I because their teeth all came in so quickly it was difficult for my to tell for certain. The girls each have 19 of their 20 “preschool teeth” and their final molars are, without a doubt, coming in on the opposite sides. The dentist even remarked that the way their teeth are aligned were even opposite. Between the hair whorls, birth marks and teeth I can now saw with confidence that the girls are mirror image.

                                                        

Happy Veteran’s Day

On this day we thank the men and women who have sacrificed so much to defend each and every one of us.

I had a dentist appointment first thing in the morning so my good friend Bonnie and her daughter Elizabeth took the girls to the park for a little while. They absolutely love Elizabeth and they always ask for her. If there was one person they would consider their best friend, besides each other, it would definitely be “Wizabeth”. (And, please, don’t ask me why Hailey had the goofy headband on. She did that all on her own.)

We went to the Veteran’s Day parade downtown after my dentist appointment with Bonnie and E and met our friends Ms. Kelly and her boys (H&H’s future husbands Lol!) They loved listening to the bands, seeing all the soldiers and being with our friends.

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!

In our house most of our toys are pink, glittery, princess and fluffy except for one…our train set. The girls love toy trains! I, myself, have always had a fascination for trains as well so it’s only fitting that they would too. Although we love trains in our house we have never had the good timing to actually see one at a train crossing. While most people get annoyed when they are held up at a train and hope that the little bars don’t come down I have been saying a little prayer each time we started to approach one that we would actually get to see one. Yesterday my prayers were answered!

As I saw it approaching I rolled all the windows down in the car and the girls could hear the rumbling coming down the tracks. The train conductor blew his horn several times and they both just laughed and laughed. They were surprised at how big it was and how much wind it was making even though it was going relatively slow. The wind was being whipped through the car and Hannah’s hair was going everywhere. As loud as the train was Hannah begged to have me put her window up. She still really loved seeing the train but the sound was just a little too much for her. Hailey just smiled and did her “happy giggle” the entire length of the train.

As the train rolled through the trees the girls had a lot of great questions for me and I was more than happy to answer them all. I am so glad that they were finally able to see a real life train in action!

Trick-Or-Treat!

The girls were so excited to trick-or-treat that we started by going to Poppy’s house (aka: walked upstairs and rang the doorbell!) He was a great sport and the girls thought it was hilarious to ring his doorbell. As soon as he opened the door they yelled “TRICK-OR-TREAT!” at him as loud as they could. I’m surprised the neighbors didn’t open their doors too. Lol!

They, of course, had to see what candies Poppy gave them and try some. They both went straight for the M&M’s. They come by their choco-holic-ness honestly. Between their Poppy and I there was no denying the chocolate gene.

My Mom was able to find these super cute Halloween bags for them that had Tink and Cinderella on them! They loved them and now we have a bag we can use for years to come.

We went to a newer neighborhood in town in which the houses are close together and people really participate in the process. In many of the neighborhoods in town a majority of people do not give out candy so most people have to drive to different neighborhoods to trick-or-treat. We would have to drive regardless because we live in a rural(ish) area and it’s WAY too far in between homes for such short legs to walk.

They did a pretty good job saying “thank you” but they kept forgetting to actually say “trick-or-treat” I think mainly because most of the people in this certain neighborhood sit on their porches to give out candy. They loved seeing all the houses decorated and were especially infatuated with homes that had lights and pumpkins. There was one pumpkin that had been painted pink and had glittery polka dots on it that Hannah just adored. We’ll probably be making one next year.

There were two homes that they got scared of and would go near. One had scary music and sound effects playing and had an animatronic “Jason” on the porch that moved and “slashed” with a big knife. Hannah refused to go to it but Hailey did go up part of the way with Stephen.  The second home was one in which a women was dressed as a witch and had a huge green worty nose and had her face painted green. They absolutely refused to speak to her and hid behind Stephen and I. She did her best to try and explain that she was nice and was just wearing make-up but they weren’t having it.

The final few blocks got a little rough. The girls are still unable to hold their stamina since they’ve been sick and once their batteries are down they go into ballistic toddler mode. We rushed as fast as we could back to the car, popped in their Chipmunks Halloween movie and let them have a lollipop to help ease the crying and exhaustion.  (Hailey wasn’t as drained as Hannah as you can tell from the unfortunate photo.) We stopped by Taco Bell to refill some empty bellies from all trick-or-treating and they ate up an absolute storm when we got home. They ate all of their food, plus half of mine and several bites of Stephens! They ate, gave me dirty looks for taking photos of them eating then headed to their bath and bed.

Cinderella out…

Happy Halloween from Cinderella and Tinkerbell

The girls had a photo shoot with Poppy to show off their Halloween costumes. They absolutely love getting in front of the camera and showing off their beautiful dresses. They spun, they twirled, they danced and they sang. They even invited Kitten over since she (and our other black cat Little Foot) are our best Halloween decorations. She’s a really great cat and doesn’t mind being held.

My beautiful Hannah is dressed as Cinderella this year. She isn’t a big fan of wearing a blue dress (she’s a pink girly-girl kind of chick) but once she got her big beautiful hair bow and her crown she was ready to go! She was a little upset that I was unable to find real glass slippers in her size though. But let’s be honest, glass shoes on a three year old is bad news and with their teeny-tiny feet it’s hard to find shoes anyway. I think my favorite photos are the cutesy pose she did in the second and her “do what I say servant” finger point. She’s officially ready to be a real princess!

Hailey chose her Tinkerbell costume because, well, she loves all things Tink. She loves to flutter around and pretend to fly and her favorite activities are tinkering with everything. It is a perfect fit for her. I was able to find her costume last year at yard sale and fell in love with how feminine it was. It’s not your average plain green Tink dress. It has a row of pink roses around the waist and pink tool over the green skirt and is very glittery. She spent most of the photo shoot smiling adorable and hopping/flying from bush to bush looking for other fairies.

We’ll be leaving in about an hour to go trick-or-treating. I’m hoping that they are able to keep their stamina up since they’ve still been getting really tired since they’ve been so sick last week. Wish us luck!