An October Thursday I Will Not Forget

We'll start on a positive note because the day did start off good. I was leaving for work yesterday morning and the kids were all awake. So as I am telling them good-bye I look at Isabelle and say, "Can you blow mommy a kiss?" I did the hand motion expecting nothing in return but sure enough she opened her mouth and put her hand over her mouth. Scott and I both just started laughing, it was so cute. So on to the exciting part of the day. I'll have to back up a little and explain the situation. Brandon(Scott's brother) and Scott had the idea to run the concession stand for the YMCA Football League. Every Saturday they are out there all day long earning a little extra money. They had games last night but Scott had practice so he asked me to help Brandon for about an hour. I had Easton and Isabelle in there with me which was a huge mistake from the beginning and I should have known better but I thought it would be ok for an hour. It was ok for about 30 min til Easton was getting restless and Isabelle just wanted to be held. So I'm holding her and helping a customer when I hear Easton fall. He started crying but he didnt fall hard so I didnt think too much of it. When he kept crying I looked down and saw he had blood GUSHING out of his mouth. I freaked out!!! I put Isabelle down and took him over to the sink and started washing out his mouth. Brandon called Scott and when he got there he assured me he was going to be ok. He had seen this before with Blane and he said either the tooth came out and will not come back until his adult teeth come in or it got pushed up in his gums and will come back out. Since Braden had practice, Rebecca(Scott's ex-wife) was there and she is a dental hygienist. So to put my mind at ease I took Easton out to her so she could look at it. She told me basically the same thing Scott had but offered to go up to her work with me and take an x-ray so I would know if the tooth was still there. SO, off to the dentist we started to go. But then I realized, I can't leave Isabelle in the Concession stand with Scott. I already made the mistake once. So I called Scott's mom and they came to get her. We get to the dentist office and I keep telling Easton that we are going to take a picture of his teeth which he was fine with until I tried to stick the little thing in his mouth and he totally freaked!! So after pinning him down 4 times we finally got the picture that showed us...the tooth was still there, which I guess is a good thing. He won't be toothless for the next 5 years. Rebecca said it would probably take about month to come back out. Okay, try not to laugh too hard...

He is still the most beautiful boy in the world. So we get home about 7:30, Scott's parents were there because they had dropped off Isabelle. I was getting ready to give them a bath so Mimi got Isabelle undress(because I couldn't put Easton down). I had one child on each hip when I felt something warm. Isabelle had peed all over me. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. Needless to say we all went and took a bath.

Reflecting back on the whole evening I couldn't help but laugh. First of all, being in the dentist office with Rebecca(need I say more), Easton(who is just mad at the world), Braden(who doesn't stop talking) and Aubrey(who doesn't stop crying). Nothing like having a little bonding moment with your husbands ex-wife. Braden had a pretty funny outlook on the whole thing but what do you expect from a 6 year old. When he saw Easton right after it happened here's the conversation:

Braden: "Whoa, what happened to Easton's tooth?"

Me: "He fell down and knocked it out."

Braden: "Cool!! He's gonna get money grom the tooth fairy now."

Me: "You think so?"

Braden: "Yeah, all he has to do is put it under his pillow."

Another story I have to share is about Isabelle. When I picked her up from daycare the other day they told me she had learned a little something from a couple of the older kids in her room. Apparently they think it is funny to go around and "steal" the other babies blankets while they are sleeping. I guess Isabelle figures if they are going to do it to her she could do it to others. So she would crawl to a crib pull herself up, stick her arm through the bars and take the blankets. The lady in her class said one time she saw her doing it and said, "Isabelle," in that tone where she knew she was doing something wrong. They said she started laughing so hard she couldn't even stand up anymore. They said she also has no problem taking up for herself in there. They said nobody steals her toys. We'll thank Easton for that!!!