The Wait is Over!!!

Francesca's tooth FINALLY fell out. After 1 full week of being loose and 2 days where it was literally hanging on by a thread, her tooth fell out this afternoon. She took 1 bite of penne ala vodka at a birthday party and it just popped out. This after countless attempts at wiggling it out. I also tried to remove it by sticking my finger in her mouth and gently wiggling it, while she was sleeping of course. I only succeeded in getting my finger bitten. This is Francesca's 6th baby tooth to fall out. Now she has a big gap where her 2 front teeth should be. She looks so cute.

The wait is on...

Francesca has a loose tooth, and you would think by all the moaning and complaining she is doing that this was her 1st loose tooth. Ha! It's #6, she has already lost (and grown in) her 4 middle bottom teeth. One of my previous posts was about the snaggle tooth she lost and now its' mate is ready to depart her mouth. We have been on "ToothWatch '08" since last Friday when she called me at work to tell me that she bit into a bagel at my mom's and her tooth hurt. Since then all we've heard is

"Will the chicken nugget I just bit into make my tooth fall out??"

"I just chomped down on a chocolate bunny and it made my tooth hurt. Do you think it will fall out??"

"I can't eat my dinner, it's too hard and my tooth might fall out...Oh but what's for dessert? If it's soft I can eat it..."

If this tooth doesn't fall out pretty damn soon I am going into her room while she is sleeping and giving it a good twist. Gavin has already offered (way too willingly I might add) to punch her in her mouth, in the hopes it will dislodge the tooth. Scott offered to get his pliers and yank it out. Now her big fear is having it fall out during school tomorrow, because then she has to go to the school nurse. Don't know what the problem is there, she LOVED going to the school nurse back at the beginning of the school year; she would sneeze once and tell her teacher she had to go. Francesca (like many other almost 6 year old girls) is PURE DRAMA...I may be totally gray by the time she hits high school, ugh!

The Results Are In!!

We have a tie for this week's poll - 2 votes each for "Francesca-The Automatic Flush" and "Hey Shithead". "Gavin driving the convertible into the garage" got 1 vote - yeah I guess we didn't think that was too funny either, especially moments after it happened. Oh well, we can look back now and laugh (well maybe we don't laugh too loudly..or too long...sometimes I look at the garage and want to cry). No one voted for "As-Seen-On-TV". Oh well. So this week's poll has come to an end, and I have to think of a new one. Happy Easter to all of my readers who celebrate it. My kids are eagerly awaiting the Easter Bunny, although Francesca is convinced that the Easter Bunny is really Santa Claus in a bunny suit. Works for me.

Francesca and Gavin

Striptease in the 4 year old class

Let me just start by saying it was not Gavin. THANK GOD. Cuz' he likes to be naked and show off what God gave him. On the ride home Gavin tells me all the exciting things that happened today at school. Someone broke the toilet, causing the floor to overflow with water, Gavin to slip and land on his butt, necessitating a change in pants. Thank goodness the nuns keep spare clothes at his school. But the real news was what went on at the beginning of rest time:

"Mommy, guess what happened at rest time?!! The girl in front of me pulled up her dress and down her underpants. She showed me her butt!! I did not want to see that, so I yelled NO NO NO!! Then Sister gave her a time-out. It is not good to pull your pants down in front of people."

Yikes! That was some excitement. I am surprised that Gavin was able to sleep after that. But that was not all. Apparently it was "show your stuff" day in his class.

"Mommy, then the boy in back of me pulled his pants down and showed the class his willie! I REALLY did not want to see that!!! That was disgusting! He got a time-out too! I kept my pants up, don't worry."

Boy he could not stop talking about "show and tell" today. According to my husband, Catholic schools certainly have changed these days!

When You are Older

This is a Francesca "oldie-but-goodie" from July 2007. Sorry, they haven't done anything too funny so far this weekend so I thought I would amuse you with this.

So Scott takes Francesca to his office 2 nights ago because he can't find a notebook with client info. that he was supposed to bring home. They find the notebook on his desk, safe and sound. Francesca then asks her daddy what is so important that they had to go back to his office to get it. He tells her - "client information".

"What's that, Daddy?"

"Stuff I will explain to you when you are older", he tells her.

"Oh.....like sex?"

Scott can't believe his ears. What did his precious daughter just say???

"WHAT DID YOU SAY FRANCESCA???"

"Like sex....when I am older!"

At this point Scott is so flustered he pulls the car over, afraid he might actually crash the car if he hears his daughter utter that word again. "Francesca, tell me again what you said?"

"DADDY!!!! You said it was something you would tell me about when I am older....Like SIX! SIX YEARS OLD!!! What did you think I said?"

Oops.....said Scott.

NEW POLL!!!

We have a new poll at the bottom of the page, check it out and vote for your favorite Francesca and Gavin story! OR, if you know my kids personally and your favorite story did not make the poll, leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite is!!