Abby lost her first front tooth

The tooth fairy has been busy at our house. Last night Abby finally pulled out that front tooth that had been loose for a while. By the time she went to bed it was very wiggly and once it gets to that point she doesn't quit until it is out. So she got out of bed and started working on it. She went through several bloody Kleenex trying to pull the tooth out.

Success at last. She was so excited to put the tooth under her pillow. This morning she woke up early and of course brought her money and a "her" on hand writing and of course once Abby showed it to Olivia the words were on her pretty little lips in no time flat," I know whose handwriting that is" I gave her the "mother stare" with the big eyes, that means zip it, lock it and put it in your pocket!


After Abby left the room Olivia says parent's shouldn't ruin kids fairytales. I told her to go talk to her dad about that one. If you look back at the Christmas entry when Olivia left her note to Santa....someone tried very hard to make the handwriting unrecognizable, and I might add, was successful! That was how Santa was busted in my house growing up......and I have never forgotten it! Thanks Dad!

Real Camping 101 Simpson Style

We have completed our first real camping trip. Meaning we lived outdoors for over 48 hours. Thank the Lord momma got to sleep in an air conditioned camper and actually daddy did too. The first night Abby did, then the next night we added Olivia and the third night Emily joined us......so maybe the Simpson girls don't like sleeping in a tent after all????
We were celebrating pawpaw's 70th birthday. All of daddy's family was there. The girls had a blast at South Toledo Bend State park. They love being with their cousins. Pawpaw brought his party barge and that made it all the more fun. For me too. Spending a day on the water rather than a campsite is more my speed anyway!
The girls brought there bikes and along with their cousins biked all over. Natalie lead them on hikes and daddy lead them on a hike to see the bald eagles.
They had all the comforts of home set up at camp.( that might be a little strong)but the Keurig coffee pot kept me going everyday! We had no cell phone service but the park had wireless, so every one's computers worked! Not that I ever got on a computer.....but those folks with the iPhone stayed busy! I won't mention names.
We had no major mishaps on this camping trip which was nice. Since our other two trips involved freezing temperatures or pouring rain with mud! It was a bit hot for April, in the 90's but being on the water made it better.
Going back to mishaps.....mishaps might be strong but we did have a few incidents....like getting lost in the dark on the way there, Olivia locking herself in the camper, Olivia getting lost in the campground. Both events ended with tears. A raccoon did get into our stuff one night, but there were no tears there.
The girls had a blast with their cousins and will remember their first "real" camping trip for a long time to come!
And we got to bring the "party barge" home with us, so there will no doubt be more stories from the silly princesses this summer about our adventures in the "party barge" on Lake Conroe! Stay tuned.