Valentine's Weekend - Part 2

This is how we began Valentine's morning...

Hayden finally "let" us pull out his first tooth. It really got to the point that I was worried about it. The new tooth was practically in behind it and the old tooth was pushing through the front of his gums, yuk! So, Andy got him into a headlock, I held his arms down with my stomach. He screamed and yelled and thrashed about as I was trying to get ahold of his dang tooth. I finally got it, and it popped out with no effort. Hayden was crying and yelling at me and I told him, fine, I'll stop. He had no idea the tooth was already out! I said, go look in the mirror, he stomped into the bathroom and acted mad at me but was so giddy that he finally lost his first tooth! He was so excited the rest of the day, he immediately got out some paper to write a note to the tooth fairy. With no help from us, this is what he wrote...

(So he forgot the h on tooth, hmm, maybe a toot really did come out???)

The rest of the day was spent playing outside and working on some projects around the house. We installed a new garbage can and recycling bin as a pull out for one of our cabinets - love it - as well as some other things. We also went to Grandpa's to pick lemons, we came home with two boxes of lemons, yum!

We have been planning our family Valentine's day for quite some time. Hayden asked about 6 months ago if we could go to Build a Bear, so we decided that would be our Valentine's date this year. We started the evening with dinner at Paradise Bakery - one of Hayden's favorite restaurants. (For the record, it is the only restaurant not busy on V-day, if you were wondering)

In case you're wondering, yep he is almost always smiling... I love this kid!

Hmm, which one should I choose???

Hayden chose a cute, cuddly dog. Here he is inserting his heart.

Brynley chose a sweet pink Monkey

I couldn't keep Brynley away from the sound station. She kept listening to Hannah Montana and High School Musical. (Good thing neither of them realized they could put the sounds in their animals...)

They kept giving them showers after they were dressed

Dad helping with the birth certificates - Hayden named his dog Mark (after a friend of his) We kept pushing for Marco, but he wouldn't have it. Brynley named her monkey Sammy, but later told us her name was Aubryn (that's one of her babysitters names).

They have been so sweet with their new guys. We had a fantastic Valentine's day, there's nothing like spending it together as a family!

In case you were wondering - the tooth fairy came and brought Hayden an electric toothbrush, new toothpaste, and a 2 dollar bill.