Our Talented Grandma Sweets

A few weeks ago, Grandma pulled out a very big bin of fabric and let the girls go through and pick their favorites. Makiah had several....and I do mean several favorites. Kenda was able to find her favorite 4 patterns pretty quickly but Kiah just could not decide between them. Finally the decision was made and she gave Grandma the favorite 4. When we arrived the next morning at her house, Kiah said "where is my blanket? You told me you would make it for me." I can tell you it is very hard to explain to a 3 year old that blankets take time. So every day Kiah would come to Grandma's house and almost the first thing she would ask about is the progress on the blanket. Needless to say, the blanket was completed in less than a week. Then shortly behind that was came Kenda's blanket. They are absolutely beautiful!!

Kenda and Kiah were very excited to show everyone the special blankets Grandma made them. Kiah wanted me to add this picture of her and Gabe to the blog tonight so he was not left out of the pictures.

The Missing Tooth

This was a great moment in history for Kenda. She is one tooth less today and has a new toothbrush and beautiful hair clippies to prove that the tooth fairy thought it was a very nice little tooth.

I think it is funny that all over the world, parents offer to help their children remove the loose tooth. Kenda was our unsuspecting guinnea pig. I prepped her the night before with the general info (the next morning Daddy would tie a small knot on the tooth and give it a quick yank. Then, a beautiful fairy would bring her a prize in exchange for the tooth).

After an excited nights sleep, she awoke and reminded Daddy that this was the day. He studied it and determined that it was indeed a worthy candidate for the floss noose. He roped it and yanked.....again...and again....and again.

The poor kid was so brave!! She just kept saying "did you get it?" and daddy would reply... "not yet". I proudly videoed 5 attempts at pulling it before it finally came. We took a piece of wetwipe and finally pulled it out by hand. She was so pleased that it finally came and she was left with a small hole in its place.

Here is the grueling footage.....enjoy!

The Face Painter's Visit

This most amazing woman came to the resort and asked if she could sit on the property during a cruise ship day to advertise some face painting. She offered to paint the girls' faces for publicity and of course, both of them were very excited. I imagined a little heart on their cheek or perhaps a flower like they do at the fair. I was very pleased with how detailed it was in a very short time. Yesterday she came back and turned Kenda into a lion and Makiah into a kitty but the paint smeared before I could get another picture.

Anthony's Key Resort

For my birthday, Louis and I decided to take the kids to see the dolphins. We had done this a few years ago but the girls barely remembered it. Grandma Sweets and Papa Guy joined us for the experience. We met Fiona, a beautiful dolphin, named after the ogre on Shrek. She entertained us with tricks and then posed for some pictures together.

When it was Gabe's turn, he grabbed her nose and latched on as if he was nursing. I started laughing so hard when he began to suck, that I could not get him off. We were all so happy that she was patient enough not to try and bite him back. His teeth are so sharp now...even when he is nursing.

Gabe & The Girls

Kendalynn and Makiah have become very good helpers with all of Gabe's day to day needs. Kiah gets Gabe a towel and picks out his outfit after his sink bath. She and Kenda have also started taking turns feeding him. Kenda loves laying down on his blanket and playing with him or holding him while I make dinner. They really are great little helpers!

Little Miss Muffett...or something

SO, as the story would have it, the power went out in our little house last night. Louis got home from a long day at the resort and decided to take a shower (dimly lit by candles). As he stepped in, he glanced up and noticed he was sharing the shower with this "not so little" spider on the wall. Please remember (for those of you who don't know), I am scared to death of spiders (thanks to my mother....and her mother...). I know about tarantulas in Roatan and accept that I may run across one here. However, I was not prepared for this. He was not the typical house spider variety. He was about 8 inches in diameter and hopped like a frog. Louis asked me to watch it with the flashlight so he could run to the kitchen in the dark to get a paper towel (not my first choice of warfare but...). Unfortunately we are out of paper towels so he went to find the dust pan, which does not have a very long handle. So I have my flashlight aimed on the spider and Louis swings for it, then starts yelling "I dont know where it went...serioulsy, I can't find it!!!" So, we start flashing the light around the bathroom searching for it. Finally we found it. It hopped over onto my shave cream can and was hiding on it. It was so huge!!! Louis bravely coaxed it off the can and hit it with the dust pan and flushed it. It was late into the day before I could bring myself to take a shower.