A little Fun in AR

The girls went out and raked leaves for Grandpa.  There were a lot of leaves.  And they made a large pile with a small part of the lawn.

Isn't it impressive?!

Of course, then there had to be jumping in them.

Which was very fun!

The pile was rather deep and sometimes we lost children in them.

Levi got in on the action.

Although, after the first leap into the leaves, he wasn't sure he wanted to do it again.

We went out and picked up the packets and shirts for our upcoming race.  Aren't the hoodies awesome?!!

And Levi was quite happy to make himself at home.

Another Adventure!

I know, totally unfair, but the day after Rylee got her teeth removed, I stuffed her in a car and made her travel for two days of 26 hours of driving. 

Yep, all ready to go!

And Levi came too.  He was thrilled to be included.

We had a little rest stop fun somewhere along the way.

I don't know where, I was just driving like mad to get it over with.

We drove 14 hours the first day.  It was kind of a lot. But the girls were awesome!

The hotel we stayed at Saturday night was across the street from this park.  I took this photo to send Dan so he would see the fun trail Levi and I walked in the morning.

The girls kicked Levi into the front seat and he was happy to curl up there for the drive.  

Levi loved that he got to come too.  But here he is cross that I refused to open the window for him.

Sunday evening we made a quick stop at Deborah's house!!  So close!

And finally, finally, we made it to Dad's house! I do not know why I have a selfie with Dad, but not Callie.  There was much rejoicing to be reunited with my darling girl again, after 2 long months!

 

Poor Rylee!

Poor Rylee.  She got the one baby tooth out, and later got another one out.  But she still had 5 to go.  And 2 of them were NOT going to come out on their own. She had two baby molars that had fused to the bone and wouldn't let the big tooth come up and wouldn't come out.  It took me a while to find someone to take them out.  The pediatric and regular dentists said no way, she needs an oral surgeon.  

I found a place to take her and they could squeeze her in almost right away.  So Friday morning off we went.  It was mostly fantastic!  The oral surgeon was awesome and I love him. He was super nice and was great with Rylee. They let me stay with her till she was out.  I was able to hold her hand and comfort her as she got the IV and the oral surgeon did an outstanding job with that.  He had it in in 5 seconds and Rylee took it like a champ.  She was unconscious 10 seconds later.  

Then they kicked me out.  I had to go wait in the car because of Covid. I had brought my book and was good to go, but they were done in 20 minutes!  He had pulled the two naughty teeth, plus the other top baby molar.  Rylee was crying in the wheelchair.  Poor baby.

I asked the surgeon if he thought she was still loopy enough that I could pull out her loose eyetooth, and he said, "Why didn't you have me pull it?"  I told him that the office said he couldn't without a referral.  He said, "Hand me some gloves!"   He put on the gloves and reached in and popped it right out. Yay for a free tooth extraction!

They wheeled Rylee out to the van and I had to struggle to get her in.  She was so zonked!  She kept mumbling, "I love you!" and it was so pathetic and adorable.

My poor pookie on the way home.  I was glad it was just a mile.

I got her home and settled on the couch and she was so sad. And unhappy to have gross bloody gaze in her mouth.  She watched a few hors of Miraculous, and then felt okay.  I was pretty impressed! She said her mouth didn't hurt and she ate a bit and was fine.  I'm crossing my fingers that she stays fine!

 

Doings

Delaney and Rylee made their own Halloween costumes.  I thought they were fabulous!

I had just finished a long run at the lake.  I like that the lake has a fantastic paved path around it, but you can also off-road and take the trails instead.  I like to cool down on the trails.  Callie texted as I was doing my cool down.  So I sent her this.

My oldest child also needed a selfie of me.

And i needed to show Callie my new Arm Warmers.  So fun!

I was able to meet up with several friends from Okinawa for lunch.  I love these ladies!

We got to go to real live church and it was chilly.  Rylee wore cute boots.

Callie texted during church to ask if we had real church. So I sent her this.

With Daylight Savings, the sun goes down at 5, so we have to leave earlier to run.  Callie wanted to talk, just as we were heading out to run.  Hence, ANOTHER running selfie!

We did a fun hike that involved tromping around some deer trails for a bit and then enjoying a nice dirt trail. This rock was perfect for a photo.

More Callie Adventures

Callie got to go to Branson, to Silver Dollar City with EVERYONE else but our family. This is the group shot.

Callie had a great time.

And I heard that she was a good helper.

She bounced around, visiting different aunts and uncles and then ended up at her grandfather's house.  He appreciated her cooking.  Especially waffles with strawberries and whip cream.

And he taught her how to wield a chain saw.  So I guess you could say it is going well!