End of an Era

Today was a long day. It started at the dentist and ended with scouts. At least the school day did anyway. Obviously my day will not be done until after I finish this:)


So I will work backwards. I had a small group for Brownies and we got a lot accomplished and I hope they had fun. Sometimes it’s hard to tell. I feel like I am rushing them to get through things so that we can do the four required projects for any given badge and all they want is to sit and color and talk! Now I know it’s not a social club, nor do I want to facilitate that, but I wish there was more of a balance. Then again I could be totally wrong and they could love it and this could all just be my perception...

So before that, Belle and I went to the dentist. I had a regular cleaning and she had a tooth pulled. Now, I have TMJ and cleanings are never fun but I was prepared and premedicated :) Of course I will say I still kind of feel it in my jaw, but it’s not bad :) Belle was a brave little soldier though. She had an upper side baby tooth pulled so as to allow the teeth coming in more room. She'll have to have many more pulled, just like Lexi will and Ed and I did...but not yet fortunately. The tooth was not at all loose but had to go and so it had quite a root and frankly she had a huge gaping hole!!!! That took FOREVER to seal. Not that I expected it right away but she ended up having to wait for the bleeding to stop until almost 1pm to be able to eat!

Now we get to the main idea, or at least what the title was referring to....

All things....'make believe'.

I know you know what I'm talking about ;) She is on the verge of flipping that switch to being a non-believer and in on the secret and I'm not ready yet! I will say that she is trying hard to prolong her naivety as she wrote a full page note to the tooth fairy tonight asking questions and explaining why she should get $2 instead of just one, since it got pulled and all:) But soon, very soon it will happen and then the last vestige of my sweet baby Belle will be gone.....

Sigh...breathing....k.....

I'm not ready for the end of that era....isn't it enough to end the era of my oldest being not old?!?!?!?
 
Ugh...I don't like this whole time thing anymore...can't we pause for a minute or two?
 
Oh, alright....blog ya later-
K