First Day of School

First Day of School!

Ben is, sort of, holding up 3 fingers for 3rd grade, and Cate is holding up 1 finger for 1st grade. Everyones first day went well -especially Mommy :-). Ben REALLY likes his new teacher - stating emphatically when he arrived home that "She ROCKS!" and that she is soooo smart and cool. We took that as a sign of good things to come this year. As for Cate, we are just glad that her teachers survived the first few days and that, remarkably, they actually still think she is cute!!! Most are VERY impressed with her basketball shot!

But our most exciting news of the day was that.....

BEN LOST HIS FIRST MOLAR!!!

Yup! He was in the Nurses' office the first day of school because he lost a molar, which he is proudly displaying in the picture above!

He then decided it was necessary to post notes for the tooth fairy so she would be sure to know where to find his tooth and leave the required treasure.

Note over his bed.

Note posted at the front door.

Then to add to all the excitement, he lost the exact same molar on the other side the next day. Two teeth in two days! It does not get more exciting than that for a 3rd grader!!

p.s. Did you know that the going rate for molars is $3.00! Wow - it was an expensive 2 days for the tooth fairy!