ANGRY LETTERS!

About a week or so ago Logan got in trouble for not going to bed on time. His punishment was no stories before bed. Well that didn't make Logan happy and so he tried to beg, plead, cry and any other tactic he thought would make me give in. After about 20 minutes of this, I told him to go to his room, that I couldn't talk to him right now(I admit, I was quickly losing my temper and didn't want this to turn into a yelling match with my 6 year old).

A very unhappy Logan went to his room while I went downstairs to straighten up, turn out lights, etc., before going to bed myself. When I got to my room and was getting ready for bed, I notice a note on my bed. It was from Logan.



Translated, for those who can't read Logan's phonetic spelling it says:
"Mom, I know this isn't a good time to do this but I want to talk to you. Read the sign". In case you can't see it very well, underneath the last sentence, he wrote the same sentence again in 'jagged' block letters.

Logan came to my room just as I finishing reading this and asked if I got the note. So we spent a few minutes talking about his note, as well as the consequences for not obeying. He then asked if I knew what the last part of his note said and did I know why he wrote it that way. I told him I knew what it said, but didn't know why it was written in 'jagged' letters. His reply: "Those are my angry letters. They let you know I am mad!"

Even now when I think about it, I crack up laughing! Little kids say and do the funniest things! I sure do love my Logan! For as much as he tries my patience, he sure is a funny and wonderful kid!

The Tooth Fairy

Logan lost his 1st baby tooth!

About a week or so ago Logan came to me crying and said that something was really wrong. He assured me that he had been brushing his teeth and taking good care of them, but one was "moving in my mouth!" He was quite upset about it and afraid to tell me. So we sat down and talked about baby teeth and permanent teeth. Logan was quite excited when we got to the part about the Tooth Fairy. After that he sat and wiggled his tooth every chance he could.

On Saturday as we were driving in the car, he finally wiggled it free. Again this scared him a little, but soon he was talking about what the Tooth Fairy might bring him. And after Dad told him that if he caught the Tooth Fairy by her wing he could make a wish, Logan asked everyone we saw/talked to that day if they had every seen or caught the Tooth Fairy.

He even thought for awhile that he would wait and save all his baby teeth so he could "put all my teeth under the pillow at one time to see how much money the Tooth Fairy will leave me." (I love the thought process and logic of little kids!)

That night, after convincing him he couldn't save the tooth until all his baby teeth came out, we carefully put it under his pillow. Logan asked for the hundredth time how to catch the Tooth Fairy and finally went to bed.

The next morning he was happy to find a "golden quarter" which he immediately put in his piggy bank. We had to ask to see the golden quarter to then explain that it was really a gold dollar coin. That Tooth Fairy must be rich!

So another first at the Richards house! Who knew you had to explain the process of losing your baby teeth and the Tooth Fairy! Obviously not me (I know, Mother of the Year Award, here I come)! But I had older siblings who went through that phase first, so I didn't question my teeth falling out -that I remember anyways.

So thank you Tooth Fairy for remembering to stop by our house! (Especially since I took a sleeping pill before bed and slept soundly all night through!)