Loosing the first tooth

Jed lost his first tooth this week. He has two of his adult teeth coming in behind his baby teeth. So we have been working on getting them out. His sister was the one who first to loosen it. They were playing puppy, and she ripped a rope out of his mouth and all the sudden it was loose. We worked on it for a while and then yesterday he got it so loose that all I had to do was pull a little on the string around it and it flew across the room. He was so excited and couldn't wait for the night so the Tooth Fairy would come. But then when night finally got here, he didn't want the Tooth Fairy to take it because his dad wouldn't have been able to see it. So we drew a picture and left it on the dresser for Dad to see. Dad got home late that night and I made sure he saw the tooth. Even though Jed didn't put it under his pillow the tooth fairy found it and left a dollar. So it all worked out.

Memorial

After coming here to Oklahoma every summer for the last four years we finally went to the Memorial for the Oklahoma Bombing. It was a beautiful memorial and humbling. It is amazing how just one person can do so much damage!!!
They had a spot for kids to draw with chalk, in memory of the kids that died there. Jed seemed to learn a lot from it but Evan just wanted to draw. After 14 year and all the rain we got this summer we still had a hard time finding a place for the kids to draw. You can tell the people here still hold it close to there hearts.
They also had a field of empty chairs. One for every person killed and a name carved on each chair. It was so humbling to see it all set up that way. I think they did a wonderful job with the memorial, it seem to be a perfect way to honor and remember the victims of this tragedy.