Preschool Open House

This evening was the Spring Open House for the preschool. It's a time where all the families can come and see all the crafts and and neats things the preschoolers have been doing, as well as a time in which the in-coming families in the Fall can come and check things out. Tonight was our very last Open House for the preschool. I'm a little sad about that.

Hannah had such a great time playing about on the playground and visiting the classrooms. She loves going and visiting her very first teacher, Miss Stalder. Here Hannah is with her on the last day of her first year in preschool in June 2004.
And here she is with her first teacher this evening. What a difference five years make! Look at how grown up Hannah's face has become in the last couple of years. Let alone how much taller she is! Miss Stalder is standing up.It's fun to look back over the pictures and see how far the girls have grown and matured in their looks, etc.

Totally Unexpected...Kinda

Hannah had a dentist appointment this afternoon after school. The appointment was to put sealants on a few of her teeth. However, upon check in, the receptionist said she had paperwork for me to sign. I didn't think anything of it, until she mentioned the words 'doing extractions today...and this is your part". Huh?

Two weeks ago, Hannah had a consult with an orthodontist to have her look over her xrays and consult us on what the future holds for Hannah has far as braces go, etc. Her having missing adult teeth, adult teeth starting to come in crocked as seen on xray, etc. She recommended that some teeth be pulled and a spacer be put in to save room for these adult teeth coming in. But she wanted to talk to Hannah's dentist first to see if it was something she wanted to do, or wanted the orthodontist to do it. The orthodontist was supposed to call me and let me know what was decided.

She never did. But apparently had talked to our dentist and recommended four teeth be pulled and a spacer put in. After consulting with Steven over the phone, and quickly calling Gramma to tell her to start praying, I proceeded to break the news to Hannah. Of course she cried (I almost cried telling her) and I assured her that Dr. Hoffer was going to take good care of her and I assured her that it wouldn't hurt. So off we went into the procedure room...

Quick, one last picture of you with all your teeth! Hannah chose a 'grape nose' for her procedure.
This is how they administer the nitrous gas. A mold of her teeth for her spacer, some polishing, sealants applied to three teeth, a little soft spot drilled out, and four teeth extracted later. Here she is with a mouth of gauze. After the 'sleepy' medicine had worn off and she was feeling fine.She was sent home with all four of her teeth in these cute little treasure boxes. She tucked them safely under her pillow this evening and the tooth fairy, aka Mommy or Daddy, left her some green stuff in exchange! She did such a great job! I'm so proud of how she handled it. She did a lot better than I would have done! We go back in three weeks for her spacer to be glued in place.

In Celebration of Star Wars Day...

...We had dinner guests - 2 Jedi's, Darth Vadar, and Princess Leia.

Writing Thank You Notes

The general rule of thumb in our house following a birthday, or Christmas, is that you have to write your Thank You Notes before you can use or play with the gifts you received. Although this birthday there were a few exceptions - like when Daddy busted out the Guitar Hero shortly after all the party guests left. LOL.

I'm pretty particular about what I'd like to see in the notes, Hannah expressing thanks for the specific gift by name, and then add something else, for example, "I really wanted that", "I look forward to listening to them", "I used your gift card towards...."

But you know, following this birthday I gave up in asking her to be more detailed. Her simply writing a "Thank You Note" is still her expressing her thanks and gratitude formally in a written note, and second, her simple statements of "Thank You for the ...." and sent in a note is a lot more than we receive on a lot of occasions when it comes to gift giving. LOL.

I know that the giving of a gift is not to seek a formal "thank you" in return. But I do believe it's proper etiquette and in this day and age, our society can use all the etiquette that be taught! LOL.

Hannah's Birthday Party

Today was Hannah's birthday party. Everyone she invited except one was able to come, therefore there were sixteen kids running about our house between the hours of 10 and 12 this morning.

The theme was Hannah Montana and Hannah dressed accordingly. She wore her Hannah Montana costume that she got for Christmas. Her best friends mom called this morning saying Emma was certain she was supposed to dress up for this party, which wasn't so, but we had Emma dress up and come as Lola, Hannah Montana's best friend, dontcha know. She even colored her hair for the occassion!!! They both were extremely cute!Hannah got lots of great gifts, including four Webkinz, which she was very excited about. One of them even came with a carrying backpack. She got a couple Toys R Us gift cards, a Target gift card, and some good ole fashioned cash! Grandpa Steve gave Hannah a present the whole family has been enjoying all afternoon, Guitar Hero World Tour for the Wii! Her and Daddy were both very excited to get it! And so far they both are playing nicely and taking turns well. Hannah's cake was a huge hit! She was proudly showing it off and telling everyone her Mommy had made it. I'm so glad she liked it. It was just as yummy as it looked and thankfully there is some left to enjoy a piece after the girls are in bed. :)It wasn't long after our last party guest left that Hannah was begging to go to Toys R Us to use her gifts cards. One of the things she really wanted for her birthday and I had remembered months ago, but totally forgot when it came time for birthday shopping, was a digital camera. With her birthday gift cards, she was able to get a fairly nice one on sale, with a carrying case, as well as a couple other things. She made wise decisions and in the end, got everything she wanted for her birthday!

She had so much fun with all her friends today. And it was great to see the friends come who aren't in her class this year. This year has been different not having the same 18-20 kids all together, and we don't get to see each other all that much, so it was nice to see and visit with the parents as they dropped off or stayed.

It's hard to believe another birthday of Hannah's behind us. What's even harder to believe is this is her last year of being a single digit age!! LOL.

An Evening with Gramma and Papa

Gramma had some ham left over from Easter that needed to be used up, which landed us an invitation for dinner (gotta love those homecooked meals from Mama!). Hannah was excited to get her birthday present from Gramma and Papa...a ton of beautiful beads and a carrying case box to organize them in!!! She was so excited and plans on making bracelets for a lot of special friends and family in the near future!