Ready For A Visit From The Tooth Fairy

Tucked carefully inside that front pocket is the tooth Careline had pulled out by her Dentist today.  It was a baby tooth that was not the least bit loose but needed to get out of the way to make room for the permanent tooth that had already come in behind it and was being prohibited from moving in to its proper spot by the baby tooth.  She did an awesome job, wasn't scared in the least about the procedure, and just went on with her day after it was over.

Here she is showing off her war wound.  It was a small price to pay for a guaranteed visit from the Tooth Fairy!

Out With The Old And In With The New

Ten years ago at this very time we were building our home.  With Careline due to be born around the time we were moving in it was my mission to create the cutest nursery to welcome her in to our family.  Pat and I chose this border together and I painted the top half of her wall a light green and the bottom half a nice shade of purple.  It was super cute and fit her well for nearly 10 years...but she has been informing me for a while now that it's just too baby-ish for her.

So....today after taking a few last moments to look at her cute "baby" room for the last time, I ripped down the border and got out my paintbrush.  Here's a close-up of her wall BEFORE...  

Goodbye little giraffe...

And here it is AFTER.  Careline is thrilled with the final outcome.  She chose her new comforter as well as the paint color which replaced the border.  We've got some more accessorizing to do...but this soon to be 10 year old no longer feels like she's living in a little girls room.
 

And Then There Was One

The kids each got a goldfish on Thursday night, but after feeding them 3 times in oh about 15 hours two of them went off to fishy Heaven.  The sole surviving fish belongs to Braden and hopefully he'll be part of our family for a good long time (but that's kind of doubtful).

Cucumber Season

This is the first year I planted a few cucumber plants in our tiny little garden and just tonight we picked the very first cucumber off the vine.  Watch out Cub Foods...there are some quality veggies coming out of the McLaughlin garden this Summer!

Dakota County Fair

The kids, myself, and Ella headed over to the Dakota County Fair yesterday.  It was a gorgeous day and we had lots of fun going through the exhibits, taste-testing the foods, playing BINGO (Ella and myself won this time), and going through the animal barns.  Somehow I was able to get out of there without too much grief for not letting them go on any rides or play midway games.

Yep...she got her bag of mini donuts.  She even shared one or two with the rest of us (but not many more!)

Count the Wild Turkey's....I see 3.

What's the point of going to the Fair if you're not going to go through all the stinky barns?!

And just to prove that they CAN share (at least when it comes to delicious Sno Cones!)

Makeover Compliments Of Cousin Emily

A HUGE Thank You to the Kay's and their sweet Summer Nanny Kristi for allowing the McLaughlin trio to hang out at the Kay house this past Thursday and Friday.  The cousins had all sorts of fun!

Basketball Camp

Careline participated in a basketball camp for South St Paul youth this week.  Yesterday, on the last day of the camp, she was awarded prizes for winning a couple competitions during the week.  She earned a $5 Dairy Queen gift card for making the most baskets and winning the Hot Shot competition and she won this awesome regulation basketball (in South St Paul colors, no less) for helping her team win the 3x3 tournament.  She's getting pretty good at those little tourneys, right?!

I love how Adeline jumped in the photo and is trying to be just like her big Sissy.  Too cute.