Big Sis

As you may recall, I wrote recently about Madisyn not wanting to lose any teeth. She was downright sad about having one of her teeth come out. This certain tooth has been quite loose for a while, but mommy dear here could not come even within inches near the tooth or the claws would come out ;).

Well last week, she kept showing me and I knew it was going to be time soon. She would shed so many tears. I just kept coaching her through it and telling her, that when she becomes a big girl that she has to loose her baby teeth and her big girl teeth will come in.

The day had come. I peeled her an apple (her favorite snack) and gave it to her not even thinking anything of her tooth. I was in the kitchen and she came with tears. I said what is wrong honey. Mommy (with her mouth open wide) is my tooth missing? Sure enough it was gone.

I grabbed the apple trying to see if I seen it in the apple any, I went and looked on the floor, I looked on the coffee table, the couch. OH NO, my little girl has swallowed her tooth. NOOOOO! I told her what happened…. and she immediately went face down on the couch and started crying :(. Daddy and Mommy ran straight to the rescue and told her it was going to be ok. She then said but mommy… the tooth fairy will not leave me anything if I don't have the tooth to show her I really lost one.

Well mommy thought for a minute and came up with a good plan, we would write the tooth fairy a note! Madisyn wrote it out to tooth fairy: (click on the image to read the letter)

That made her happy and she was already for bed and to put it under the pillow.

The tooth fairy left her $3.00 🙂 So she is putting ther in her piggy bank to save up for a special something she said LOL.

She just turned 5 and I couldn't believe she was already losing her first tooth. Why does time have to go so fast?

I have always said my oldest daughter has such an old soul about her. She is always warming my heart and we have the most intelligent conversations between each other. I just had to share this conversation we had. It really blew me away.

Madisyn: Mommy my heart is beating.

Me: Well honey that is a good thing. We want our hearts to beat. That is what keeps us alive.

Madisyn: But mommy, the reason our hearts beat is because Jesus is in our hearts making it beat. And when we are sleeping he sleeps in our tummy's.

Me: Well you are exactly right Madisyn about Jesus being in our hearts. I'm not so sure if he sleeps in our tummy's though.

Madisyn: Mommy yes he does. The reason our hearts beat is because he does magic. His grandfather God is the one who watches over him and lets him be in our hearts but he does it in a magic way.

Me: Hanging with my mouth open…. Yes, baby girl you are absolutely right. 

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Here is another conversation we had as well. Madisyn just recently turned 5 and I always kept telling her, you are going to be such a big girl when you turn 5 years old. I was just trying to say that she is growing up and no longer mommy's little baby girl anymore.

I guess she really took this to heart cause she said mommy, I keep looking in the mirror and I don't look any different. You said when I turned five I was going to grow up and be a big girl. I still just look like Madisyn did when she was four.

Well….. hehe. I love her soooo much. She really does keep me going with our little conversations we have. She has really grew up way too fast and I miss her being so little everyday, but I am enjoying this stage a whole bunch as well. 

I just have to write about how I have got my oldest daughter Madisyn to eat all her lunch. She started a new preschool a month ago and she goes 4 hours a day versus the 3 hours a day she was going at her other one.

Since she is going the hour longer, they require parents to bring their childs lunch each day. I was trying to think how I could get my picky eater to eat her lunch at school. Madisyn now is my very creative child who loves unique creations and artistic…. sooo I set off to target to find something that would let me be creative with her lunch.

Here is what I found:

Airtight Food Storage Container – 3.6 Cup Square Divided Lock & Lock

What makes this so unique is, when you open the lid there are four little cups in there all the same size. This allows you to fill each cup differently and the child will only have to open the main lid instead of opening three or four different lids.

Each day I change it up to where she does not have the same thing each day. She comes home every singe day with all her food gone and I always get a "Mommy thank you for my lunch today" 🙂

I usually do a sandwich or some kind of wrap or roll-up of turkey or ham and cheese. She loves the natural peanut butter on melba toast too YUMMM. If I do the sandwiches, I always cut them in different shapes like squares, triangles, or circles. That's always a big hit.

Then I always have her one veggie a day.. the three she likes the best are tomatoes, cucumbers or carrots. Of course we do one fruit a day as well, her favorites are sliced pineapples, apples, and grapes.

With the fourth container I include either a salty or sweet snack. Her all-time favories are the Annie's Homegrown Cheddar Bunnies Baked Snack Crackers, Original, 12-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 12) or the Annie's Homegrown Bunny Grahams, Chocolate, 7.5-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 12) but sometimes I will do pretzels or tortilla chips as well as yogurt.

All of these foods let me change it up from day to day to where she does not get bored with same foods each day. She just cannot wait till she gets to school to see what I pack for her. Another great tip is drawing a little picture and putting I LOVE YOU on it for her to find :).

Anyways, I just wanted to let you know about this in case you were having a hard time getting your children to eat lunch. You can easily do this at home with them as well. I strongly believe when she goes to kindy next year that I will do the same, just so I can know what food is going into my little girl's body ;).