February 15, 2012

The minutiae of life

     Lots happening the past few weeks. Here are the highlights (or low lights in some cases).

     Teeth continue to haunt our home. The tooth fairy has our house bookmarked. Poodaloo finally lost her other front tooth. The bad news:  she swallowed it. The good news:   the tooth fairy is a trusting sort and she trusts a tooth was lost when there is a note left where the tooth should be.

Dear: tooth Fairy, I swallowed my tooth and am hoping that it will come out the rear end. 
Date: 1-2-2012
Love

Be sure to notice the dot on the I in Fairy and the O and E in Love are shaped like teeth.

     Panda has also lost teeth. One the natural way and another had help. This morning the dentist pulled a primary molar because its misbehaving. The orthodontist is placing another appliance in her mouth to keep the space open. The new one is for the lower jaw. Her current spacer is located on the upper teeth.

     Gigi's big adventure. When I leave Poodaloo's room after putting her to bed, Gigi is waiting by the door. She rolls onto her back so I can rub her belly. Last week I felt something unnatural on her stomach area. More than unnatural, it was weird and icky. It looked like a fishing hook and I kinda freaked out. How could she get a fishing hook into her skin?!?! We don't own any fishing poles or hooks.

     Baba and I determined it was indeed stuck into her skin. Gentle tugs did not dislodge the hook. It didn't seem to be the slightest bit painful. We are tired parents of elementary school aged kids. It could wait until morning. Zzzzzzzz

     Gigi went to the vet before the girls got to the bus stop. It was a very strange circular piece of metal about the size of a penny. There is a small shaved patch of skin and not even a scab remains. We have no idea where the metal originated. The only thing remaining is fear of finding another oddity when I pet her belly each night.

     Living the gluten-free, casein-free life. I am enjoying the challenge of finding alternatives for family favorite dinners. I've made cream of mushroom sauce for Tater Tot casserole. Spaghetti with rice or corn pasta is great. Creamy potato soup without milk is not so good.

     The biggest success is finding a way to tolerate protein powder in smoothies. I can more or less manage to eat an adequate amount of protein for breakfast. They recommend 20-30 grams of protein. An ounce of meat or one egg has seven grams of protein. Do the math ~ four ounces of meat or four eggs. I cannot choke down eat that much meat or eggs for breakfast.

     Dynamic Dancing Dragons perform. The girls danced for the Lunar New Year celebration at Poodaloo's school. They also performed at a Spring Festival celebration sponsored by the local Chinese community. My camera is too basic to get stellar photos but these are acceptable. Enjoy!

High school boys performing the Dragon Parade to begin the Festival.

Two young men from the local air force base performed the Lion Dance next.

Panda's group dancing. She is fourth from the left.

Poodaloo is in the center (just to left of the boy in black). 
They are singing a song from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.


4 comments:

  1. Loved the letter to the tooth fairy. You'll have to let us all know if it, in fact, did appear at the rear end. Isn't that like Einstein's Theory: for every action there is an equal reaction, or something to that effect.. .?

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  2. Fortunately, we did not monitor the situation. The ick factor was far too high.

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  3. I love the Lion Dance picture. Looks cool!

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  4. The performers were amazing! Pulled off wearing pants with pink boas and gold sequins. My photo does not do it justice by any stretch of the imagination.

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