We're Gonna Need the Tooth Fairy

While the parents were having a moment, Harper came in and informed us Nana was going to pull her tooth. We thought she was joking and I sent her away to ask if she was going to use pliers. Off she ran.

And back she came holding HER TOOTH! By gawd, Nana pulled the tooth. And Harper was completely calm, not a tear, no blood.

What a champ. And our first visit from the Tooth Fairy.

Morning work. Such busy bees

Windham's New Sneakers

Windham had been sportin' the cheesy-riders for awhile now. My nose can take a lot but it was time for some new shoes.

He saw "Campbell's" shoes and no amount of conversation could persuade him into a different pair. Campbell is an older boy at school and there is a lot of shoe on-and-off happening in 4 short hours. So I needed an easy way for WPH to identify his shoes.

Laramie bought the kids a book of iron-on t-shirt transfers so there was the solution right there.

Windham chose the pink button and red asterisk all on his own.

Voila, problem solved. And the boy has some sweet kicks!

A Murmuration of Swifts

This is amazingly beautiful.

Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.

We are lucky here in Portland to have our own Swift event for 3 weeks in September. At dusk, our swifts start to swarm a chimney stack at Chapman Elementary. For 15-20 minutes the swifts make their way into the chimney to sleep for the night. It is a most unusual and fascinating event to witness.