So I was on my way home today when my cell phone rang. The fact that I heard it ring was a noteworthy event in itself, but I soon learned that this was no ordinary phone call…

I picked up the phone and said “Hello?”.

On the other end, in her rather quiet phone voice, Hailey said “Hi Dad.”

I immediately assumed that this was Hailey’s regular afternoon call to ask when I would be home, but she quickly broke into a story about eating an apple earlier in the day. I was trying to provide my full attention while trying not to die as I turned off Bangerter Highway near Jordon Landing, but even as I multi-tasked my way through the intersection I was able to understand the main point of her story.

“I’ve got a loose tooth Dad!”

In the picture above she’s trying to provide a good view of the offending incisor (your guess is as good as mine as to which one it is).

I can’t say that I remember my reaction to my first loose tooth but with many friends in the same boat at school, she’s rather excited to be part of an exclusive crowd. Although I think we’re going to need to straighten her out with regards to the tooth fairy. Unfortunately, I don’t think she’s going to get the million-gazillion dollars she’s apparently expecting.

Now that both the twins have lost their belly button thingies, they’re now eligible to take real live baths instead of just getting a sponge down. So on Saturday, both of them got to soak in the tub bucket. Jack was a bit less thrilled about this new adventure than Annie, but both Hailey and Mallory were quite excited to help bathe them.

We laid Jack and Annie next to each other for a quick diaper change but I think we should have fed Annie first. She turned her head to eat and found Jack’s head. So like any hungry girl would do; she tried to suck. She kept right on trying while Jack slept nicely through the whole feeding frenzy. We should all have a good brother like that.

These two little souls crack me up.  They held hands during a nap the other day and slept forehead to forehead the day before that (those pictures are on the last slideshow).

The yard is just about ready for top soil and seed (yeah, yeah… I know… IT’S ABOUT FREAKIN TIME!) so the girls have been enjoying the last few weekends they have left to romp around in the dirt. Today they were apparently building a castle for the bugs in our yard. As far as I could tell, they were going to build a big castle and then notify all of the nearby bugs that they were welcome to come and live in the newly erected mansion. As the pictures below prove, they didn’t get too far on the construction of said castle. Guess the local bugs will have to find another castle to reside in. Too bad.