Toothless!

Our boy finally lost his front teeth at the age of 7 years and 7.5 months.  It seems like many of the kids in his kindergarten class had already lost their front teeth by the end of the school year.  Here we are nearly 2 years later and Jack got to experience it.  These were the first teeth that he lost on his own (with some help from Dad).  The dentist had to pull the bottom 2 because the permanent teeth had grown in behind the baby teeth.  Well, technically the teeth didn’t come out on their own this time either.  Wayne was on a mission to pull the loose teeth.  He tied a piece of dental floss to the loose tooth and the other end to the door knob, slammed the bedroom door shut.  The tooth came right out and Jack was so excited.

The second front tooth didn’t want to come out so easily. Jack walked around with quite the snaggle-tooth for a few weeks.  Oh, boy was that difficult to look at.  Wayne tried a few different methods, but the tooth just wouldn’t budge.  I took the boys to the dentist a few days later and she offered to pull it, but Jack declined (I was thankful to not have the extra charges added to my bill).  She told Jack to twist it a different way and boy was that tooth just barely hanging on!  He was too scared to pull it himself, so the next morning, Wayne pulled the old, “I want to see how loose it is” trick and the tooth came right out.  Jack didn’t even notice at first.  I’m so happy to not have to look at that snaggle-tooth any more. 

Happy Valentine’s Day

I spent a  little time with each of the boys at school for their class parties.  It is always so fun to see them in action.

Yesterday was such a nice day!  We got to enjoy some much needed park time.  Ben practiced riding his bike while Jack hunted lizards.

Balloon Races

This year, my oldest and dearest friend, Danielle came to Reno with her munchkins for the Balloon Races.  We got up BEFORE the crack of dawn to head out to see the balloons.  We were there early enough to watch the glow show, where a handful of balloons light up (or glow) to the sounds of the music being played over the sound system.  It’s pretty cool and definitely worth getting up that early for.  Unfortunately, of all days, this day ended up being too windy for the balloons to get up in the air- we did get to see a couple of them go up for the test run.  Major bummer!  I have been telling Dani about how cool this event is, and how she should bring the family up for it.   Boo!  The balloons still filled with air, but had to be tethered to the ground for safety reasons.  It was still really neat and the kids loved it.  We will just have to try it again next year.

Back to School

Jack started 2nd grade this year.  He has such an enthusiasm for learning.  It is so much fun to watch him excel in school.  He sure does know how to make us proud!

Ben was also very excited to get back to school.  He is in the Lambs class this year, which is the 4 year old class.  Several of the same kids from his Angels class are together again this year.  He is sad that his little friend, Jenna has gone to another school.  But he has made a new friend, who he refers to as “my bud”.  It took us a few days, and a talk with his teachers to find out that “his bud’ has a name: Kellen.  Love my boy!

Stuto Family BBQ

Every summer, my mom tries to plan a family bbq at the park in her community.  It is so nice to get together and visit with family that we don’t get to see often enough.  This year was extra HOT!  Thank goodness for the water balloons and the biggest kid of them all, my cousin Bill.