Dear Tooth Bud...

The tooth came out this morning! With just a touch of help from Dad. The monkey is very proud (as you can see.) He even discovered that he has a second wiggly tooth, the middle one adjacent to the hole.

Here's a note he wrote to the tooth fairy or tooth "bud" - evidently there may be a separate visitor who comes for boys' teeth (or so his peers have told him). The plan is to leave the note with the tooth tonight. Happily he has a special tooth pillow that the Scherreis made for him for his sixth birthday, all ready for the job... 

Loose tooth!

The monkey has been complaining that all his friends have lost teeth whereas he doesn't even have a loose one. (Fair enough; true observation).

All that has now finally changed... He has his first bona fide loose tooth. Exciting times! Bottom right. We'll see how long it lasts...

And while we're on milestones, the mouse is experimenting with taking unassisted steps. She's been playing around with it for about 7 or 8 days now. My guess is she'll be walking by the 4th of July. (Look out, world!)

Kidspace

While Daddy was away sailing last weekend, the kids and I hit a fantastic Pasadena children's museum called Kidspace. We went with Rebecca and her three kids (as both our husbands were on the sailing trip together). One of the best kid-outings we've done; love that place!

 Assembling an insect from various bug parts

 Friend Noah climbing up the "raindrop." Very high! I climbed up too - stuck out from above the roof of the building.

The Goose walking through the outdoor creek area in the museum.

Catch a ride to Catalina...

Last weekend HF spent three days sailing to Catalina island with our friends Dan and Grant (both fellow New Englanders who now live in LA). It was a full and all-hands-on-deck kind of trip on Dan's boat, which was evidently more lurch-y than anticipated... Y lost his lunch over the gunnel on the first day. Catalina was beautiful, and they squeezed in an afternoon of SCUBA, snorkeling, and fishing.