Teeth.

Wow.  It's been two big weeks for teeth around the Sloan house.  Easley continues to lose a tooth like every week, thus, the tooth fairy has been super busy. Todd and I get such a kick out of Easley not understanding the meanings of words and he keeps saying he "wasted" the money the tooth fairy gave him, but he really means "spent."  For instance, he says he wasted his first $10 on books and the book fair and he wasted his next $5 on some new legos. Apparently he has major buyer's remorse (he doesn't get this quality from me!!)

 Shep is working on getting a cavity in each tooth by consuming a wild amount of Halloween candy.  I have taught him to brush his teeth after he eats candy, and  I keep seeing him with a toothbrush in his mouth. Since his mom is working hard to lose baby weight and I need the candy to be consumed as quickly as possible, I let him eat has much as he wants.  Also, if you know Shep, he is so active that I think he needs as many calories as he can get!

As for Syd..I found out today that my sweet baby has grown her first tooth! I'm blaming the tooth for the fact that she's a horrible sleeper..not that fact that I am the worst at keeping babies on a schedule. 

 While we are talking about Sydney and her growing up quickly, I must note she's started to eat solid food in the last week.  I took some pictures for my blog if anyone wants some quick pointers on how to make baby food...yes, I'm making my own. Like my friend Molly Knox said "Of course you would make your own food, since you have plenty of time with 3 kids and a job"(or maybe she said this when I started my blog..either way, she was stating the obvious that I love to add "projects" to my already slammed days.) I never even considered making it for the boys, but Shana's been doing it this time around and has promised me it's super easy and cheap.  So far, she's been right.  All you need is some fruits, veggies, a blender and ice cube trays and some big freezer Ziplock baggies to put the ice cubes in. I actually think it tastes pretty good.  Maybe I should go on a baby food diet to lose this baby weight. I'm pretty sure girls used to do it in college (not the late night Pokey-Stick-eating gals I hung out with! :)

 

Making the baby food was so easy I was able to do it while I had 4 little boys playing in the backyard, Syd in a swing, and I was working on an inspection amendment for a new listing we have under contract.  Speaking of which,  right now is a great time to get your house ready to put on the market. The best advice I can give you is to have the house ready to show beautifully in pictures for Internet marketing AND have it it good shape so that an inspection doesn't kill a deal.  Obviously, no one wants to buy a house they think is going to fall apart on them and be a money pit. It's not a bad idea to have your house pre-insepcted by someone you trust and go ahead and address the issues they find. This way, you will be good to go when you get an offer on your house (which is happening in record time these days!!) In short, grit your teeth, fix the issues and move on!


As I said earlier...it was a big week for teeth around here.  I had root canal number 3 that lasted two days because it was so yucky.  If I had addressed the pain I knew was building into a big problem a couple of weeks ago, I bet I could have saved me thousands of dollars! Oh well, you live and learn!!

I'll leave you with a couple of cute Halloween pictures!