Green Mountain Hike

We took the kids hiking up Green Mountain. It's a nice hike for kids. Not too far from home, not too steep (at least the first half), and it has great views. It's about a 4.5 mile hike up the mountain. I was hoping to get the the top, but the kids were starting to get tired about 2.5 miles up the mountain. Ian had walked almost the whole way up. We decided it wouldn't be wise to push on to the summit so we headed back down. About a half a mile down Ian wanted me to carry him and he fell asleep. I had to carry him the last two miles down the mountain. My arms were so sore for days.

Ralph The Hairdresser Strikes Again!

Not happy with Ralph's work

Ralph the Hairdresser sneaks around at night (just like the tooth fairy) giving unsuspecting people fabulous new hairstyles while they sleep. Ian was not impressed with Ralph's work recently and was quite distressed that I wanted to take his picture. Ian does not like to have his hair messed up and has strong fashion ideas. The other day he even tucked his t-shirt into his elastic waistband shorts. That took some effort on his part and he was quite impressed with himself. Thankfully Ralph usually leaves Ian alone and he wakes up handsome as ever.

Good morning handsome

Braces

smile

Rachel got braces in April. She was really excited to get them. How cool are braces!!! She got them first thing in the morning and then I took her back to school. She was flashing her smile to everyone we passed. The secretaries in the school office asked her if she liked them. Of course she does, what's not to love. Three hours later I went back to school to pick her up. What a difference three hours makes. Poor Rachel, she was in so much pain. She also had to get an expander in the roof of her mouth a week later. We had to turn the screw in the roof of her mouth four times a day to widen her palate. That wasn't fun for either of us. She was in so much pain that there were a couple of nights that she just cried in her "sleep" all night. We finished turning the screw May 8th and now we are just waiting for her palate to heal and then we will start moving her teeth back together. She's doing great with her braces now.