"Have you any more?" WHAT?

Last weekend we went down to VA to Sean's cousins house to a party because he just got a huge promotion in the Marines.

We got the hotel and the kids were so excited to spend the night there. They had a pool in the hotel so they went swimming for an hour then we headed to Jeff's house for the party, which was great. They ran around all night long with all their cousins. They played the Wii, flashlight tag and watched Avatar the movie.

We got back to the hotel at 10 and all passed out. Sunday morning we had breakfast and got on the road. Clare was singing to us on the way home.

"BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP HAVE YOU ANY MORE? YES SIR, YES SIR, 3 BAGS FULL."

Me: "No, Clare it's HAVE YOU ANY WOOL?" So I explained to her why it's wool and how they shave the sheep. She continued to sing it that way.

Aidan says, "I think that song is making her crazy in the head!"

We all agreed! Ha Ha! Never a dull moment in this Healey house!

What a NIGHTMARE!

Today Aidan was supposed to have a root canal. He complained on Halloween night that his tooth hurt so we stopped the insane intake of candy, threw out the remains and called the dentist on Monday morning.

He had an infection and a huge cavity and had to have a root canal. Today we went in to have the procedure done. Aidan was a little squirmy but complained the whole time that he was in pain! I knew there was something wrong because he really doesn't get too worked up about that kind of stuff. He's had several cavities filled already, and had no problem with those.

The dentist got halfway through the procedure and said, "I can't work on him anymore and said I need to refer him to a pediatric dentist." So I got the number and called. Luckily they got us in this afternoon. We got through the first appointment and he has 8 cavities and the dentist there wants him to go to the OR and get all of it done at once and pull the bad tooth. Aidan was a champ and said he "LOVES this dentist!" So we're going through with it! Sean and I just want him to not be scared of the dentist and also have good teeth as an adult!

Fashion 911

Last Saturday as we're pretty much walking out the door to Ballerina School I grab a baseball cap and throw it on. Here is the conversation I had with my 3 year old daughter:

Clare: "Why do you have that hat on Mommy?"

Me: "Because my hair is crazy Clare."

Her face now stricken with panic!

Clare: "Are you going to take it off before you bring me into my Ballerina School?"

Me: "Um, NO! My hair looks crazy right now so I need it"

Clare: "Well none of the other Mommies at my Ballerina School wear hats like that."

Me: "Well Bug, do I look like all the other Mommies in your Ballerina School?"

On that note we pretty much agreed and she ran to the door to leave.

*NOTE* The hat was a "Life is Good" hat with a pink heart on the front.... come on it is her favorite color. That should earn me some kind of brownie points!

What rhymes with Saddie and Ms. Katie?

HAITI!

That's where Sean was for 10 (actually) 11 straight days to make a documentary! Needless to say I weathered the storm sans my partner in crime. He left on a Tuesday morning at 2:45. When the kids were going to bed the night before, we talked about where Daddy was going and what he'd be doing once he got there. "He's going to Haiti," I tell them. Clare says, "That rhymes with Saddie" and Aidan says, "Yeah and Ms. Katie."

I explained to Aidan (4) and Clare (3) as much as I could that there was an earthquake (which is when the earth shakes alot - as I shook my body around the room) and that some people had no place to live now because their houses got knocked down. (But don't worry because we don't have earthquakes in MD so our house won't fall down.) Now Daddy has to go there with a group of people who collect a lot of money to help them build new houses- Catholic Relief Services. They were sad to see him go but were excited that on the day he got home was time for trick or treating.

So the first night Sean was gone we were driving home and Clare says, "How come Daddy went to Haiti to help people build houses?" Aidan responds (not missing a beat), "He didn't go to help them build houses, he went to make them a bideo so they aren't sad anymore." (of course my Mommy pride is busting out of my chest and I've got a tear in my eye- what a sweet little boy I'm thinking) and no sooner did that thought cross my mind, did he finish his comment with, "Ya whinker!" Which is Aidan's American version of the British whanker. UGH!

Well at least they were paying attention to our conversation the previous night and sort of understand the super cool thing their Dad just spent 11 days away from us doing.