Happy belated Easter!

This was the best I could do considering the yucky rain and cold Easter morning! Miranda actually was disappointed in what she got from the Easter Bunny this year. I always use the same basket since she was a baby because I thought it was a pretty basket. Anyway, I am not sure if that is why she responded this way, but she said "Uh, Mama......he gave me the same thing like last time!" I couldn't believe it! There was only a couple of things that were the same....and that's just because I thought she liked the candy from last time.LOL Anyway, the little toys she got were different. I may just tell her that the basket is like a Christmas Stocking....we use the same basket/stocking, and the Easter Bunny will come and fill your basket like Santa does your stocking. Hopefully that will work. She is too smart for her own britches! Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Pre-K is on the way!!!

Well, I took Miranda this morning to register for Pre-K here in Gurdon. It is a bittersweet moment for me. For her, it's just plain exciting! She gladly went with me and then as I was filling out paperwork, they were going to take her and let her play some games(test her skills out). She almost started crying when they were going to take her. I could tell that she didn't want to leave me. So, I asked if I could just walk her down there with them and they said that I could take my paperwork and walk into the room with her while she was tested. So, we did and they asked her about colors, counting, stacking blocks, listening to birds singing, balance, and all kinds of stuff to see how smart she is. She passed with flying colors!!! I was such a proud Mom, as always. They said that she had no problems at all to work on and that teachers just love students like this and that they will just eat her up! I was ecstatic!!! So, we went back to the front to finish out my paperwork and were done in no time. I even got to put down a preference of which teacher I would like to have. Everything went very smoothly and just hope that it stays that way. Well, her first day will be August 19th! I am still nervous about her first day and maybe even week. I just hope that she will do well. It's going to really be a weird feeling knowing that I won't be picking her up anymore after that day. I know I will get use to it. My baby is just growing up too fast!!! I know you mothers out there can relate!!! Like I said, it's a bittersweet moment.

Not Another One!!!

My poor baby is losing teeth right and left! Her 3rd tooth is just hanging there waiting to be pulled, but Miranda won't let me pull it. She is scared that it's going to hurt or that it will bleed. So, we had a long night last night. I tried for I don't know how long to get her to just open her mouth to grab that little bitty tooth, but no success in that department. So, I am just waiting until I go to pick her up from daycare today and I am sure that I will receive a little baggy from the teacher with a little tooth in it. The toothfairy is getting his/her workout this year from the Stricklin household!LOL I will let you know when it is out and I probably won't attach pictures unless it really looks a whole lot different. I am sure that you are tired of looking at missing teeth from a 4 year old. :0)

Breaking news just in!!! Miranda lost her 3rd tooth just about 15 minutes ago(3:45PM)! I got a call from Daycare saying that it needs to be pulled because it is just hanging there and they are not allowed to pull teeth. So, I had to go over there and pull it. I didn't really have to pull it though. I just grabbed a hold of it with a kleenex and it just kind of fell out.LOL It was THAT loose! Anyway, I stayed until it stopped bleeding and noticed that there is another tooth trying to come in it's place, so it was time. Okay people, over and out!!! :0)

The Tooth Fairy rides again!!!

Well, my child has lost another tooth! On February 24th she lost her second tooth at daycare during lunch time. I asked her what she was eating when it came out and she said salad.LOL She said she didn't even cry and that she brought it to Ms. Brittany and she put it in a baggy. The tooth fairy came that night and she got 4 quarters and Miranda was very happy about it. It wasn't but a couple of days later and I could see a tooth coming in. I thought there were two coming in at first and then noticed that it is just one coming through in both spots of where she lost her two teeth. Oh my!!! I have a feeling this girl is going to need braces! Her teeth are going to be crowded. My hygienist told me that she was going to have her Mama's mouth and teeth. I didn't want to believe it, but I am afraid she is right. In these pics, you can't see the tooth coming in, but you can see a bigger gap at the bottom where she lost two teeth.LOL The tooth next to the first one she lost is loose too, so it may not be too much longer before she loses her 3rd tooth. I will keep you up to date!!!

The Toothfairy Came!!!

Well, the Toothfairy came to see Miranda on Tuesday night(20th)! Yes, Miranda lost her first tooth at the age of 4 years old....way to early if you ask me! She is growing up too fast! It was so loose last night, that it was just hanging there and I was scared that she might lose it in the night while sleeping and swallow it or lose it at school and not be able to find it! So I went ahead and pulled it. She had changed her mind at the last minute about the color of the whistle she wanted. She said that she wants a blue whistle about 2 nights ago. I told her she needs to stick with one color or you are going to confuse the Toothfairy. It didn't do any good, because the Toothfairy was fresh out of blue whistles. She only had black ones, but had a blue strap to hang the whistle around her neck with. We wrote a letter to the Toothfairy and she wrote one right back to her along with the whistle. She was so excited about the whole thing....the tooth coming out, getting the whistle, getting to tell her friends and family! It was a big event last night! Alicia at daycare said that Miranda is the first one to lose a tooth in Mrs. Brittany's class ever!!! That was also exciting to her. She made history at Bright Beginnings!LOL Anyway, here are a few pics to see how cute she looks without a tooth!

It's too early!!!

Miranda has her 1st loose tooth. I called the dentist to make sure this was okay since she is barely 4 years old. They said that if it isn't discolored or she didn't hit her mouth to make it loose, then it's probably okay. She did start getting them very early(at 3 1/2 months old). The one that is loose is one of the 2 teeth that she got in first. So, I guess my baby is growing too fast! Anyway, I thought since this blog is all about Miranda, I couldn't leave this bit of info out! Oh, and by the way....she doesn't want money. She wants a green whistle from the tooth fairy. Do you know how hard it is to find a green whistle?!!! I had no idea!!! I looked at Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Walmart! Any suggestions?!!! Help!!!

Welcome to the Circus!

Miranda went to the circus for the first time a couple of weeks ago. She loved it!!! I have some pictures, but they are really blurry since it was dark and they moved around a lot. I will show you some of the better ones that I took. Me, Scottie, and Barbara went and had a ball! Unfortunately, Miranda had fever during this time and could not figure out what was wrong with her. She was acting fine and her appetite was fine too.....just a fever. I took her to the doctor that following Monday and it turned out to be just a viral infection with only fever. She was better within a couple of days. Anyway, she didn't let the fever let her time at the circus get ruined. She wants to go again already!