Gracie loses her first tooth!

Last night, Gracie was chowing down on a Drumstick ice cream cone, when she handed me something. "Here, Mommy, this is too hard," she said. I thought it was a nut; so did she. It was a tooth, instead. I didn't even realize she had any loose, but the one next to it isn't far from falling out, too.

Our little girl is getting so big!

Our Little Catwoman

Gracie is on a superhero kick and is dressing up as Catwoman for Halloween this year. Look how cute she is!

Somebody tell me what this is

Gracie won this last night at the Pike County Fair. WTF??!!

EDIT: A Googled definition of the word "benign": Kind; gentle; mild; Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

So be it, but I think they could've used better word. LOL.

The Wolves in the Walls

Neil Gaiman has outdone himself again. I asked the library to order one of his children's books called "The Wolves in the Walls." It finally came in, so I checked it out and took it home to read to Gracie. I was a little worried at first because the artwork is very dark, especially paired with the story...

Gracie, who will be 4 in September, was completely engrossed by the book. She made me read it twice in a row to her. At first, she didn't quite understand everything that was happening, so the second time around, she asked me to explain everything that was happening in the pictures. Since then, she's been talking about it nonstop. We read it to her a total of 3 times that first night...and she made Jenn read it to her 3 times the next day as well. In addition, it's a story I love to read...there's plenty of subtle jokes for adults.

If you have a little 'un, or if you're ever around kids, try reading this book to them...