Maggie Funny

Maggie: Mommy, I'll make a deal with you.
Me: Maggie, we don't always have to make a deal.  You don't have to negotiate everything.
Maggie: Mommy, just hear me out.

Yikes!  We may be in trouble when this girl is a teenager!

Another Day, Another Tooth!

It's like she's trying to make up for lost time because Maggie lost her second tooth first thing this morning!

First Tooth

Maggie finally lost her first tooth!!  She's had 4 semi-loose teeth for months now, but the one that finally fell out has been really loose for weeks.  She's even had the permanent tooth growing for weeks, too!  She decided tonight to keep working on it until it came out!  She ran excitedly to show Rob and I once she got it out.  It actually bled quite a bit, too, since she had to work on it so much.  She couldn't wait to put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy tonight either.  I printed out a tooth receipt and slipped $2 by her pillow.  I can't wait to see her reaction in the morning!

June

The month of June is going to be just as busy as May was for the Smith household!  Maggie will continue with softball practices and games, I will be tutoring 2 days a week, Maggie will have Vacation Bible School for a week, she'll be taking swimming lessons again each week, we'll be taking our vacation to Seattle, and I'll head to Hutchinson to receive the two grants I won.  Check back for updates to be posted throughout the month!

Maggie's Softball Game

For the first time, Maggie decided she wanted to play softball this summer.  She started in late April and the season will run through the entire month of June.  Her team is called the Pink Pirates and she's on the team with many of her friends.  She's doing pretty well considering this is her first experience playing and it's machine pitch, too.  She doesn't always hit the ball when she's up at bat, and gets pretty discouraged if she doesn't, but Rob and I just tell her to keep trying and she'll get better and better!  She seems to have a knack for outfield.  When she's not bored waiting on some action and playing in the dirt, she does a great job stopping/catching the ball and getting it to the person on base.  Rob says she seems to be a better defensive player so far.  Here are some pictures from her first game:

End of the School Year

The month of May has been crazy busy with the end of school and Maggie starting softball!  We had all the regular end of the year things, plus our annual Night at the Museum at school.  This year's theme was Boston because we went to Boston last summer.  Since I went on the trip, I was in charge of helping run the Night at the Museum event this year.  This was the first time we've ever done it the last week of school, too.  Unfortunately, I had to work the event, and Rob had to work that night, so we didn't get to take Maggie around to all the rooms.  Luckily, she went around with one of my co-worker's older daughters, but I wasn't able to get any pictures.  Maggie had a great time going around to each room until later that night she came back to my room and didn't feel well.   She literally just sat at my desk, wouldn't eat anything, and ended up running a temperature.  We left the event and headed to the clinic that was open until 8:00.  We just made it, too.  By the time we got there, Maggie had a temp. of 101 and an ear infection.  We got some prescriptions filled and headed home.  Poor thing was miserable and wanted me to carry her everywhere.  Needless to say, since she had a temperature that night, she couldn't go to school the next day, the last day of school.  She was heartbroken at first, but felt better when I told her we were just going around to all the rooms again to see their Night at the Museum stuff and that Rob was going to come up to the all-school picnic at 11:00, eat with her, and take her home after anyway.  I was sad for her that she wouldn't get to spend the last day of school with her friends, classmates and teachers (Mrs. Pitzer, her long-term sub and Mrs. Gerken, who was coming in for the last day).  Luckily, Rob was off and could stay at home with her since I couldn't miss the last day with my kiddos.  This year flew by!  I had a wonderful class that I grew very attached to.  Plus, Maggie will be moving up to second grade next year, which is hard to believe.  She had a fantastic year, too, and I will miss her being in the same hall as me next year.  Thank goodness I still have one more year with her at the same school! :)