Losing Teeth
You would think that I’m referring to Katherine, right?
Well, it turns out BOTH girls are losing teeth. Katherine’s lower left front tooth is getting mighty wobbly, with the lower right front tooth not soon behind.
Allison managed to slide down her grandparent’s ottoman face first a couple weeks ago. Voila, her front right tooth is turning brown. So, Allison just may lose one of her front teeth before Katherine, according to her dentist.
Interesting Conversations
I won’t recount the verbatims (way too long), but we’ve been having very interesting conversations with Katherine and Allison lately.
Here are their recent conclusions, based on various conversations:
- Katherine is now willing to pay me $1 a day for doing Mom-work.
- Allison now says we can “pay our bills!” since she received $8 for Chinese New Years in her red envelope.
- Katherine says the best way to resolve two competing job offers is to do each job half-day — or better yet alternate days!
- Katherine suspects that if/when she visits Boston Harbor, she’ll step on old tea leaves that have washed up from the Boston Tea Party.
- Katherine’s favorite ice cream ever is mint chocolate chip…no wait! bubble gum…Allison’s is definitely chocolate chip cookie dough
Chinese New Year
We went to my mom’s house on Sunday night to celebrate New Years Eve. Katherine, who has the memory of an elephant, remembered the red envelopes. So, after some leading questions from Katherine, my mom explained that Katherine wasn’t going to get the envelope yet, but that if she says Happy New Year (in Chinese) to an adult or elder 1-15 days after Chinese New Year, then she’ll get the hum bao.
Next day, Katherine marched right up to me and tried to say Happy New Year. She even bowed.
Allison, who was still rolling around doing her dragon dance interpretation, finally clued in.
Both girls took their “dollars” upstairs for safekeeping.