Hello again, everyone!! It seems like there was something going on every day this week. On Monday, Victoria and Mommy went with Daddy to his company picnic. These are great events that always have lots of things set up for the kids. Victoria was able to eat lots of food, go on rides, win toys by playing carnival games, and have a super-cool balloon made for her (she set her sights low…asking for a butterfly balloon….but, was ecstatic when she received a balloon that was a pink elephant, kicking a yellow ball through a hoop…obviously, this was a very skilled balloon maker). On Victoria’s second helping of ice cream (a chocolate bar), her front bottom teeth started to really give way (they have been on the verge for some time now). When we got home, one was on its last leg. When she rinsed her mouth after she brushed her teeth, one finally came out.
Now, needless to say, Victoria has been a bit nervous about loosing her teeth. So, we have had a number of conversations with her to let her know that it means that she is growing up and that the lost teeth would be replaced with “big girl teeth”. We also explained that everyone would be so happy to hear about the tooth and even explained the wonders of the Tooth Fairy. At first, she was in disbelief that someone would give you ‘surprises’ for one of your teeth, but she was excited by the concept. However, now that the Tooth Fairy’s first visit was looming, she was a little scared about someone coming in while she slept. So, it’s a good thing that the Tooth Fairy needed to get the order in by 9pm (Victoria’s tooth fell out around 9:15pm) and that we were able to call the Tooth Fairy the next day to ask her to leave Victoria’s surprises with us to be left under her pillow. So, the Tooth Fairy arrived the next day while Victoria was at Day Camp and Victoria ran straight for her bedroom when she got home. She absolutely loved the stickers, book and coins that the Tooth Fairy left for her.
Interestingly, the loss of her first tooth led to a big conversation between the three of us. Victoria was telling us stories about other kids in the orphanage that had lost their teeth and had not gotten any special surprises (from the Tooth Fairy). This conversation actually sparked an even bigger conversation about her time in the orphanage. We are always very open to hearing these stories and even introduced some pictures that we were fortunate enough to have received from one of her caregivers at the orphanage. When Victoria saw these pictures, she was very excited and started to tell us everyone’s names and stories about how she interacted with each one. Also, we were finally able to put a face with the name of a child that Victoria had been telling stories about for months regarding one boy in particular, who seemed to be something of a ‘class-clown’ (since Victoria always said how he made her laugh).
Little Miss has been making exceptional strides in socializing at Day Camp over the last two weeks. She even seems to have made her first official friend and got invited to her first friend birthday party. One day this week, the Day Camp had a clown show. The clown showed the kids all about clown makeup and made balloons for the kids (Victoria got a dog balloon…interesting choice, no?).
Victoria had minor surgery on Friday of this week (ears and adenoids). Our little angel (as she was described by one of the receptionists), was a bit uncertain at the start of the procedure, but the doctors and nurses were excellent. Victoria handled the procedure like a champ (one of the nurses even made her a flower balloon) but was a little rough coming out of her first anesthesia. There were a few medicines that she needed to take over the following days. Of course, as with pretty much every other medicine, she simply hates it. However, like last time, we have a method that seems to be working and keeps the ordeal to a minimum. We set her up on the couch with some cuddly fleece blankets and she was able to relax while she recovered and watched some Disney movies this weekend.
Once she got her strength back, we were able to head out to the park for a little play time, some catch and a little kite flying. Since the weather is nice, we even got her outside for some fun running through the sprinkler. We finished off the weekend by taking in a baseball game (the same team that we went to see on Father’s Day). Victoria loved seeing the mascots again and even got a few ‘high-fives’ from both of them during the game. Of course, she thought that she was going to be able to run the bases again (which we did on Father’s Day). To head off a little melt down, we needed to explain that they only allow that on certain days. So, she raced Daddy to the car instead.
Here are some pictures from this week…
Showing off one of the prizes she won at the picnic:
That was some balloon!
Having fun jumping at Daddy’s company picnic:
“Everybody’s Goin’ Surfin’” (at the picnic):
Heading straight to her room to see if the Tooth Fairy came:
Excited about what the Tooth Fairy left for her:
Spiderman 3D glasses…cool!
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