The mouth, the show-off and that time

Just a little bit of everything on this Monday morning...
First of all, we have been working with Shelby on her language, bad language that is. She has discovered naughty words (gee, I wonder who she heard those from?) and likes to try them out, I'm afraid. Her favorites range from "stupid," "dumb" and "dammit" to much worse! Ahhhhh!!! She even says them in different ways to try and disguise what she is actually saying to try and avoid getting into trouble! That little smarty. Fortunately for me, she is smart enough to understand that they are bad words so we have been talking alot about what are and are not bad words and why they are bad words. It seems to help her to understand whey they aren't good.
At least now I know that when she uses them now, she knows what she is doing. Interesting times that I am hoping to nip in the bud because I don't want Miss Gretchen, the girl's new sitter/teacher to have a talk with me about language in the near future!

Sarah had her first visit to the dentist last week. Both girls have gone in recent weeks but I was dreading Sarah's visit much more than Shelby's. Toothbrushing time at our house often ends with Sarah crying because I have to pry my way into her mouth to brush just a little bit. So we get to the dentist and Sarah is right away super friendly with the assistant and when she asked her to open her mouth like an alligator --she did! That girl was such a show-off! They just gushed over what a great patient she was for a 2 year old. Hmmm, did someone secretly switch my daughter with one who likes to have her teeth cleaned and mouth looked at?

This is my last day of summer vacation. Where did the summer go? As usual, I have mixed emotions about this one. I will so miss all of the time I have gotten to spend with the girls but I know that it is time to go back. I have had more than a few days this summer when I wanted to call Cindy, my principal, and ask if she's sure it's wasn't time for school to start yet. We are planning on enjoying the day by hanging out with some friends at our house this morning.