The Peanut's 5 yr portraits

I had The Peanut's 5 yr old portraits done a few years ago. She did a wonderful job! I also got a few photos of the kids taken together. I am going to share a few of them here but am saving one for my Christmas card. Don't want to spoil its arrival for you!

Sleep. . .

Since our move to Winston-Salem 16 months ago, the Peanut has had a difficult time deciding where to sleep. I am chalking this up to first of all living in a hotel room for 5 weeks, the number of transitions we have made over the last 3 years, her age, and also just wanting to be close to Mom. She has had periods of sleeping in her room in her bed, on her floor, in my bed, on my floor, and in the hallway. Below are pictures I have taken of a couple of these various sleeping arrangements. I never know when I go to bed, if she will still be sleeping where I put her to bed.


For her birthday, I bought her new bedding with horses on it. I had hoped this might help her to start sleeping in her bed again. And the results of this experiment..... See Below!! YEAH!

The Peanut's 5th Birthday

As I predicting, I have not been very successful posting regularly on my blog. School, work, home life, and more seem to get in the way. So I am going to take some time tonight to update you all on the happenings in our home over the last month or so.

On October 4th, we had the joy of celebrating the Peanut's 5th birthday. However up until that week she swore she was going to be 10 on her birthday. This was all due to her preschool teacher posting last year on the birthday poster her name and birth date 10-4-03. Being an emergent reader, she read the poster backwards, 03-4-10. So she took it to mean, "I was 3, then I was 4, so next I am going to be 10!" No amount of explaining and counting was going to change her mind. So in anticipation of her birthday, I was very careful to not put a 5 on anything to help prevent a potential meltdown over my being "wrong."

The Peanut had her birthday at Bounce U, a wonderful location filled with large inflated slides and bouncing obstacle courses. Many of her friends attended and lots of fun was had! And now she says she is 5 and she is not going to get any older! Here we go again!!! Hope you enjoy the photos!!

A First

Yesterday the Peanut had a new first, her first dentist appointment. I wasn't sure how it would go being that haircuts are usually a difficult task with her. However upon arrival, she was given a pair of latex gloves so she could also be a dentist. She then brushed the large model teeth.

Then she got right into the chair where she was given special glasses to wear and also received some lip gloss on her lips. It was like she was a movie star!

She then allowed the hygentist to do a complete exam, cleaning and fluoride treatment.

The dentist, Dr. Glazener, then came in and did his exam!

And what was the final result?

A Big Bright Beautiful Smile!!!!!