Aliya Lost Her First Tooth!

Just a few minutes ago, I helped to pull out Aliya's first tooth. Her tooth was bleeding, and it was twisted to the side. She wanted me to finish pulling it because I think she was a unsure what exactly would happen.

We are saving the tooth to take to Oklahoma tomorrow. Tomorrow night we will put her tooth under her pillow--I can't have her put it under her pillow tonight because I don't have any cash! Aliya is so excited! She thought it would NEVER be her turn to lose a tooth!

Kiahna's First Sleepover

Last night Kiahna had her first ever sleepover. She has been looking forward to having HER turn ever since Aliya got to spend the night. Even though I was not there, I did leave my camera with Betsy so she could catch the highlights.

Apparently a time of dress up and fun was on the schedule! How could it get better than that? Well, it did...bath time!!! I wish that I could post those cutie pictures, but I'm not.

Finally, it was time for bed. Betsy said they all went to sleep without a problem. I thought it was smooth sailing from here, but then I got a phone call a little after midnight. Kiahna woke up, and she was crying for her Mama. I had to go pick her up and bring her back home. Overall, I think it was a pretty successful attempt.

We LOVE Braum's!

On Thursday, July 31, 2008, we went on a Braum's factory tour with our homeschool group. I knew it was going to be a good trip, and I was right!

We got to ride the cow bus to the factory. We didn't tour the milking facilities, but we could see all the cows and the milking stations in the fields.

I was really proud of my girls. They were very well behaved. The lady tour guide asked each of the children what their favorite flavor of ice cream was, and even Kiahna boldly announced her choice--which is stawawbarry.

We got to see a lot of things being made--nutty ice cream cones, milk, cottage cheese, low fat vanilla ice cream, ice cream containers, and milk bottles.

When we finished the tour and arrived back at the starting point, we were each given an ice cream on a stick. Not a bad way to end the tour!