NOW THIS IS A BIG DEAL

The first part of February has been pretty stinking good. Three things have happened that we consider a big deal in our house.

The 1st thing...

As soon as Brooke jumped in the car on Friday the 5th, she announced that she was selected for student of the month. She was so excited that it was her turn since Cole was selected back in October. Plus, it's extra special to have your picture displayed in the cafeteria.

She had kind of a rough start to the school year as I mentioned before, mostly due to her shyness, but has been improving so well lately. Even though she says she doesn't like going to school, I think really enjoys learning and feeling like she's keeping up with Cole in some way. When we act surprised that she tells us something we didn't know she knew, she'll say, "I'm getting smarter." Indeed.
After Brooke's first report card wasn't so great, I explained to the teacher that she really does know her high frequency words (sight words), but she's just embarrassed to say them out loud. Her teacher has been very patient with her in trying to get her to come out of her shell. I think it also helps that we remind her that she has to answer her teacher if she wants to go to 1st grade. Now she's doing great, and we're so very of proud of her!

The 2nd thing...

Brooke lost her first big front tooth on Superbowl Sunday! I don't know how it stayed in there so long because that sucker was loose for a few of months. I thought that surely it would've been out before Christmas, but she refused to let anyone try and get it out. She didn't care that she could hardly take a bite of anything. She'd just cram her food to the other side of her mouth and gnaw on it like it was normal.

She messed with it all during the football game and then, out of the blue, just popped up in excitement that her tooth came out. It's so strange to see it missing though. She has such a giant hole compared to the little bitty tooth that was just there.No telling how big those chompers will be now. Nathan had big front teeth, I had big front teeth, and now Cole has big front teeth so...She's pretty much screwed. Fingers crossed that they won't be too bad!
This is a big deal. A huge deal. A milestone in our little girl's life. It means that she is really growing up and changing so quickly. We know that braces are already in our future for both of the kids, but we may need that beating stick to ward off the boys sooner than we think because she'll be a beautiful teenager before we know it. Seriously, where does the time go?

The 3rd thing...

We got more snow, man! Sweet! Luckily, school was already scheduled to be out that Monday for President's Day. More about the snow on the next post...