This morning's excitement and misc. stuff

After brushing his teeth this morning O came to me all excited with his front tooth in his hand.  His front two teeth have been loose for a good week or so with the one that fell out more loose than the other.  I'm sure the second one is soon to follow and we can start all of the "toofless" jokes.  He'll be in heaven as he has waited for his teeth to fall out for so long.  His bottom two, as you can see, are growing in nicely after falling out last fall.  So, a visit from the tooth fairy is in order.

M received a very cool painting kit from Big Gram M for Christmas.  She has been bugging me to paint for some time and we finally had time last week.  The kit came with brushes, paints and 2 canvas pre-drawn pictures to paint.  They were circus themed pictures but you wouldn't know it to look at them now!  She had so much fun and really enjoys arts and crafts.  Too bad she got me as a mom--one of the least artsy craftsy people on the planet!  I try.  And, thank goodness, family and friends contribute as well.

M was helping me take a few photos for a poster I am doing as part of a group project at school.  After taking the photos that I posed for she wanted to pose too.  This photo was too cute not to share.

In other misc. news, O had a stomach bug over the weekend.  He couldn't keep anything down beginning mid-afternoon on Saturday.  He was much better on Sunday and wanted chips, salsa and sour cream (his favorite meal/snack/food) for lunch which didn't upset him at all.  It was very quick to come on and very quick to leave.  C had the same thing yesterday and stayed home from work.  He did really well laying in bed with his work clothes on (to keep him in the right frame of mind!), talking on his Blackberry, typing on the computer, all with a trash can nearby.  Very functional office if you ask me.  So far M and I have been spared the fun bug.  I'm sure it will hit me tomorrow as I have on my schedule a presentation and a midterm.

I am on day five of a Master Cleanse.  It is the same cleanse I did last October.  This time I timed it for midterms week so I wouldn't stress eat.  However, last time I timed it for the END of my cycle.  This time my cycle started 2 days into it.  I am always starving when I start.  It has been a bit tougher this time around dealing with the hunger.  I only fell off the wagon once on Sunday night.  I ate 7 saltine crackers.  That was what was left in the box so I finished them off.  I've been better since then but still more hungry than I remember last time.  I'll have to definitely keep my cycle in mind next time I do the cleanse.