The Tooth Fairy

Lily has been very apprehensive about going to the dentist, and as her best friend Max went only a month ago and loved it, we have been having lots of discussions about how when max went to the dentist the tooth fairy (or dental hygienist) was really nice and showed him how to brush his teeth properly and gave him stickers for being so good.

She cried in the car on the way there! She told me she was not feeling brave today and that she will go there when she gets big.

Kicking and screaming I carried her from the car, telling her we were just going to go inside and check everyone was nice and friendly. They were but it didn't help! When it was our turn to go in Lily changed from my beautiful little girl into a raving lunatic that kind of resembled the girl from the exorcist!

It really was like something out of a horror film and they actually had to strap her down to the chair to keep her from wriggling.....and her head spinning!! (it was more like one of those boards that they put you in if you break your neck or back!).

That unfortunately wasn't the end of it because then she refused to open her mouth, started spitting at anyone that came near her and would bite any fingers near her mouth! She went from being the exorcist girl to more like a rabid dog.

They managed to finally open her mouth and put in a plastic wedge that kept her mouth open, the dentist must have been in there for all of 30 secs, they quickly cleaned her teeth and put on a fluoride treatment and told us we were all done - no cavity's!

As Lily was getting up and quickly morphing back into my precious little girl they said, "it will be better next time! we will see you in 6 months!", to which Lily replied "I will see you when I am six!".

Although I found the whole experience very horrific, Lily was back to normal very soon. Maybe one of us should get sedated next time :)

My favourite thing to do with Lily!

Watching The Sunrise

OK, so its not an every day occurrence, but we have had the pleasure of watching the sun rise together on about 5 occasions now, and each time is as precious as the last. Lily loves the waiting to see the first sight of the sun, and all the different colors the sky becomes on its journey. She loves seeing the full circle appear and move its way into the sky and hearing the birds as they begin their day. Normally we drive to the beach in our PJ's and shout to the sun to come up.... but this morning in Stiltsville we were able to sit calmly on the deck and cuddle as the morning started.

The best Pirate party ever!

Saturday August 4th at 11am .........until well as it turned out about 8.30pm! Who knew a four year old birthday party would last that long!! Thank goodness for frozen burgers and sausages!!

It really was the best birthday party I could have ever imagined throwing for Lily and she has been talking about nothing else ever since. When we talked about her birthday a few months ago she told me exactly what she would like for her party, and as it was really the first party she has had with her own friends there, we delivered.

It was pirate themed and at Lily's request anyone not dressed like a pirate would be made to walk the plank! She had a pirate ship birthday cake, a pirate bounce house, and lots of pirate arts and crafts!

There were just under 40 people in all, and some of the costumes were very inventive! With the whole family award going to the Sue Prices family! Even the 3-6 month old babies that were there were in pirate onesies!

And Lily was blessed to have her Daddy, Amity, Gram & Papa there also, so we could all share this special day with her together alongside Kelly and his family.

Check out the pictures to the right! And a big thank you to everyone for making it such a special day!