My children always continue to surprise me.

Yesterday we drove up to Farr West to go to the dentist again. Kira is quite pleased with how her retainer turned out. I was worried when we put it in that she would not be another poster child for retainer wearing, like Jordan is, because she seemed frightened of it, and cried a little. She has so far been unable to take it out, or put it in without help. Again- My child had proven me wrong! Surprise the Mom! She has since not murmured one word of complaint, and has "gotten used to it already!" We have to crank it once every four days- like we did with Jordan. Its kind of a pain on my end- and today I have to go mark up my calendar to remind us to do that. But we can do it!!!

Looking right up Kira's nose. Ha ha! Cute little piggy! Were you right???My Dad came down yesterday to bring us our Van. I left it in Ogden on Monday, and rode home with David. He had changed my radio station to a local classical station. (which is kind of a funny thing in and of itself! He LOVES classic rock. When I asked him about that- he said Utah's classic rock stations are terrible and has given up on them. Interesting.) So on the way home I turned on the radio. I listened to it for 20 minutes of so, enjoying myself, before I asked the kids if they wanted me to turn it to the regular station. Jordan immediately pipes up and says,

"No, I like this. We should listen to this more!" Yay! Again my child surprises me. When we arrived home Nicole - who had still been in school when we left- told me she did not find my note until 2 hours after she arrived home from school. I was again surprised! I have lefts noted magneted to the front door, the fridge, the tv, and the door leading to her room in the past. They NEVER see them because where ever I put it- they do the opposite that day. So yesterday I typed up the note and left it full screen here on the computer. She has been checking her email every day after school because her and her cousin send jokes to each other. Nope. Yesterday Nicole came home from school, did her homework, and took a nap.

What?! Seriously? When does she ever do that? I never win.