Happy Spook Day!

I am afraid of the dentist. I had a traumatic experience when I had my wisdom teeth out at 18, and I haven't been back since. Well, untill about a month ago. Amazingly I had only 2 cavities, which are small and can wait a bit, until I can muster up the courage to get them filled.

My kids on the other hand...well, they are the reason I started going again. I decided to set a good example, and really, I thought I should go in before we had any problems......too late!

Princess has 6 caveties!!! J-train has "a few". The dentist said I need to have them filled soon and then she recomended a pediatric dentist for them. I am a nervous wreck! I feel horrible I didn't go in sooner, but mostly I am scared to death for them to have them filled. None of us wants our kids to be in pain or scared. My trauma involved being held down because the oral surgeon didn't believe me when I said it wasn't numb yet! I am so fearful that my kids will be alone and scared and I can't protect them because "it has to be done".

And what does this have to do with Halloween?? You may have guessed by now, but it's the biggest candy holiday of the year. Ever since the dentist appointment, I have been Nazi-ish about teeth brushing, flossing and NOT eating sugar! But how can I deny them a classic childhood event like dressing up and begging candy from strangers? And of course it's no longer limited to one day of scowering the neighborhood. NO, now we have the Harvest carnival at church, the costume party with so-and-so, and of course, you can't miss Boo at the Zoo!

So if you haven't guessed, Princess is, well, a Fairy Princess. Little Monster is Elmo and J-train is Anakin Skywalker (before going to the dark side). (ps daddybird made the Jedi costume, I can't sew)

I may try a trick I heard recently of trying to buy the candy from them with quarters...we shall see how that goes. The cany saga rages in every household I am sure. I just hope those cavities will stand at bay for a little while longer, so I don't have a neervous breakdown before its over.

So you have a bit of insite to one of my many nerousis...stick around! :)

Taking the plunge!

Well, I have lurked on blogs for oh so long, but have finnaly decided that with all the time I have on my hands, between homeschooling, church going, La Leche Leaguing, raising 3 kids, a husband, a dog and some fish....to jump in with both feet and journal our lives!

So I will start by introducing the nestful...our daddy bird is a software engineer, a great father and husband. Chikadea (the mom...that's me) is a busy bird who barely keeps up with the nest building. I have some life philosophies that are not exactly mainstream, but that I hope to be able to express here, without as much harsh criticizim as I recieve in real life. I also hope if anyone has any advice about home organization it will help, I am a horrible housekeeper! The three hatchlings are J-train (8) who is a huge Star Wars fan eventhough his parents are lame enough not to let him see the new movies yet, Princess (6) our budding artist, and the Little Monster (22months) who is part monkey and all loveable (though I just wish he would sleep!).

I am all of a sudden overwhelmed by all the things in my head that want to explode out into this blog. I didn't do justice to the intros, but I know there will be time for that.

Here is my favorite poem and my inspiration...


The Road Not Taken


TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

-Robert Frost

......and so it begins.....