At The Library

It dawned on me recently that the girls had not spent any time in a real library, and so yesterday I took them to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. After asking the librarian politely for books on Sleeping Beauty, Emma and Caroline spent most of our visit in the Disney section- despite my efforts to interest them in a wider variety of titles. Fortunately, the Clifford books were next door to the Disney collection, and so we did manage to peruse those as well. The girls also received coloring pages from the librarian and spent a while making artful masterpeices for us to take home. We also took home a Tinkerbell book and a couple DVDs. It was a great introduction to the local library... here's hoping for more creative- and perhaps educational??- selections on our next visit!

Emma reading her selected picture book

Emma and Caroline coloring masterpeices

We Went to the Dentist!

Yesterday was the girls' first trip to the dentist. And yes, all you super on-the-ball parents out there, I know they are a little old to be going to the dentist for the first time, but it's just one of those things that kept getting put off! In any case, the overall experience was very positive, and the girls were happy and cooperative through it all. The atmosphere of the place certainly helped with their behavior. I have never been to a dentists' office with so many TVs, gaming consoles, and park-like giant animals to climb on. The dentist I went to as a kid had a smelly, old, and boring office! The news was not all positive, though, because it turns out Emma has four, yes, FOUR, cavities. We will be returning to see Dr. Hunt very soon to take care of them. Until then, the girls will be enjoying their new Disney Princess toothbrushes and will, unfortunately, probably continue to string floss around the house as if it were a party decoration...


Caroline gets her teeth cleaned



Dr. Hunt gives Caroline a check-up



Emma on the big Hippo waiting for her turn with Dr. Hunt




Dr. Hunt checks Emma out- and finds bad news :-(



The girls pose for their official first-visit photo