Loosing Teeth

During Sacrament meeting on September 14, Noah pulled out one of his teeth that was loose. It made the meeting more interesting to my kids and the families in front and behind us. Noah left the chapel holding his mouth and bleeding. When he returned everyone around us was looking to see if he had his tooth out. It was the talk of Primary. The next Sunday we are sitting in Sacrament meeting and Jonah says, "Mom, look at my tooth." I turn to look at him wiggling his tooth and then it pops out of his mouth onto the floor. We both gasped out loud which meant that our neighbors in front and behind us were going to watch more Larson drama. Jonah left the chapel bleeding and holding his mouth then returned with paper towels. That is the most excitement our ward has had in a long time. The next day, Monday, I went to the school to help out in Ezra's class. He came up to me when I entered the classroom and said, "Mom, my tooth is really loose." I told him to keep wiggling it and sat down to grade papers for his teacher, Mrs.Watson. Ezra went back to sit on the floor with the rest of the students and a minute later Ezra stands up holding his mouth with his tooth in his hand! That was the first tooth he has ever lost. Mrs.Watson gave him a box shaped like a tooth and we rinsed out his mouth. Another exciting time for the Larson boys. The tooth fairy might have to get a loan if they keep at it much longer.

Noah's Arrow of Light

Noah earned his Arrow of Light. We had a pack meeting two weeks ago. He is now officially a Boy Scout. We had all the scouts make tool boxes with their families that Bro.Gardner had his Page Lumber staff cut. It was a lot of fun. We started combining scouts on a stake level this January and it has been very successful. I am over Jonah's Wolf Den (in addition to being our ward Primary president) and we only have 4 wolves in the whole stake! We meet with the 5 Bears. Today we are having scouts at our house because we are passing off their cooking achievement. We are baking cookies and cooking hot dogs on outside on our fire pit. There are about 5 Webelos. What a small stake. It is great getting the boys from other wards together.

Hannah Rocks at Volleyball!

We have had a blast watching Hannah play volleyball the past few weeks. She has a great overhand serve. Last week they played Shonto and she had 13 straight serves to win the 3rd game. Her team had won the first, lost the second, and they were down 2 to 7 when she came up to serve. They won that game 15-7. Half of her team can't even get the ball over the net so it was a big deal to be that consistent. They use rally scoring for any volleyball fans reading. That means they get points on defense as well as offense. We went to Tuba City last Saturday for a tournament and it makes you appreciate Page! She has two more games then she will start dance again. Always busy.

Noah's Birthday

We celebrated Noah's 11th birthday together at home. Scott and Noah went to a Diamondbacks game in Phoenix two days before his birthday. They went to the Science Museum in Phoenix also and had a fun weekend together. I don't have pics of them at the game because I have no idea how to get pics from Scott's phone to my computer. I am behind the times for technology. Noah loves cheesecake so he wanted one for his birthday. A homemade cheesecake that took 6 hours to make and has to cool overnight. But Noah is worth it and was the best cheesecake we have ever had!

Basement Fun part 3

I have to put more of the boys creative basement games in our blog. I am so thankful we have an unfinished basement that the boys can destroy and then pick up then destroy again. This game is based on the TV show, "Wipeout". Has anyone seen it? You jump from obstacle to obstacle trying not to fall into the goo. The boys stacked the cushions from the couches and the pillows and had races to see who could go the fastest without falling. Noah and Ezra had a friend over so it was quite a competition.

Esther's Birthday

We had a princess birthday party for Esther's 4th birthday on Aug.27. Everyone dressed up as a princess including Hannah and Nicole. Jonah & Ezra were the escorts for the princesses. We played fun princess games: Kiss the Frog, Princess & the Pea (we hid a small ball under a pillow and they had to sit on the 4 pillows and guess where it was hidden), a Princess Dance, pinata, and made necklaces. It was so fun! I haven't had a girly part since Hannah was this age. I made a princess castle cake that leaned a little too much but held together until we ate it. Esther's favorite present was from Hannah, who got her makeup. Esther used up all the makeup in a week! She got a few purses and magic wands and loved everything.