Go Big Blue

Cousins

Hose

Fireman

Fireman

Fireman

The Circus

Tooth Fairy

Garett got kind of sassy with the Tooth Fairy when he didn't receive what he considered proper compensation.  In all fairness, he wasn't compensated at all.  But the Tooth Fairy has been very busy.  Give the Tooth Fairy a break!

Since Garett started throwing his weight around demanding his usual $1 per tooth and demanding the Tooth Fairy pay $1 per day for every day the Tooth Fairy delayed payment, he got a note from the Tooth Fairy.  Here it is.  

Dear Garett,

 

Thank you ever so much for your sincere and heart felt critique of me, the Tooth Freaking Fairy.   I can't tell you how much it pains me to know that you're unhappy with the speed with which I replace your nasty, detached tooth with valuable currency.  

 

Oh wait.   Yes I can.   NOT VERY MUCH!

 

Do you have any idea how busy I am??   People are loosing teeth left and right!   Have you studied census data lately!?   Sure, this was a pretty sweet gig in the early 1900's.   There were about 80 million people in this country back then.   Many had lost teeth before immigrating (no cost to me).   And those that lost teeth here were thrilled with a penny.   I could take my time getting from house to house, and keep people happy on the cheap.  

 

But now?   Now?   Now we have nearly 320 million people in this country.   That's 4 times as many people!   And now people expect a full dollar per tooth!!   That's 100 times more expensive!    And it's not just more houses to visit and higher expenses per tooth.   People lock their windows, have yappy dogs – and don't get me started on modern security systems!  My job is harder than ever.   Combine that with the cartilage damage in my wings, and I have a hard time mustering much sympathy in response to your complaint!!

 

But you know what they say - the customer is always right.   If I don't make you happy, you'll just take your business elsewhere.  

 

Oh wait.   Just where exactly is ELSE in this case???  Who else is going to give you money for that germ covered chicklet?   Do I have competition here??  No!!  And do you know why I don't have any competition?  Because as it turns out, this is a pretty crappy investment!  For decades I've been trying to figure out how to make money from these used teeth.   But I can find no use, and there is absolutely no aftermarket for these things.   I'm deep in debt on this deal, and my creditors are becoming impatient.  I'd change careers if I could, but my resume is not terribly attractive.   I break into houses, steal bio-hazard, and leave a little something under the pillow in the kids' bedroom.   With that resume, I can't even get an interview with a respectable accounting firm – and I don't even want to be an accountant!!  

 

So go ahead, take you business elsewhere if you like.   It won't break my heart.   But tonight, because I'm a total fairy, I'll take the nasty, useless tooth that your body  rejected, and I'll give you two dollars – two dollars that I could use to buy a bean burrito at Taco Bell (my favorite – I love farting just as I sneak out of bedrooms).  

Hopefully the $2 satisfies.    

 

Love,

The Tooth Fairy

Answers

Marissa has her own way of answering questions. She takes what she has learned from the book and answers her questions the way she understood what she read. My favorite is her answer to question number sixteen related to the sacrament.

Marissa's Answers to Her Bible Test

My Little Bulldog

Family Yoga

Bottle Explosion

Marissa and Reagan

Election Night was Red Hot

Perhaps not RedHot enough, though!

Patience

I think she was trying to day "patience". She has been working on the tion ending and put tino. She has also been working on possessives/apostrophes. She is trying do hard to learn!

Video

Marissa's Break

Wauconda Strikers

Zombie Walk

Last Farmer's Market

Homecoming

Homemade Applesauce

Tate's Note

Marissa's Definitions

Outside

My little escape artist!

Panaroma Shot Using iPhone 5 by Tate

Tate and His Team after a Victory

Psych

Me: Marissa, have you had a shower today?

Marissa: Yes... Psych.

Pause.

Marissa: Do you know what "psych" means, Mom?

Dress up

Navy Pier

Navy Pier, Chicago

Go Bulldogs!!!!

Mummifying Apples

Best Friends

Marissa said to me just now while we were working on her schoolwork, "If we went to school together and were the same age, we'd be best friends".

pretty math

Tate did a huge math problem.

He says to me, "Here, Mom. This is a fairly pretty piece of math I did."

Spill

Marissa is coming toward me crying. I ask what happened.

"I took-en a spill."

Placemats

Me: Marissa, will you put the placemats on the table for dinner?
Marissa: Why are we being all fancy for dinner?

Washing

Me: Marissa, you've been in the shower too long. Time to get out.
Marissa: Okay, Mom. Just need to wash something.

New Keyboard we got for the iPad

We left this note for Tate on the iPad:  

Dear Tate,

I hope you like this new keyboard.  I think this could really work for your school projects.  It will allow you to work on your writing at times that the Mac is not available.

Love,

Mom and Dad

Dear Mom/Dad,

It looks, sounds, and is amazing. I think that Mom made the right choice with the whole exchange thingymajigger. That keyboard and I are going to have some good times together. It still has that "new fancy thing" smell! 

Happily,

T

What you Google when you are Eight

Garett

Tate

Marissa

Math

Kohler, Wisconsin

Caesar

This is Garett playing Julius Caesar. He sat on his throne demanding we all serve him.

Perhaps the Last Year for the Mystery Machine

Garett was thrilled, as you can see, to get roped into riding the Scooby-Doo ride with his little sister!

"Oh, what shall we do next?"

Six Flags

Waiting in Line at Six Flags

Geysers

G-man had to teach us about how geysers work to complete a requirement for Scouts. He is a very good science teacher!

Tate dominating at Rummikub