Double Outing

Today we had no plans until I heard about a Big-Rig event going on at a company somewhere on the outskirts of Bend. Because I wanted to find out details about that, I checked the paper and we saw 2 things we would rather do. The first was Airport Day at Bend Airport. They had planes and helicopters, a fire truck and an air ambulance, vendors and giveaways! They got to see everything at close range, touch them and were able to sit in some of them.







Once we were done with that, we jumped back in our car and while the kids all napped, we drove to Terrebonne for the Alpaca Shearing Festival! Today's the day they shave all that soft fur off the Alpaca, ready for the Summer! We walked between all the enclosures, saw the Alpaca being shaved, petted Alpaca and each got a free bowl of ice cream. It was so much fun!

Her name is Sweetie Sweetie

Dentist!

This morning I took all 3 kids to get a check-up at the dentist. It was their first real visit (Pippa did see a dentist in Chicago when she was 18 months old, but I don't really count that), and they were superstars! We went to a pediatric dentist, Deschutes Pediatric Dentistry, so they were all decked out with TV's on the ceiling and kid-sized sinks and chairs. It was pretty fun! Pippa, especially, had a blast and can't wait to go back. She'll have to wait a while because I can't spend that much money too often! 3's and under are free, but don't get the cleaning or the x-rays.

It turns out their teeth are looking great. No plaque build-up, no problems with Pippa's chipped teeth or her thumb-sucking, just an overcrowding problem that will get worse when her big girl teeth come in. Braces I suspect. However, the boys have lots of space! Here are the pictures from their dentist fun today.

In the waiting room looking through some books

Pippa getting her x-rays

Waiting their turn

Pippa (above) and William (below) getting checked out by the dentist

Little Monkey

Oliver is never content at the development stage he's at; he always wants more. Rolling, crawling, pulling up, walking, running, jumping (well, he tries!) and now climbing. Every time I turn around he's on top of something, whether it's the kids table, the sofa, the window ledge or the bench. His feet are rarely on the floor anymore. He always has some scratch, bruise or bump on his head, but it doesn't phase him. He just smiles and gets right up to do it again.