There is a lot to share and I have some great pictures, but it may be a few more days before we get our computer back up and running! Personally, I think blogs are sort of boring without pictures, so I hope to remedy that soon! :)

The cabin trip with Sean's side of our family was great fun! Nana and Papa, (or as Beckett wrote in his journal on Friday, "the orjnl Harpers"...translation = original) Sean's sister and her family and our Harper crew loaded up and went to Gatlinburg for the weekend and enjoyed a beautiful cabin, wonderful weather (way too warm for snow), shopping, fly-fishing, hot tubbing and just enjoying relaxing time with each other! I have pics, but they will have to wait.....

Monday news.....Today was National Read-Across-America day, so for school today, we read all day! We went with the Dr. Seuss theme since this national reading day goes along with the anniversary of his birthday. So, we had green eggs and ham for breakfast, made cat-in-the-hat hats, did a few word finds and connect the dots from some of his stories, and read, read, read! Beckett was also able to take tests on all of those Dr. Seuss books on the Book Adventure web site and earned double points! Right before lunch, I was getting one of the computer tests set up for him and he said, "Mom! I think my tooth is ready to come out! Let's get to the bathroom!" So, here we went! Helen stood right beside him in front of the mirror and patted him on the back (he was a little nervous) and I took pictures like crazy! That tooth was barely hanging in there, so he played with it for a few seconds, gave it a little twist, and out it popped! He was so excited! I was too! Being the sentimental softy that I am, I have to admit that I teared up a little! It was such a huge deal for him and the pure joy that was on his face was just priceless! Maybe I'm over analyzing the loss of a first tooth, (who ME?) but it feels kind of like a right of passage from "babyhood" into the next phase of life! And I'm so thankful that I was with him when it happened and that we got to share in that excitement together! He didn't stop grinning for at least an hour! The next cool part of the story is that over a week ago when he first noticed his loose tooth, I started thinking about the whole tooth fairy thing and how were we going to approach that with him. I found a neat children's book on-line called "Throw Your Tooth on the Roof and Other Tooth Traditions from Around the World"! I ordered it from Amazon and it had been 8 days since it had been shipped! I was getting a little frustrated that it hadn't arrived! But wouldn't you know, when Beckett checked the mail this afternoon, there was the book! So, we enjoyed reading about the many strange and funny things that children from all over the world do when they loose their teeth! It was quite timely! Beckett still isn't sure what he wants to do with his tooth, and I think the whole tooth fairy thing is kind of wigging him out, so he wanted to wait another night or so before he did anything with his tooth!

So, that is the latest Harper Hullabaloo! Stay tuned for more as birthday number 6 is fast approaching! Blessings to you and your families!