Anna's First Visit to the Dentist...and Funny Cate Stuff

Anna visited the dentist for the first time today. She did FANTASTIC. Her teeth are healthy and she totally cooperated with the hygeniest and the dentist. When the dentist walked in and looked down at her first thing she said was, "Oh my goodness, she is so cute! I'm keeping this one!" Then later in the appointment she said she would happily babysit our girls any time (she saw Cate yesterday, too). I just might take her up on it...if nothing else, the girls would have very clean teeth after a babysitting session! :)

Anyway, Anna did great. It was really really cute. She and Mr. Thirsty (the sucky thing) had an interesting experience together...it was pretty much a competition to see who could suck harder. Mr. Thirsty won. Barely.

Cate did great at the dentist yesterday too and has uberhealthy teeth. Good job, girls!

Two cute Cate comments from yesterday that I don't want to forget.

I checked her lunchbox to see if she'd eaten her lunch at school. The fruit snacks I had thrown in for a special treat were untouched. I asked her why she didn't eat them and she said, "Because they aren't healthy for your body." How about that? She and I had watched part of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution the day before. I'm also always talking about healthy food and I know they have been discussing fruits and veggies at school recently. I'm glad the message is sinking in and she even made a healthy food choice all on her own! What a cutie.

Later in the day we went to the park and she got a pretty nasty splinter that we couldn't get out. I told her that maybe we could wait until Dad got home to try again, maybe he would have a good idea on how to get it out. Cate said, "Yeah, because Daddy's smarter than you."

Jane's reply, "What? Why do you think that?"

"Because Dads are smarter than Moms."

Don't worry, I straightened her out. ;) Just kidding - but I DID tell her that I am smarter at some things, and Nate is smarter at other things. Nate said Arnold Schwarzenegger says he's smarter then me and that's that. (Arnold's signature is on his PhD degree. PhD Schmee-H-D.)