Aila

Aila has her own way of doing things. She's a total 'feeler', but not a 'fighter'. If she doesn't agree with us, she'll give a slight fight with some tears, but after a moment will always obey. She's always been like that...not as strong-willed as Anneka. When we'd tell them to stay in their beds, Aila wouldn't think of leaving her bed...while Anneka would leave 50 times, no matter the consequence.

The other night, Aila did NOT want to go to bed, but like always, we just had to say "You're GOING to bed, Aila..." and she'd slump over and shuffle down the hall to her room. No fight. That is, until we went to peek in on her an hour later. She wasn't there. Not under the blankets, not on the top bunk...nowhere to be found. Then we had a thought...

Yup..there she was under her bed. Fast asleep. (Sans her Jammies) That is the extent of her rebellion...sweet girl!

Aila also has had a loose tooth for the last couple weeks! This is a great adventure for us, since Anneka has never had a loose tooth! Her adult teeth just grew in behind her baby ones, and we had to have them pulled. All of her baby teeth. They just don't fall out! Anyway, Aila having a loose tooth (and at such an early age - she's 5) was a parenting first for us! While Jason wanted to "assist" her by pulling the tooth, I was a more "let nature do it's thing" person.

This afternoon, Aila came up to my office after her lunch and started chatting away. I looked at her....looked closer...and then asked her: "Umm...where's your tooth?"

She didn't even realize it was gone! She ran to the bathroom, examining the hole that had taken the wobbly tooth's place.

Long story short: she ate it. I guess she must have been hungry, because she ate her whole lunch, never noticing that her tooth came loose. It was probably swallowed, swimming in a big spoon of applesauce. I think I would have noticed if I had eaten my tooth....but that's just me. : )