We love Dr. Henry!

Samantha had a dentist appointment today and she was so excited!! Now I don't know about you but when I was a kid, the last place I wanted to go was to the dentist! She actually loves it. When it started to rain I said, "awww... today is a stay home day" and she said, " But we are still going to see Dr. Henry right??" The crazy part is that yesterday when she was brushing her teeth, I looked in her mouth to check her work and I saw 2 molars in the back of her mouth half way up to the other molars. I did a double take and then went on the internet to read about these "six year old" molars. Sure enough, they are her 6 year molars. She is only 4 soon to be 5.

I asked Dr. Henry about this today and he said, the average age for these teeth is 6 years old, and he has never seen any kid have them this early. YIKES! She got her first teeth at 4.5 months which is also early. I guess she is on the early path. ( I was too so it could be genetic) Anyway.. this is last year's photo but I wanted to share a pic of Dr. Henry who is incredibly nice and patient, and who Samantha adores as her dentist!

He puts these glasses on her when he uses the light to look in her mouth. The pose is all Sam's doing!

Right after she finished she went into the toy cupboard ( she remembered where it was from last time) and got out the doodle toy and drew a picture of her visit. It is Dr. Henry with the spikey hair, Sammie with her bib on and a heart which looks like a tooth. I thought this was too cute not to share!

She was an awesome patient today. Got x-rays taken, flouride, brushed, and flossed and came out with a smile! I took her to lunch afterwards as a reward.

Last week, when we had lunch with Irene and Betty, they gave her this Valentine craft project. We had fun assembling it the other day, and of course Sammie had to "make it her own" by adding a white and pink horse!

Here is an example of my everyday "Ponyville".. This happens to be in my bedroom, so now I have outlawed "PONYVILLE" in my room. LOL
This is an acrylic album I made and will be teaching as a class soon. It has lots of sparkly embellishments and was a ton of fun to make!! Check back for class details.

By the way, there are only a few more days to do the sketch challenge on Scrap it forward. There are some great prizes so give it a try!

Lastly, Tracy P tagged me on her blog to answer these questions using my first initial which is quite challenging since it is "I". I just happened to come across "Diva Scrapper's" blog whose real name is Ivon, and she did the same post. It gave me a few ideas.. Anyway.. here goes:

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and randomly tag 10 people (including me). Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real... nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.
Whew... Here goes:)

1. What is your name: Illyse
2. A four Letter word: Ipod
3. A Boy's Name: Ian
4. A Girl's Name: Irene
5. An occupation: IRS agent

6. A Color: Indigo

7. Something you wear: "in fashion" clothes
8. A Food: ice cream
9. Something found in the Bathroom: insects???
10. A Place: Indiana
11. A Reason for being late: Insufficient sleep

12. Something you Shout: IDIOT

13. A Movie Title: Indecent proposal
14. Something you Drink: Iced Chai Tea
15. A Musical Group: INXS
16. An Animal: Iguana

17. A Street Name: Imperial hwy.
18. A Type of Car: Infinity
19. Something Scary: I-V ( as in needle in the vein)
20. Ice Cream Flavor: pralines IN cream??? ( that was a stretch)

Okay.. now i have to tag 10 people to do this..

1. Christine

2. Erika

3. Jennifer W

4. Dawn

5. Michelle

6. Susan

7. Alicia

8. Lydia

9. Tracy P.

10. Jenn K

Have fun!!!

Ice Skating

Yes, you read that right, I took Samantha ice skating on Sunday. ( anything but watch the super bowl! LOL!) I was supposed to see my Nana that day but she wasn't feeling well so Sammie and I went to the ice palace for some fun. I haven't skated in YEARS... I can't even remember the last time and don't think it was even in California.. I used to take lessons when I was a kid. You don't really forget how.. but i still managed to fall. ( only once but hard enough for a few bruises!) Sammie did great. It was her first time and she caught on quickly.. She fell again and again but laughed and got right back up and did it again. The kid is determined!!! She has been wanting to skate ever since we saw the psuedo rink at the irvine spectrum during the holidays. Ice palace has open skating on Sundays and it was something fun and different to do for 2 hours. She wants to go again. I had to switch halfway though the session from the cute "girlie figure skater skates" to the "man hockey skates" They were much more comfortable for my wide feetsies..

Saturday was a blast.. Tammy I got a bunch of girls together to crop at The scrappin table. We had a great time and I got several pages done. Christine, Donna, Jenn and I all scrapped together.

Here are some of the pages I made..

Ah yes.. just a little more about CHA.. Loved it. It was a great show and so much to see even though it wasn't as crowded as last year. Owls are big this year so I thought this sign was cute.

On Monday, the 2nd day of CHA, there was a fire alarm activated ad we had to evacuate the show. It was really strange. The alarm was sounding and no one was moving. It took an announcement that said, "Emergency.. please exit immediately" before anyone decided to leave. We all looked around to see what everyone else was doing and everyone was just standing around until they announced for us to leave. How scary that people don't take is seriously because we are so used to false alarms. This one turned out to be a false alarm but better safe than sorry.

Here is a pic of Melody Ross, Dawn and I. Melody is the designer/owner of Chatterbox. I remembered her for her "Journaling Genie" stencils from long ago.. She was very friendly and sweet. It was fun meeting her.

I think my favorite new line from the show was this one from "My Little Shoebox" I love the bright, fun colors and all the embellishments to go with. This owl one is adorable!! ( difficult to see in the pic but super cute in person!)

Another cute line by My little shoebox.

How could I miss the opportunity to take a picture with a PINK crayon??

Monday I had lunch with some special friends of mine from my previous school, Irene and Betty. They are both retired from teaching and we get together about once a month or so, to catch up. It is always great to see them. They are so good to Samantha and bring her presents almost every time.. She is special to them.

Well, now it is officially February and someone is going to be turning 5 pretty soon. She is very excited. ( I am a little bit sad at how fast the time has gone.. but excited to see her continue to learn and grow.) She thinks she is going to kindergarten NOW since she will be 5 but i have to keep explaining that it is next school year. Be back soon with a birthday post. :)