Day 1

We made it through the first 24 hours without Mark. Last night everyone cried at bedtime. It was tough. Tonight just a few tears from Anna. Big milestone - Anna lost one of her three front teeth tonight!! It is now safely resting in our new tooth fairy pillow. (Thanks, Ellen!!) She was wiggling it all night, and seeing the tooth made Jonah queasy. He even told me that he didn't want to grow up. Isn't that funny? We're doing something new which I LOVE. I've assigned a dinner helper for the past three nights. The kitchen work sure goes much quicker with help. I hope all our chore routines are easy to re-implement after we move. We were out and about quite a bit today. It's been good training for Eli and for me. He did a great job today. I was quite surprised. What a far cry from our mall experience this past week! Oh, well. The mall experience just reinforced my belief that the mall is not a place for our family for so many, many reasons. I guess I am now officially anti-mall. :)