We had a little drama tonight. I was in the girls’ room picking out a book, and they were in my bed getting under my covers to hide from me when I came back in the room. M hit her mouth on A’s head, and when I came in she was crying very hard. I got her to pull her hands off her mouth and saw blood. She bit her lip and also, I realized, had a ring of blood along the gum over her front right tooth. I pressed it gently and sure enough, it moved. Ugh. I got her cleaned up and immediately paged the dentist. She called back very quickly and said to leave it alone, start a soft diet, and, if it gets looser, come in for an x-ray. She was pretty reassuring. I was having terrible visions of M with only one front tooth for like a year-and-a-half. That would be very sad.

Once I got M calmed down, we read a book that was too old for them, but still cute – The Princess and the Pizza. I liked the message – princess invents pizza, disses the prince she’s supposed to marry, and opens a pizza place instead. As I always tell the girls about most fictional princesses: "A princess is a woman of low ambition."

Before the tooth crisis, the girls tried on their flower girl dresses for Darrah’s wedding. Here are some photos:

Here also is a photo from yesterday morning of M holding Baby (who has been adorned with barrettes and ponytail holders of late) and Gingie. Note the new striped socks.