global costumes and a tooth update

Tonight was "International Costume Night" at Awana. The girls were thrilled to dress up; Eva went as a Guatemalan peasant, and Naomi went as Anne of Green Gables (from Prince Edward Island, Canada, of course). I told Eva how striking she looked when she was serious, and she had a hard time maintaining the straight face but managed to do it for a few pictures! The smile is certainly very lovely too.

Anne, not Marilyn! Oops. Cute, Nomsi!

If you are wondering why Josiah is not in these pictures, the reasons are twofold, and related. One, he is really not at all a costume person. Drawing attention to himself outside the home = bad. Two, he is officially now a Cubbies drop-out. He's not going any more. He's staying home, and that's that.

By the way, if you didn't notice in these pictures, the frighteningly dangling tooth did fall out over the weekend. Naomi got a little cavalier about twisting it to horrify people, like this...

and next thing you know, it was gone.

What a relief.

the knockout- revisited

Last night Dani was talking to me about the recent post featuring Nomi's very loose tooth. It reminded her of another case of a loose tooth, and she requested a re-visiting of that incident... Whether you've heard it or not, the details follow. I'll let you readers draw your own conclusions.

exhibit a: photo- the hapless, long winded-victim...

exhibit b: photo: by-stander, or criminal? Isn't this the face of innocence...?

...or does something lurk beneath?





Here is the indecent as described by an eyewitness, (me- I witnessed it) on the day it occurred.

"You know how Eva likes to drag out her loose teeth, and make a big deal about when she’ll lose them, and trick us that they’ve come out, etc…. Well, tonight she was doing that in the bathroom- talking about maybe losing it on Christmas day when is everyone watching, ( the thing is totally dangling by a thread) and Naomi’s standing there, brushing her teeth, listening to the same old routine, looking like she’s not paying attention and suddenly- with no warning- her fist shoots out and she PUNCHES Eva in the mouth, and POW! knocks her tooth out!! It was so very violent and naughty and yet so very FUNNY- I really had to scold her while hiding behind a towel in laughter. Can you believe that?! Eva couldn’t!!"

So there you have it. Draw your own conclusions as to the guilt, intentions of the alleged perpetrator. Try not to be influenced by the photo below. It should not be admitted as evidence. I don't know how it got in there.