Milestones

Elena has been wiggling her loose teeth for the past month or two, and she finally had one tooth dangling, but couldn't quite bring herself to yank it out. The next morning, she woke up to find her tooth lying under her in bed. I'm not sure how she managed that one, but she has always been a restless sleeper.

Later that same day, Seth was rubbing Charlie's gums and his first tooth had popped through! We had told Elena she might loose her first tooth the same day that Charlie got his, but we didn't actually think it would happen.

"Toothless Wonder" as Elena calls herself.  She even made up a song with that title.

Later that week Elena finally taught herself to ride her bike without training wheels. She has been refusing to let us help her all summer, and we were starting to think she would be 10 before she could ride. But that's pretty typical of Elena: after watching other kids tie their shoes, she went off and taught herself, declining any offers from me to help.