Day Thirteen - Teeth

I homeschool.  To help keep a balance between my homeschool life and all the other duties that a homeowner/mother of 4 needs to handle I have put one week out of the month where we don't have any classes to teach.  It helps to stave away "burn-out" and keep me mentally, emotionally, spiritually & physically balanced. 

This week was that week.  Originally when we planned it my homeschooling buddies and I decided to take this week off for Yvette's (the closest person I have to a sister in this life) Birthday.  But, even though we celebrated that occasion today with a visit to Chile's and presents and laughs back at the house, this week was really all about the dentist and orthodontist.

Kid's cleanings on Monday
Walter's ortho on Tuesday
Parent's cleanings on Thursday
Alex's ortho on Thursday

Since our dentist and orthodontist share offices that are practically next door, and consult with each other often, by Thursday when I had seen me dentist 3X already that week, he asked me where I was going on Friday.  Because he was going to Las Vegas for his daughter's gymnastics meet and that would be complete Murphy's Law.

Another funny occurance (and the real way that I put in my Daily Mile) was that I found myself searching for gnomes.  You heard me right ... gnomes.  Not because I believe they exist - no - because we belong to an over-zealous patient care orthodontist that is taking all his clientele to see "Gnomio & Juliet" on Feb. 12th.  And, in addition to paying for the tickets for the patient's family and a friend, there is a treasure hunt.  The treasure:  a goodie at the theatre.  The hunt:  Find a gnome a week that has been put no further than a mile or two from the office.  Since it has been two weeks, I knew I was behind, so, while I was in with Alex I nonchalantly asked Dr. Vincent where the first gnome was.  He gave me the clue that they posted on Facebook:  "Think outside the bun" and I knew.  The second had just come out this week and it was a little harder:  "I am Hidden in plain view, but EYE see you."  I thought optical centers right away and started spouting off, Standard Optical, 1-800-Contacts, etc, until the Ortho Tech next to me told me where it was and I had an address.  The hunt was on and Alex and I went to find them.  Here they are:

 

 

I was assured that we didn't need to get all 6 gnomes, but the more we were able to take a photo of the better ranking we would have to be in line for a goodie at the theatre.  FUN FUN and who said the Daily Mile had to be all work and no play -- A dull boy!

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