First Lost Tooth

Afton's tooth had been wiggly since we were in India. Lucky we made it home before it decided to come out. He asked if he could keep it rather than put it under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy, but after a week or so he randomly declared while I was tucking him in, that he had put the tooth under his pillow. He ended up with a $10 bill since that was the smallest amount of currency I had in my purse. He looks pretty darn cute with that little gap, and now the tooth next to it is loose. I better break the $20 I have into much smaller bills, or possibly coins, before it's too late!

Lego Theatre

2,196 pieces. 

I did this.

It took a while, but I love my Christmas present!

Punched Ears

Rowan has been asking to get her ears "punched" (though she no longer uses that word since Afton has corrected her multiple times). I immediately regretted doing it when I saw how much older she looked with them, BUT she does love her sparkles!

Afton did a good job of getting her all worked up, telling her about how it was going to hurt and that they put a needle through her ears.

She did such a good job of sitting still, even though I could tell she wanted to jump right off that seat.

"Look at my princess ears!"

Afton has sympathy pains.

The froyo didn't even seem to make her happy. We had to walk down to Nordstrom Rack and pick out shoes for her smile to come back.

And a new Hello Kitty outfit. That did the trick!

Such a pretty Princess.

Rath Bricks

One of these days I will have this trip completely documented! I'm getting closer though.

We visited the location where Rath bricks are made. Nippon and I had been to the old location a few trips back, but this is the new spot and it has a much bigger smelter and an extremely vast production area. The workers live on site with their families and were happy to show us around. I had just read an article about child labor and slavery within the brick manufacturing industry and was relieved to learn that the children were not involved in production and were running around happily. Of course it could have all been a lie, I doubt anyone would willing provide that information, but I choose to believe my family members and the workers that I saw.

The kids were so cute and showed us around. Besides learning about the brick making process, we got to see some adorable baby chicks, mama cow and calf, goats, and a very friendly dog. of course I didn't take any pictures of those things because I was busy watching the kids and chatting and looking at stuff, but here are the pictures I did snap.....

These last two were taken on the drive to the factory. Beautiful rice fields for miles and miles and miles. Such a lovely view.