It has been obvious for quite a while that Matt would need a bit of orthodontic work done. Well, that time has finally arrived. A couple months ago the orthodontist put a "spreader" in the roof of his mouth which we had to crank one notch every night. This spread out his top teeth so that they would have some room to work with. About three weeks ago he was done with the cranking and the braces went on the top teeth last week:
As for Becca, her teeth have some challenges as well. She is going to do a "phase 1" and also had to have the spreader put in her mouth to create room. We have been cranking it every night for the last few weeks and Monday when she went to in for a check, the orthodontist said, "Uh, yeah, we're done." She now has a gap between her front teeth that David Letterman, Michael Strahan, and Spongebob would be proud of:
Her braces will go on in a couple of weeks. She will wear them for a while and get them off until she is older when they will go back on again (I guess that will be "phase 2"). All this is supposed to correct her underbite (and make her teeth straight and pretty, of course).
Today they had all the parents come and see the projects. She drew a picture of an Okapi all by herself and wrote the report all on her own as well. She also made an Okapi's tongue (12 inches long) out of modeling clay. The Okapi cleans it's eyes and ears out with it's long tongue.
Here is a close-up of her drawing. She found a tutorial video on the internet that helped her draw this animal step-by step. Good job Becca!
The whole family went Friday night, plus Grandma and Grandpa Anderson came with us that night, too. Grandpa Davis, Wendy and Lizzy came and saw the show on Thursday night.
Last night Jen and I went to see Taylor's dress rehearsal of the musical "Cinderella" at Elk Ridge Middle School. This was the night for parents to show up and take pictures and videos. For the occasion, I rented a lens for my camera that is supposed to be good in low light without using a flash (I could have bought it for only $1,700). You can be the judge from the pictures below as to if I should invest the money to buy it:
All the peasant girls are thrilled when it is announced "The Prince is throwing a Ball"
At the Ball, Taylor dances right next to Cinderella and the Prince. Notice the dress Taylor is wearing - this is mom's (Grandma A) high school prom dress that she altered for Taylor to wear in the play. Thanks for all the hard work, mom - it turned out beautiful!!
Taylor takes center stage in this scene right between the Prince and Cinderella.
All the girls get a chance to try on the glass slipper. While waiting in line, Taylor is coming up with some "calculations" showing that the slipper will fit her foot.
Here she is showing her calcualtions to the prince and his royal glass slipper fitter guy.
She tries on the shoe and her calculations are not quite what she thought.
But she does end up with some royal guy that works for the King :) Not too shabby...
Her braces will go on in a couple of weeks. She will wear them for a while and get them off until she is older when they will go back on again (I guess that will be "phase 2"). All this is supposed to correct her underbite (and make her teeth straight and pretty, of course).
