Today:
- Haven's first visit to the dentist
"Haven, I'm Pam! Can I brush your teeth?"
H: "No!" {backs into my leg. won't move forward.} "All done! All done!"
- Elijah's third visit to the dentist
Lydia: "Elijah, why were you upset at the end?"
Elijah: "When she was putting that stuff on my teeth, my leg really hurt. It felt like it was going to die!"
- Polly Jane's first time to be cared for by complete strangers, the extra dental staff. {Hope she didn't spit-up on you guys! If she did, thanks for not telling me.}
The dental staff members at Children's Dentistry were awesome. They cleaned Haven's teeth with her sitting on my lap. They cheerfully coached Elijah through his leg pain, and they played with Polly Jane throughout our entire visit. Plus, they give my children their own bag of treats, which was certainly the highlight of the day.
In grammar news, Haven said (perhaps) her first four word sentence. "I dropped it...again." This was in reference to dropping her newly-acquired slinky. When I went to check on why she was crying in her bed during naptime, she said "Hold me, Momma." It was so sad; she has moved past saying "Hold you. Hold you." She has also replaced "Welcome!" with "Thank You!" when she is trying to thank someone. Aaaagh, but soon she may also move past having a meltdown when you must put her food in the microwave or toaster.
Elijah is up now, making Polly Jane laugh hysterically. He calls her "Baby Girl" when he plays with her. She LOVES it. Haven's scream of "OLLY JANE!!!!" is not quite as pleasant to her as Elijah's rambunctious play.
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That is so precious! Grampa and I have been laughing hysterically and then we said AUGH!!!
"The dental staff at Children's Dentistry was awesome. They cleaned Haven's teeth with her sitting on my lap."
The grammar in this sentence is incorrect. Staff can be either singular or plural depending on its use in a sentence. If the staff is acting as a single unit, it receives a singular verb such as in this sentence. If, however, the staff are acting as separate units, they must receive a plural verb.
It is not clear that staff is plural in the first sentence until you begin the next sentence, which begins with they. They refers to staff, which shows you are referring to individuals and not a single group. Therefore, was should be changed to were. It may even be better to say that "the dental staff members at Children's Dentistry were awesome," for this removes all confusion.
Thanks for taking care of our kids in this crazy event! I love you!
Your Husband
Aaaagh, sweet husband! Thanks for the correction. I have updated the post.
Wow. I was really annoyed with the anonymous post until I read that it was Eric. Can I still be annoyed?
Ugh. I was really annoyed with the anonymous post until I read that it was from Eric. Actually, can I still be annoyed?
Ugh. I was really annoyed with the anonymous post until I read that it was from Eric. Actually, can I still be annoyed?
That is the kind of relationship we have, Elysia - nitpicking the small details. We have to seriously work on NOT correcting other people, but we LOVE to receive grammar corrections ourselves. I've even whipped out a grammar book to see which one of us is correct. {Aren't you so glad you have such a cool friend?}
Oh I see. That's really cool. I wish Bobby and I could do that with one another. Actually I am glad to have such a cool nerdy friend with an equally nerdy husband. Is it possible to be cool and nerdy at the same time? I think so. :)
I was annoyed at first upon reading the comment of Anonymous yet went laughing out loud knowing that it was your husband. That was cool!
Last week, my husband and I accompanied our kids in the dentist office. Reinforcement is needed when all of our kids (we have 3) are afraid of the dentist. Our eldest needs to see the cosmetic dentist in Los Angeles next week for a checkup. He might need braces. Thanks for sharing!
- jenna
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