It’s another milestone for my 6 year old daughter Maria. Today, her first permanent tooth came out. It all did happened so fast! As I remember, I checked her teeth about two weeks ago, but there was no new tooth. Today, it’s already there, at her lower incisors, behind her temporary teeth. I didn’t expect her tooth would come out like that, especially since her teeth are not loose yet. So that means it could happen without waiting for loose teeth. My husband arranged for a dental appointment for her tomorrow. So let us see how it goes. Maria told me this morning that she is going to di...

We have the complete series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. My husband got the books, for Maria, while were in Virginia. He had purchased the books, and he thought that the books would be a great book for Maria to start reading before she started first grade. While we were in the Philippines, Maria started reading the first book in the series “Little House in the Big Woods”, and she finished it about a week ago. There are 257 pages and plenty of vocabulary words. The reading level of this book is for 4th grade to 5th grade. This book is fascinating and very interesting reading material...