Quinta dos Açores and another trip to the dentist

Today we had a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) field trip to Quinta dos Açores, which is a local beef/dairy producer here on the island. The company was started by a family that is very passionate about producing high quality, hormone/chemical free, organic, and environmentally friendly beef and dairy products. They are great at what they do! Their beef and ice cream is delicious! At the factory you can watch through glass windows the workers preparing and cutting the beef and making the yogurt and ice cream too. You can shop for products made in their factory as well as other products produced locally and only in the Azores. They have a restaurant where you can eat their yummy stuff as well.

On the way to the factory we were passing lots of cows and I asked Colin what cows give us. He said "milk." So then I asked what we can make with milk, to which he replied "chocolate milk!" I told him yes, we can make chocolate milk, and yogurt and ice cream and cheese. He cut me off right there and told me "No Mommy, cheese comes from the mice!" LOL I had to set him straight on that little fact without laughing too hard.

On the tour of the factory the lady was telling the kids about the cow statue in the lobby when Colin raised his hand and ever so politely said "'scuse me, when are you gonna be done talking?" At least he asked nicely right? LOL Oh man.

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Yesterday Colin was helping Shelby put some new fish and shrimp into the fish tank and Colin kept climbing up on the shelf where the tank is. Shelby kept telling him to get down and sit still, but we all know how well Colin listens. Sure enough Colin didn't listen. And he eventually fell. Face first of course. And knocked his front tooth loose, AGAIN. I swear this boy! The teeth had just firmed back up from when he ran into Lily at preschool in Germany and knocked them loose! I heard the smack on the tile from the kitchen and raced to the living room, hurdling couches, just in time to see him come up bloody and crying. Sure enough tooth is bleeding and a little wiggly, but it doesn't appear to be as bad as the first time he knocked them loose, and that time they didn't do anything when we took him to the ER, so we just gave him a popsicle and let him calm down. He seemed fine.

So today at lunch we check his took again and it looks a little bit lower than his other front tooth and seems more wiggly than earlier. So we called the dentist, who fit us in to check it out. He thinks it will be ok. He did an x-ray and it didn't show a fracture or a crack up under the gum, so hopefully it isn't broken. He does want to see him back in a month to follow up. This boy is just determined to knock out his teeth!