Wine, roses, and missing teeth

Our first backyard rose of the spring. We don’t know what variety this is, but Ro calls it “flower of the sunset,” which seems like a pretty good rose name to me:

Ro lost another baby tooth, this time the big front left one, and the gap is adorable. We were driving somewhere in the car and she just handed it to us. I think it surprised her too. Now she’s lost teeth every conceivable way – the dentist has extracted two, her sister accidentally ripped one out while they were playing doggie and had a rope in their mouths, TubaDad pulled a grossly wiggly one out, and this one just fell out on its own:

Sister has only lost the two that the dentist extracted and is trying not to show her extreme jealousy. Ree’s smile looks adorable too, if you ask me, but she’d definitely prefer a few gaps of her own:

Mmmm, La Crema. Buttery, delish, and not too expensive. Anyone have any other fave white wines? I also like Rombauer chardonnay.

Horseback riding lessons were extra thrilling this week. The main arena was being used for something, so all riders got to “go offroad” and head down to the second arena. The trainer said Ro (in the back on Justin) and Ree (on Sam) did so great that she would take them on a mini trail ride next lesson:

Speaking of wine, the girls and I had a quickie pasta dinner at a local restaurant last night and the server brought me a new wine to try. Had never heard of Roscato, but loved it. Very sweet, a mix of red and white, and a tiny bit fizzy. Sounds weird, but it was cool!:

Ro is sucking on honey, by the way. We always get an order of steamed carrots and the girls like to dip them in honey. Well shoot, so do I.

PS: These pics show off Ro’s dimple, especially that last one, remember if you can see a dimple on the left cheek, you’re looking at Ro.