The Buenemann Adventure: Milestones

Since we have been to Australia, the girls have hit some big milestones.
We have started orthodontic treatment on Hailey to correct her underbite. First, she gets a upper expander, then reverse headgear, and lastly a snap in upper retainer. NO BRACES! For now anyway.
Jayden has also lost her bottom front teeth. One right after another. She is in such a hurry to grow up it makes me sad.

Hailey with her new bike

Another huge milestone since we have been here is the girls both know how to ride their bikes without training wheels. This a HUGE deal. Since we have been working with Hailey for years on how to ride her bike. I think she just needed a nudge, like her sister learning how to do it before she could. To figure out that she CAN do it. We have been going on lots of bike rides ever since.

The girls are still doing very well in school. Hailey is keeping up with all of the 3rd graders even though she is the smallest and the youngest in her class. Hailey is slowly getting over her shyness. She has been saying her stories in front of the class, saying prayers of the faithful in her class mass, and has been in a play. All within two months! We are so proud for her.

Jayden with her bike

Jayden is making friends very quickly and isn't afraid to say "Hi,my name is Jayden and I'm from the USA!" We never know what is going to come out of Jayden's mouth. She is our outgoing and I will do anything once kid.

This weekend we went to a American 4th of July fair. Yes, a 4th of July fair in Australia! It was a fun time. They had American food, American beer,and American games! We even bought a dozen for Krispy Kreme doughnuts, for $25! They are worth every penny that we spent on them. They also had American cake mixes,$6 and can pumpkin,$9 and all sorts of other foods and bake sale items .They also had a bouncy house,petting zoo,and you could even
play baseball with the local pro softball team. The girls had so much fun! Here are some pictures from the American Fair.