A Tooth Tale
// June 6th, 2011 // No Comments » // General
икониAs classmate after classmate lost their first (and in some cases second, third and fourth) tooth, Alexandra kept asking when she too would have a wiggly tooth. I tried explaining that everyone is different and the day would come before she knew it.
This past Friday, Alexandra’s wish was granted. As we were going through the store after school, I offered to get some ice cream to take home. As my girl’s face lit up with a huge excited grin, I noticed that her smile seemed a bit different.
When she opened her mouth so I could get a closer look, I could clearly see her bottom left tooth was loose. “Oh, my gosh Mom,” she gushed with a look of awe, “I have my first wiggly tooth!! I didn’t know, I just thought my tooth was sticking out funny today!”
I admit to getting a bit teary-eyed at yet another reminder that my little girl isn’t quite so little any more.
As we headed to the checkout line, Alexandra proceeded to tell every person we passed about her wiggly tooth, and once in the car had to call Pappy and Grandma Hensell to fill them in.
At home, she ran into the house and immediately shared her big news with Eric, before beginning to wonder exactly when her wiggly tooth would come out. We were betting on it falling out within two more sleeps – before she went back to school on Monday.
I’d forgotten how much a loose tooth can bleed, which hers did a fair share of all day Saturday, up until dinner. And then it happened, as she was eating her pasta, she shouted, “Mommy! My tooth just came out!!”
Sure enough, there was her tiny tooth on her plate. That night, we placed the tooth in a baggie and she carefully put it under her pillow. At 5:50 a.m. Sunday morning, she came running into our room to say she’d heard the tinkling of bells overnight and found money under her pillow – the tooth fairy had come!
Needless to say, Alexandra was thrilled to be able to go to school today and share all the details with her friends.
