We had a little bet going in our house before Christmas. Rino had a loose tooth for almost a month! It was REALLY loose for two of those weeks! Our little first grader wondered who would make it to our house first, The Tooth Fairy or Santa? She thought Santa.
Fast forward to December 22. It was the last day of school before Christmas Break. I was in charge of running her school Winter Party (oy!) so I arrived at school about 1:30. As I walked the familiar halls of her school, I passed my sweet little girl who was holding a tissue to her tooth and was on her way to the nurse's office. She was back to her classroom within 5 minutes with her tooth still intact. Barely! Just. hanging. on. Throughout the party, she kept coming up to me to show me how close it was to falling out. "Look Mama" she would say each time. The loose tooth thing kinda gives me the heebie jeebies. Even on my cute little girl. So I would say, "Yep, we're really close" each time while also reminding her NOT to put her germ ridden hands in her mouth for the 140th time. Germaphobe here. Especially in an elementary school classroom in December right before the holidays. Let's stay healthy, k?
We wrapped up the party, packed up our boxes of party supplies and headed home where Papa was watching Tealie Bear so I could be at the party. Papa is well versed in this loose tooth thing and this tooth had to go! He said his typical, "Let me see that for a second" that I heard many times as a child and then pluck, it was out! Now, here's where it gets tricky. Rino and Tealie were planning on heading out to Grandma Nan and Papa's for a sleepover so hubby and I could go out for a holiday fondue dinner with our neighbors.
The poor Tooth Fairy was so confused. Luckily, she diverted her route to G-Nan and Papa's and was able to remember the address of the previous 3 girls who lost many a tooth there (well, 2, I think I was beyond losing teeth when we moved there).
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| Her pillow that G-Nan made for her long ago. |
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| The Note - she was so worried about being able to keep her first tooth. |
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| She looked at herself in the mirror for 15 minutes! |
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| The goods |
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| even got a note back from the Tooth Fairy! |
So fun! What an exciting part of childhood! Oh, and since then, she's lost another! Here's a picture of my toothless wonder!
