The Tooth Fairy Visits

The list is written... ten events.  Ten stories to tell.  And while the list itself was easy to write; the order in which I post it will be more of a challenge.  It's hard to rank the importance of one moment versus another and until I write the last post, I suspect the planned order will change numerous times.

Since I have to start somewhere, I will start with our first visit from the Tooth Fairy.        

It's funny how something Matt was so excited for was something I'd been dreading.

I volunteer in Matt's classroom.  Each week, I look at these kids who have lost teeth... four, five, six of them.  Kids who have these big, adult teeth in their mouths and it makes me just a little sad.  They look too grown up to be only six or seven.

Matt's bottom tooth wiggled for weeks.  Quite honestly, he grossed me out just a little toward the end, pushing on the tooth with his tongue until it looked like it would fly right out of his mouth (even though it never did).  We talked about funny ways to get that tooth out once and for all...  a friend even sent a video clip of a father helping his son pull a tooth out using a rocket launch.  Matt didn't want to try.

In the end, it came out at school.  On November 15th... my mom's birthday.

Mom and I met for lunch in Hershey that day.  As I was speaking with my husband on the ride home, he asked if I could keep a secret.  When I assured him that I could, he told me that Matt was missing something.  I knew immediately what he meant.

I felt a little sad... Daddy got to see the missing tooth hours before I did.  When I got home, Matt ran right up to me and showed me exactly what had happened.  And of course, I pretended like I didn't know a thing.

Missing a tooth at the bottom!

His excitement is always infectious and that certainly the case when his tooth came out.  It's a big milestone for kids his age and he's among the last of his friends to lose one so I know it was a big deal for him.

He was excited to leave the tooth for the Tooth Fairy though he insisted he should wait up for her or try to catch her when she came by.  He even held the tooth (which was in an envelope from school) in his hands when he fell asleep, thinking he'd feel it when the Tooth Fairy scooped it out of his hand. 

Thank goodness he dropped it once he fell asleep... otherwise, he might have really caught her. 

That's a conversation I'm just not ready for!