Photo is NOT of a Baby, but a Baby Tooth and a Big Girl Tooth!

K:  It's coming out!

Oh wait, nope, just blood on my corn [on the cob].

It's SO wiggly!

Oh my GOSH, there's another big girl tooth already there!

SQUEE the Toof Fawwy is going to come to my house!

(pushing the tooth forward with her tongue) Look how far it moves!

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Me:  Can we sense the excitement here?

I sure hope she doesn't lose the tooth in her sleep and swallow it.

That won't be a fun search, ahem.

Seriously, when's the last time I looked into her mouth, that big girl tooF is really there!

My baby!

I Lost a Tooth!

April Fools!

I do have this recurring nightmare that my teeth are loose and then I look in the mirror and have a big 'ol GAP staring back at me.
So I forget how exciting it is to be a kid and have the relief in knowing something WILL grow back when you do lose a tooth.

First the wiggle gets you all wild. Yeah! Dude! It'll be out anytime now!

But in reality, it takes like months, because those little buggers loosen up then lock back in. It's a freaky true story!

But then there's blood. Blood always means the end is near.

Then you sit in the bathroom and work magic anyway you can.

Sawing floss between that last piece of skin and your gums.

Or grab a washcloth and PULL.


More wiggling and pushing with your tongue.

Then after telling the kid to just YANK it out so the tooth fairy can get her flight plan in order, it finally happens!

Cash in your pocket.

Then DQ, she who doesn't like to be ignored, pops out a tooth after like 15 minutes of being loose over the weekend. BAM, money.

Today, My Boy pulls out a tooth from his pocket after school. Boom. Who's next?

Gawd forbid, not me.

K? Sweet thing she says, "when me gets bidder, my toofs come out," cute huh?

She also says, "when me gets bidder, me have doze stickuz [maxi pads]." Don't wish for that...ugh.



Hope the economy isn't affecting good 'ole T.F. She's working over-time at our house.

And at this rate, My Boy will be a real-life Jack-O-Lantern by Halloween. A rich one.

Stuff...mostly about Teeth again!

-My Boy tried to catch a Leprechaun with the trap he built. No such luck. He just let me know that he saw a shadow of a small man with a hat outside K's window....not sure if I should call the police or chalk it up for the cutest thing he's said today!





-and...the awards for my two school kids. They really make their parents proud!

Loose teeth, molars, and fairies, OH MY!

Boy, do we talk about teeth alot!

So the story goes, a child loses their tooth and puts it under their pillow. The Tooth Fairy flies in from ....Tooth Fairy Land and takes the tooth, leaving some cold hard cash in it's place. From there the TF delivers the baby teeth to infants and toddlers everywhere, replacing their gummy smiles with shiny, white (used) teeth! That's the story we know and love in our household. Funny thing is, the cycle works out just that way with my kids each time. When DQ would lose a tooth, baby My Boy would always sprout one soon after! It happened on a few occasions! My Boy just lost his first tooth last week. Guess who just got a new second-year molar? K! We're a regular tooth-recycling plant here!

The note to TF

Finally Toothless!

Oh do you see how proud My Boy is?? He lost his first tooth...almost 7 years in the making! And, he pulled it out himself. It's been a few weeks since it first became wiggly. He's been working at it every day since. We'd get updates daily, and there were days when I really didn't see it move at all, but I believed him when he said it was "really, REALLY, loose this time!" After dinner tonight, he showed me how his tongue could nearly push it out, only hanging by the thinnest piece of skin. We tried flossing through the thread of skin, too painful. Hubby brought out tweezers and My Boy ran away screaming! (he's very sensitive!) Finally, after just messing with it, the little speck popped right out.

It's the teeniest little thing.
It is amazing though, to an almost 7 year old! He took that thing around the house showing even little K, who responded with an "uh oh" and "boo boo" when seeing the gap in his mouth. I put it in a baggie for him so he wouldn't lose it. He decided that he didn't want the tooth fairy to take it. He wants to show Yaya (my mom) tomorrow, she's coming over after work."I might take it to school too," said the BIG BOY with his chest puffed out with pride.


He even wrote a note to the tooth fairy proclaiming his decision. I'm sure she'll understand!

DQ could NOT resist getting her recently-pulled-by-the-dentist adult tooth out for a unbelieveable comparison!

Oh and did I mention DQ was part shark?