Sink Your Teeth Into It

Princess daughter lost her third tooth last weekend. At this rate, she'll have all her permanent teeth by first grade! She was eating corn on the cob and her cousin remarked how some people's teeth look like corn because they're yellow. I noticed Princess daughter feeling around in her mouth with her tongue. She suddenly exclaimed "I've lost my tooth!" Sure enough, evidence of the tooth-loosening efforts showed clearly on the corncob and the tooth was laying on her plate.

The tooth fairy panicked a little as she realized it was Saturday night and was not prepared for this event (it usually happens on major holidays like Christmas - the first one - and Valentine's - the second one). So she ramsacked the emergency gift closet with hubby. Hubby tooth fairy suggested the Hello Kitty jewelry set (thank you $1 Spot at Target). Problem solved. (I hope Princess doesn't read this - all innocence will be lost.) She LOVED the jewelry and even wore it to church the next day. (We don't do $ in our family yet as there is no understanding or appreciation of it - the first tooth was worth an IHOP giftcard, which emitted from Princess daughter a very sad face and lament, "All I got was this cwedit card." (Hubby's blog recounts this story, as well.)



I also had tooth excitement this week as I got my first filling since my teens (I think they used playdough or clay back then.) Never a fun experience, but a good life lesson for Princess daughter.