Sunday, 17 April 2011

Paige lost her 1st tooth

It's official, my 5 year old lost her first tooth. She tells me this means she is now a big girl. I forgot how exciting something so simple is to a 5 year old. 2 days ago she woke up and I made her breakfast. She took one bite and complained it hurt her tooth. Now, she is known to make excuses when she doesn't want to eat something, but I took a look in her mouth, and one of her front bottom teeth was crooked, so I felt it with my finger, and sure enough it wiggled. I told her " Paige, you have your first loose tooth" Her eyes lit up and a big grin came across her face. "I have to tell Mme. Hordeski" (her kindergarten teacher). She has been so jealous of all of her little friends who have been losing their teeth lately and she kept asking "Mommy why don't I have a loose tooth?" The day finally came. Then for the last 2 days she only wanted to eat soft thing because it hurt her tooth to bite or chew things. Then, this afternoon, she asked if she could have an Oh Henry Chocolate Easter Egg that she had brought home from Grandma's the day before. I allowed it, she forgot about the loose tooth, and next thing I know, she comes over to me with this look on her face, as I realize that she just bit right into this thing, so I look in her mouth and the tooth is lying down sideways in her mouth barely attached. I send her over to her Dad to remove it. He jokes with her as if he is pretending to pull it out, and ta da, without her even realizing it, a very tiny tooth is in his fingers. We had to take some pictures of the gap in her teeth and the tiny little baby tooth in her hand. She was so proud. " Mom are you going to email those pictures to everyone we know?" Tonight before we tucked her in to bed, we put the tooth on her dresser next to her bed (she was scared it would get lost under her pillow and the toothfairy would not be able to find it). She even thought we should leave a note explaining where the tooth was and maybe draw a picture of the tooth in case the Toothfairy could not read. I am sure we will have one happy girl in the morning when she wakes up to see that bright shinny tooney sitting next to her bed. I am sure the first thing she is going to do is put it in her piggy bank and ask me "Mom, now do I have enough money to buy that Rapunzel doll?"

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