farewell….
Mar 3
today we said good-bye to elle’s first lost, baby tooth. it’s been hanging by a thread for a week or so – being held in by her tongue. she brought niels the dental floss tonight and asked him to pull it out – she had had enough! jette and i were freaking out, not sure what to do. pull her tooth out with dental floss?! yikes! niels tied a piece of floss around the tooth and yanked it out. elle didn’t flinch. so brave. the first thing she did was not to look at me or niels, but to look at her sister. jette was mightily impressed – her sister was brave! hmmmm…..wonder what the tooth fairy is bringing sweet elle? just tonight elle informed us that she believed in the tooth fairy but NOT unicorns! phew, close call.
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best wishes, zoe
helen says
awww, that is so exciting! I love those moments. I can’t wait to hear what the tooth fairy brought!
Lisa Howard says
Makes me weepy – must be hormones. Katie has her first loose tooth and I want it to stay right there in her little teeny mouth – no growing up
LOVE the look on her face when it came out – almost like she didn’t believe it would really go! Wonderful photos…
Riff Randall says
So cute!!! Frankie lost his first tooth a while back, and I had no idea how to be the tooth fairy! Should be easy- put the tooth under the pillow and when he is sleeping switch it out for some money. Reality- All I had was a $5 (high rolling tooth fairy, has set a precedence for future pay out…) and taking out a tooth from under the pillow without waking the child is equivalent to rocket science, then being able to put the money under??? AND get out of the room quietly?! Comedy of errors, me kneeling beside the bed and having to duck every time he stirred, dropping the tooth under the bed when I finally got it, and using a hanger to push the money under the pillow from the doorway so I could make a quick exit. Rewarded myself with a nice glass of wine after, and called my mom to commend her on her tooth fairy skills! Everyday is an adventure with kids!!
Jen Lucero says
I remember Julia’s first tooth lost. I thought I was so clever by sprinkling pink fairy dust all over her dresser and by her bed. I then used a Barbie doll to put fairy prints. Of course doing this in the dark at night I didn’t realize what a mess the tooth fairy made. Julia was really most excited about the loot and just commented on the mess the fairy made. i believe the next time she even wrote a note for her to try not to make such a mess. Speaking of the loot – we had the same problem as Riff. She lost her tooth late at night and all we had was $5.00. We tried to explain that this must be because the first tooth is so special. Unfortunately, Julia determined it was because she was 5 years old. As she has grown, she continues to think that the amount is reflected by her age and anxiously awaits it. ugh what happened to the days of a quarter???
Zoe says
we forgot that jette received a note from the tooth fairy. elle was hurt that the tooth fairy didn’t write to her – oops! mental note to self for brittsy…
Riff Randall says
Ha ha Jen that is classic! I agree, bring back the quarter!
helen says
The tooth fairy is genius!
Greyden's Mom says
That is so cool that she looked to Jette for approval. Wow, that says so many things – not the least of which is that Jette is fulfilling the big sister role in a mightly fine way. Ahhh the confidences to come. So sweet.
Lisa Howard says
We give – I mean our tooth fairy gives – the gold dollar coins (just one per tooth). We never get them in change from the store, so the kids alays thought it was special money only from the tooth fairy -
Lisa Howard says
always