My middle-est and cuddliest daughter turns 6 this month. On the last day of the month. The 28th.
She has had a very wiggly tooth for a good week and I sobbed when I left for my trip and told her to not touch it or eat any apples, as a mother needs to be there when her child loses their first tooth.
When I landed, it was the first thing I checked. Tooth still intact. Check.
And then she proceeded to wiggle it upon my return.
Today, on the first day of February. Her birthday month. February 1st.
My sweet Esther RAN off the bus towards me sobbing. Happiness? Pain? Joy? Distress?
“Mommy, mommy, mommy – my tooth fell out when I took a big bite of jicama at lunch. You weren’t there. I cried and there was blood.”
I swept her up into my arms and told her to open that mouth so I could admire that gap and then gave her 28 kisses and told her how proud I am of her. For growing up.
She carefully pulled an envelope from her backpack and handed it too me as she giggled. “My tooth, it’s in there.” Lovingly written on the outside of the envelope by her teacher was “Esther, first tooth lost on February 1, 2011 at 12:10pm during lunch.”
So kind of a teacher to remember those details and to know, as a mom, I would want to know them too.
The tooth was carefully put beneath her pillow. A half hour ago I realized I have to go swap it for money. My purse is empty. Jed’s wallet contains just a single one dollar bill and a twenty.
I gave her the twenty. I don’t think Jed will mind.
Oh what a gorgeous girl, with or without her tooth! And this post right here? This is why we mamas blog.
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tracy recently posted..February 1st…
Now wait for the… what the hey?? from big sister tomorrow. Oh you got yourself into big trouble. So I take it your girls don’t read the blog?
Dana
Yeah, I totally convinced Eloise that she also received $20. The girls do not read the blog. Someday they will seek counseling from it.
tracy recently posted..February 1st…
It was so fun listening to her share her excitement when she called me. Losing that 1st tooth is such a HUGE event in our lives isn’t it. We can recall how we lost that tooth – funny. $20 – what a tooth fairy – I love her:)
holy cow, hope she doesn’t tell Charlie as he will be devastated, he only got $1 gold coins…the next few years are going to be VERY expensive!!!!
How is MJ going? Are you surviving?
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Gorgeous pics as always.
Found a stash of teeth here the other day Ian told me it was a bit creepy!
LOL, we had just arrived in OR when Chelsea lost her first tooth. We had nothing but $20′s … so the first one was a big one, except another came out the next night … $20 again. When you arrive in a new town, its not the best way to make friends with the other parents. Also, when Tas lost her first one, Chelsea informed her that you always get $20′s from The Tooth Fairy for the first few
Now they get whatever age they are at the time is how many dollars they receive – it helps me keep track!
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Great idea for the age to equal the amount. Bad news is that most of the time I will probably steal from their piggy banks to get the money as I never carry cash.
tracy recently posted..February 1st…
Ohhhh, good idea to rob the piggy banks…I haven’t thought of that one before!! And we always find ourselves to be cash poor when teeth come out, too!
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I love that your daughter was eating jicama and knew what it was!
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She BEGS for jicama. lol
tracy recently posted..February 1st…
If you pay $20 a tooth, then I’m coming over to your house for a sleepover and pulling out a few teeth while I’m there.
Closing this out quickly before my children realize their tooth fairy is cheap.
Loosing their first tooth is just as bittersweet to me as loosing my infant to the toddler stage of life. Congratulations sweet Esther, you are officially on your way to tweendom now.
BTW…my aunt gave us a tooth bank for one of my DC’s baby gift, are you interested in it? You know, so that you can save all their tiny bits of enamel and admire them once they’ve grown? giggle I didn’t think so.
I plan to make a necklace. Pretty, no?
tracy recently posted..February 1st…
Wow! First tooth is so exciting.Can’t believe our little Esther is growing up so fast. Grandpa is losing some teeth. Can he come to your house and collect? HA!
Grandma that’s what I was going to say! Why is it cute when kids lose theirs and not so cute as adults! By the way – the words of mouth – I still have both of my children’s first tooth lost; 30+ years ago!
Precious girl! And love that toothless grin! The Tooth Fairy here always gives a $20 the first time, too…because when our oldest lost his first that was all we had as well! And then there is a sharp decline for each tooth thereafter…they usually get around $3. We can’t have kids knocking out their teeth on purpose for financial gain…
Oh, and that is the sweetest thing Esther’s teacher did to put the tooth in a carefully labeled envelope, so kind! At first when you said she ran crying off of the bus I was worried you were going to say she lost it & swallowed it along with her jicama!
Melanie H. recently posted..Slow & Steady
Ah, I’m a bad toothfairy. Ben just found a tooth on Mary’s floor yesterday and stuck it in a banana just to scare me.
I love love love Esther. I want to come to her birthday party.
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She is such a cool kid! My baby lost her first this year during lunch as well! I LOVE how they look with the little gap.:)
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