January 20, 2011- Tooth Fairy Notes

     About three weeks ago, I was wondering out loud when my 7 year old would begin losing his baby teeth because I know my oldest had already lost a few by the middle of first grade.  Interestingly enough, a couple of days later, we discovered not one, but two of his bottom teeth were loose.  It was during out last campout on Roi.  We had grilled out and were in the middle of eating dinner.  Amazingly, my youngest had made an exception to his general “cheese and bread products only” rule and was daring to eat corn on the cob.  This is when he discovered something funny going on in his mouth.  He said eating the corn on the cob was hurting his teeth, and after some investigation, we discovered his first wobbly tooth. How exciting! This tooth finally came out the weekend before last, but the second loose one, discovered a couple of days after the first, hung on until this past weekend.  When he woke up on Monday morning, I noticed the previously small gap between his bottom teeth looked larger.  The other tooth was gone! What happened to it?  We never found out, but we can only assume he swallowed it, possibly while eating popcorn not long before bedtime on Sunday evening.  As we had no tooth to put under his pillow, we forgot about it for a day or two, but then I told him we should write a note to the Tooth Fairy anyway, and that’s what we did last night.  Composed by his older brother and written down by me, the note explained to the tooth fairy what we thought had happened to his tooth and asked if she/he could leave a treat anyway. A lollipop to help the next tooth come out sooner for the Fairy’s collection and some change for the piggy bank was found under his pillow by a sleepy eyed boy the next morning.  Santa and the tooth fairy, it’s so much fun to be a part of a child’s world again where lollipops, magic, and imagination rule the day!