First Tooth

On Tuesday Christopher lost his first tooth. We weren't even expecting it. A few weeks earlier I had checked his teeth because I told him that he was getting to the age where he might lose a tooth. On Tuesday morning Christopher and Jeff were just about to leave for school and Christopher was eating an apple. He asked me what the hard thing on the table was. I just said it was a piece of apple and picked it up. Then I realized it was his tooth and yelled, "Oh! It's your tooth!" That, of course, scared him and he started crying and the little bit of blood made him cry too. But after he settled down and I told him it was all okay, he thought it was cool. So, he was kind of late for school, but he had fun showing off his empty space to his friends.

That night we put his tooth in the cute little tooth fairy bag we have (thanks to our very creative friend Becca). Then Christopher got kind of concerned about the tooth fairy coming into his room through the window. He was really worried and I didn't want him to be so upset so I just told him that the tooth fairy was just pretend and that I just did it. But he said, "No mom, she is real!!!" So I said okay and that if it would make him feel better she would knock on the front door and I would let her in and come upstairs with her. That made it all better and he went to bed. At about 2 am he came into my room. I was kind of awake because Jacob has a cold and was in bed with me. He asked me if she had come yet and I said he could go check. He ran back in his room and was so excited that he got $1 and a few pieces of candy. I had the video camera ready upstairs so I got it on tape. He is so sweet and said that he would share his candy with Michael and Annie. It was a fun experience and I think we'll get to do it all over again soon because he has a few others that feel a little bit loose.

Annie gave him a funny look when he showed her the missing tooth.