My littlest little is growing up.
She is in Senior Kindergarten.
She reads fairly well.
She cleans out the kitty litter without help.
and now she has lost her first tooth!
it's been wiggly for quite a while now.
then the one next to it got wiggly, and even wigglier.
the first one seemed as though it was never going to come out.
then...
last night the girl asked for a candy.
i let her have one.
she chose gum.
it was almost immediately when she came to me.
the emotions on her face were assorted.
she was holding a tiny tooth.
she had some tears in her eyes.
she had a forced smile.
and a bloody gap.
she was scared,
nervous,
excited,
happy.
it had finally come out!
we rinsed her mouth out.
and she was so excited.
her tooth was out!
we put it in a plastic bag so she could bring it to school to show friends.
she tried to pull the other one out a couple times.
it wouldn't come.
she kept smiling and sticking her tongue through the gap.
i'm sure she fell asleep dreaming about her tooth.
this morning she asked me if she could tie lammie to one end of a string and the other end to her other loose tooth.
but there wasn't time before the bus.
so off to school she headed.
i told her i'd be in the library today if it came out.
i was shelving books when i heard this tiny voice behind me.
"mommy."
there she was at the library door with her best friend.
she had a tooth necklace on.
she walked in with the biggest smile.
two teeth were missing.
"mommy, i yanked it out when i was in line."
there was the tooth in the little plastic tooth hanging around her neck.
she had hoped a tooth would fall out at school.
she made it happen.
within 24 hours she has had 2 teeth come out.
what an exciting time for her.
the one adult tooth is already poking through, and that excites her even more.
wow.
my little one is growing up.
i love this time of life!
1st photo taken by me with Gertie.
2nd photo courtesy of Kari A.(right after the incident occurred)
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