Allison's bottom front tooth, to be precise.
I have to admit, I feel cheated. My girl lost her first baby tooth at school, and not here at home beside her daddy and me.
Clay has lost all of his teeth here at home. (Well, not ALL of his teeth, just the baby teeth that have made way for permanent teeth. He still has teeth!)
Allison has been wiggling that tooth like crazy. And today it fell out while she was eating a birthday cupcake at school.
Poor Spencer's baby teeth are still firmly set in place. He SO wants to lord that whole extra 14 minutes of age over his sister's head. Naturally, since he is so much older, it should follow that his baby teeth start their exodus first. But God in His wisdom has not made it so.
While Allison was telling me all about the experience, Clay interrupted with his own bit of wisdom.
"Allison," he said, "this is a great way for you to start making money!"
And so, the fleecing of the Tooth Fairy begins. (Now you understand even more fully why it was necessary for me to specify above that Clay does still, in fact, have teeth!)
Now I go off on a tangent...
Allison lost her tooth on a cupcake. A birthday cupcake.
Doggone it. A few weeks ago when I sent their birthday treat, I caved to all that junk they send home from school, asking that snacks be healthy. Because I am a rule follower, I sent individual packs of snacks that were labeled as "only 100 calories per bag".
Do I have fond memories of childhood classroom snacks that center around reduced-fat cheese sticks and pretzels? No, I don't.
My memories are of cupcakes. With lots of icing. And cookies, which were also iced. Heavily.
From now on, I'm a rebel. I'm breaking all the nutrition rules. Come the next birthday celebration, I'm sending the snack that is sugariest (Yes, it is a word. Today it is. On this blog "sugariest" is correct! Don't argue with me. I'm an English/journalism major. And I know words. I'll beat you at a verbal argument any day of the week with my tongue tied behind my back! Ask Bruce.).
With that decision made, I'm content.
Sorry in advance to all teachers soon-to-be affected by this new hellion phase I'm going through regarding snacks.
Also, sorry to Miss Judy, our dental hygienist. I'll consider packing a toothbrush on cupcake days!
And a final apology to Jennifer, my sister-in-law, who is a nutritionist. I know all the rules, Jennifer. I understand about fat, sodium and calories. (Still a little confused by carbs, but anyway...)
Still, from now on, my kids get cupcakes for their birthday treats at school.
Evidently it is the treatment most preferred by six-year-olds for tooth extraction.
5 comments:
I'm right there with you on the cupcake as there birthday treat.. I mean what fun is a birthday at school with out them.
She looks cute. I always wonder why kids are so obsessed with loosing teeth, it definitely must be the money making aspect.
I loved the "tooth fairy" days. The look on my kids faces when they received money under their pillow and looking for the tooth that the fairy took with her was priceless! wish I had taken more pictures. Your baby girl is adorable. Cherish these days with her. God Bless~
Aww! How cute!The tooth fairy days. I don't think we are anywhere near that phase. All A's teeth seem very stable at the moment. ;)
I hear ya on the bday treats. Our school is very "pro" healthy snacks, too. But, they go as far as to stop the snacks in the office and veto them from making it to the classroom, including the ones sent on bdays. They did say you could send muffins or bagels instead of cupcakes on their bdays. Nothing says "Happy bday" like a fresh bagel! :)
Take care!
Anne
I totally agree with you on the healthy snack issue. We are told over and over not to even send sweets in their lunches but of course I do anyway. Now when I send snacks for the class I do try to aim for the less sugary stuff.
Luckily I don't send anything on birthdays because you have to send enough for the entire learning center that has roughly 100 kids within the four classes. One hundred snacks can be pricey so I just don't send anything.
I can't wait until Jett loses his first tooth. He will probably lose his at school too...his teacher is famous for pulling the loose teeth in primary (if the child is willing that is!). Davis always had to be held down for us to get it out...which he should be losing more soon also...it has been TWO years since he lost a tooth!!!
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