Tooth Fairy Time

It finally happened! Dasha has watched as all of her friends have lost tooth after tooth and wondered if it would ever happen for her. At long last, she joins the ranks of the toothless 5-year-old's. I checked her two bottom teeth yesterday and told her to get working on them because I could see adult teeth pushing up. So, she sat all afternoon and wiggled one. At one point she declared with pride, "Mom, I'm being so brave about this!" A while later she asked me to try to pull it out. After one good tug, she pulled back and said, "Can we ask Heavenly Father to help me be more brave?" I guess her bravery has it's limits!

She worked on the tooth for the rest of the evening and I talked her into giving it another try. The first pull was unsuccessful and drew the most infinitesimal amount of blood. She started to cry. (My kids are complete bawl babies when it comes to blood.) I told her I wanted to check for blood, gave it one more good tug, quickly put a tissue to the little hole and faked that it hadn't worked for a second and them said, "wait! I think it's out and you didn't even cry! Woot Woot!!!"
Her reaction was priceless. She was stunned and didn't know whether to join her mother in hooting and hollering with excitement or to cry. She asked if there was blood to which I responded, "I don't know. Hold the tissue there for a bit and then we'll check."

Once I knew it was finished bleeding, I told her I wanted to take a picture of her new grin. She smiled for me and then immediately wanted to see the picture. This is the adorable pose I captured. We were still at the cabin for another night, but William had gone on home ahead of us for work. Dasha was really worried about the Tooth Fairy taking the tooth before her dad could see it. I assured her that if she didn't put it under her pillow, that she could show him the next day. Preston kept saying over and over, "Call the Tooth Fairy just in case." Kids are hilarious!

Tonight, we celebrated the rite of passage by taking the kids to the famous Kaysville Theater (a BIG night OUT for a movie) and saw Tooth Fairy the movie staring Duane Johnson. All I can say is this: if THAT's what the Tooth Fairy looks like, I want to start loosing teeth again! I'm a believer! Thanks to the movie, the kids were excited to go to bed. Dasha will wake to find a $2 bill under her pillow from the handsome fairy (although she insists her's is a girl fairy.)