
Fin's new toothless growl
Friday afternoon I’m walking through Hallmark and saw the cutest book on the Tooth Fairy and it also came with a cute tooth pillow…granted it was purple but it was so darn cute. I commented to myself that one of these days Fin will start losing his teeth.
Hop to Friday night and we are sitting around the table after dinner and Fin says, “Mom, my tooth is loose.” Nick looked at him asking if he was sure because the other day when he told Nick his tooth wasn’t loose. I wiggled the cute little tooth in the front and low and behold it was really loose. Fin gives Nick a dirty look. I laugh at the both of them. I’m not sure who was more excited, Fin or me. My baby is not only about to go to Kindergarten screening on Tuesday but his first tooth was loose. I was clapping and letting him know through my excited that this was a BIG DEAL!!! Darn, I wish I would have just gotten that book. I show him how to wiggle the tooth with his tongue and he only sticks out his tongue…he can’t grasp the concept…oh well. He’ll get it by his second.
Saturday morning we are hanging out in bed after the boys got up and I ask Fin about his tooth….he wiggles it it’s still there. MOM, MY OTHER TOOTH IS LOOSE!!! And you thought I was excited about the first tooth, you are underestimating my love for milestones. Fin and I did a little dance.
Skip forward to Sunday night dinner at Ashley’s and Fin’s tooth (the first) is hanging by a thread. I take the advice given to us and for the life of me I can’t get it with the napkin…it could have been Fin’s hand pulling my arm back as I try to wiggle it loose. I hand him the napkin and viola…the tooth is free! Fin goes running out to the kitchen to show Gammy and Ashley. This is where he shows the most excitement…he was excited when it really came out…when it was real to him. His cute little tooth in his hand; oh, my baby is growing up. Fin is losing his teeth just as Griffey is finishing up with his baby teeth. Ash takes a picture to commemorate the event.
We get home and I get out the ipod…must put on instagram and facebook (no, no iphone yet) and my regular camera. As I’m wiping his pudding off of his face he pulls away yelling MOM! And then realizes that his second tooth is in his mouth loose! TWO IN ONE DAY….ROCK ON!!! There should be a special award for that. Ok, extra money. I’m sentimental and heck instead of a buck or two…. The tooth fairy will upgrade to $5 (The tooth fairy wrote a letter stating that that was special and good teeth are $2, a tooth with a cavity is only a buck).
As we get ready for bed, Fin is all bummed out because he’s about to give up his teeth. He wants to keep them to show them to his friends. Nick and his quick thinking (no wonder Mr. Gould called him Quick Nick in high school) came up with the idea of writing the tooth fairy to see if he could keep them for show and tell. Brilliant! Fin heads off to bed and I head to the computer to type up a letter and start the iron to get the $5 nice and crisp…heck, the Tooth fairy only leaves nice dollar bills. It was the least I could do since I didn’t have a fancy tooth pillow to leave the teeth in.
By the way, I’m not over the tooth pillow bit, heck I turned out ok and all I got to do was stick the tooth in a glass of water.

