she finally loses a tooth

Toothless Zoë

Zoë finally lost her first tooth. Since the beginning of the school year, nearly a year ago, she’s wanted to lose a tooth. Why? Because all of her friends had lost a tooth. Not just her friends, but EVERYBODY in her class. Seemed a little dramatic to me, but you know how little girls can be…DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA! So finally, about a month ago, she had her first loose tooth. With all the excitement of Christmas morning, she told us all about it. She even wanted us to feel how loose it was. What she didn’t know was that it would take just over a month to finally fall out. Or in her case, get twisted out. Apparently, one of her friends told her to just grab it and twist it. So she did and it popped right out. “It didn’t even hurt”, she said. So congratuations to Zoë for the lose of her first tooth. But this isn’t the end of the story.

With a lost tooth comes a visit from the Tooth Fairy. Pretty typical happening for a lot of families, right? Anna and I figured we’d sneak a dollar or two under her pillow when she fell asleep, but then that all changed when Zoë mentioned that her friend got a Webkinz AND $5 from the Tooth Fairy. Hmmm…Houston…we have a problem. I wasn’t about to go out and get her a Webkinz just because her friend, who is obviously spoiled by her parents, got one. It was time for Plan B. As luck had it, Anna had recently purchase a small book, a tube of lip-gloss, some fingernail polish, and some hair clips. Since we didn’t want to completely ruin Zoë’s idea of the Tooth Fairy, we decided these little gifts would be perfect for the “special” first tooth. (We made a point of explaining that the first tooth lost was the special one where you get a special gift.) So when Zoë awoke, she was quite pleased w/ her gift from the Tooth Fairy. It wasn’t a Webkinz, but then again, she loves books. Hopefully this doesn’t happen again the next time she loses a tooth. She’ll be sorely disappointed, because I don’t plan to make this the norm.