The tooth fairy

Supergerky lost his first tooth yesterday. We were in the car, on the way to dinner after a long day of apple picking and playing on the farm and he starts yelling full throttle, I lost my tooth! My tooth came out! At first I didn't get it. I thought he was trying to tell me that he lost something and was about to tell him to look under the seat for it. Then when I processed what he was saying, I thought maybe his friend (sitting next to him) popped him in the mouth. It finally occured to me that perhaps his tooth fell out (ok, so I was a little slow on the uptake). He grinned at me and yep, gaping hole on the bottom of his mouth - actually, it sort of matches the gap in his upper teeth so it makes a nice little tunnell into his mouth. Maybe that's how I can get him to eat when he won't open his mouth - the lips are easy, it's the teeth I have trouble with. Now I can just shovel right through that hole! (I'm kidding of course, please don't alert child services on me). The tooth looked like a tiny little pebble - about half a centimeter long. I thought I was going to lose it. Then what would the tooth fairy do?

And speaking of the tooth fairy, she has significantly upped the rate for teeth since I was a kid! I, I mean she, is leaving $5 for the first tooth these days! Highway robbery! But this morning, my bedroom door flies open and a very excited little boy, brandishing a five dollar bill jumps in and yells, "Everybody WAKE UP! I... have.... (pause) MONEY! (with a flourish)" It was cute. Of course, he was so excited that he forgot to help his little brother out of the bed (they have insisted lately that they want to sleep together but Magician has a hard time navigating the steps down out of the loft bed and usually Supergerky helps him). Anyway, he told me he wants to buy ice cream with it. I told him maybe he could buy ice cream with half and save half. He didn't really understand that concept. I wonder if he'll buy ice cream for all of us? LOL I guess we'll see.