Kimmy-girl

I met Kimberly off the school bus today and as we were walking home she said, "My tooth is still in my mouth...I haven't lost it yet."

I exclaimed, "Do you have a loose tooth?"

"Yeah!" The way she said was like 'Mom...this news is like soooooo 4 hours ago!'

I started shrieking and clapping and crying and I guess my enthusiasm was infectious because this big ear to ear grin started to spread across her face. She proudly showed me her teensy tiny wiggly baby tooth (lower right incisor. well, are incisors on the bottom of your mouth too?). She called Daddy and when he answered the phone she said, "Daddy I have something really exciting to tell you...my tooth is loose!" After talking to him for a few minutes, she also called the grandparents on both sides and Miss Patty.

sniff. My baby's losing her baby teeth. This is just another indicator that she is growing up as she should. It is bittersweet. I'm so proud of her for this young lady that she is growing into. whaaaaa!

Okay, onto important business. What is the going rate for teeth these days? We are already talking about the tooth fairy. Kimberly thinks that she is too small to open an envelope, so we need to find something else to put the tooth in when it comes out. She also wanted to know if the tooth fairy is watching her. LOL at the thought of my daughter mentally guarding her loose tooth from a little stalking tooth swiping fairy! Do you think that it should be a dollar for the first tooth, two dollars for the second tooth etc? That might get confusing. Also, I probably got around a dollar per tooth when I was little. With inflation what would that amount to these days? Any ideas would be appreciated!