So our little Grace-bug has had a dangling front tooth for weeks. This past Sunday night, while getting ready to start our night time routine, Lauren accidentally collided with Gracie, and I heard Gracie yell, "Lauren! You knocked out my tooth!"
Through tears -- Gracie's over having her tooth knocked out and Lauren's for having caused injury -- I gathered Gracie over to inspect. And that's when we realized that loose tooth was still intact -- still hanging by a thread -- whereas the other front tooth was gone.
Obviously, that tooth must have been loose, too, and that tooth was also serving to prop the extremely loose tooth in place because now the original loose tooth is truly just hanging in the middle of her mouth. I realize all of that is hard to follow, but it will make sense if you happen to see Gracie's poor smile. She won't let anyone pull the remaining tooth, and she is determined not to have all-I-want-for-Christmas jokes this holiday season.
After all of the excitement, we dutifully wrote our letter to the Tooth Fairy.
It reads:
Dear Tooth Fairy,
Surprise! It's me again! I just lost another small tooth tonight!
Do you like Alabama or Auburn? What is your favorite treat? I want to share money with my sister. Where do you live?
Love,
Gracie
(Lauren, too)
Lauren and Gracie made up, and Lauren felt much better.
The next morning we discovered that the Tooth Fairy had visited.
More importantly, Gracie was a total rockstar at school when she shared the story of having her tooth knocked out.
Lauren told us she smiled while Gracie told her story. She has come a long way in not being jealous about Gracie's lost teeth.
That's good news because Gracie has at least three more that are loose.
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