It started with one tooth...

Sean has had loose teeth for months.  Then in June he had a really loose front tooth.  We went swimming and then got a pretzel afterwards.  Sean came up to me with a mouth full of food and said uh-oh mom...then gulp...I lost my tooth.  I knew right away that the tooth was now in his belly.  He was sure he would find it on the ground somewhere like the last time, but nope, he ate it.

Time for a note to the Tooth Fairy.  I did tell him how to spell the words in this letter, but I wish I would have just let him do it.  The following letters to the Tooth Fairy get better and better.

Here is the Tooth Fairy's response.  She needs to work on her cursive!  The Easter Bunny gave Sean his most prized stuffed animal, Papa Smurf, and apparently he is friends with the Tooth Fairy!

The Tooth Fairy doesn't bring money to our house.  She thinks it's way more fun to hide a prize under the pillow.  It's so exciting not knowing what she may bring.  She always puts things in cute little sparkly bags and ties a note at the top.  This time he got Papa Smurf, Azrael, and Gargamel.

Six days later the other tooth was hanging on by a thread.  I worked on it all morning pulling pretty hard and had no luck.  Then Dr. Dada came home and asked Sean if he could pull it.  Sean really didn't want to let him, but it was driving him crazy, so he cooperated.  Randy took a piece of tissue and in the most gentle manner pinched his tooth.  That was it- it was out!  Sean said, "No Dada, I don't want you to pull it out anymore."  Randy held up his hand and said, "It's right here.  I already got it."   Well, we were all pretty impressed to say the least.  It was like Randy was a tooth ninja.  I know he does some crazy impressive things at his office, but I've never been more impressed.  Dada has skills, I tell you.

This letter is awesome.  I still don't know what some of it says, but this is what I can make out.  "Dad polde (pulled) my tooth...tooth fary."  She brought him Smurfette, Clumsy, and Brainy.

Well, six weeks later a bottom tooth came out.  It was ten o'clock at night and Sean came running in and said, "I did it."   He was holding up a tooth.  Randy was out of town, Kate was asleep, and let's just say it was lucky that the tooth fairy had something to give him with such short notice.  He had a cute note that said he pulled out his own tooth this time, but I guess I was too tired to take photos of anything.  The Tooth Fairy gave him a cool arctic wolf that looks just like the one at the zoo that Sean is obsessed with.

Well, 2 days later, we're driving in the car and Sean says, "look what I just did!"  I turned around and he's holding another tooth in his hand.  Seriously, maybe this kid will be a dentist after all.  He seems to have some skills pulling out teeth too!

Here is his letter to the Tooth Fairy for the 4th tooth.  I told him he should thank her for the cool prize.
"Dere Tooth Fairy, Thank (his n looks like a w and his k looks like an f) youe for the wolf."

That night the Tooth Fairy brought a cool black panther.  Sheesh Sean, I think that's enough teeth for a while.  Now you've lost 6 and your six years old.  (You say that all the time.)

I'm really getting sad that you are growing up.  I can't believe you'll be seven in a few days.  Where happened to my baby?  I'm going to miss you so much this year when you go to first grade!  Sniff, sniff.  What will I do with out you?  Well, I can think of a few hundred things I've been putting off until I had "time."  I love you buddy.