Toothless Wonder!

Mikiya has had a loose tooth for a couple weeks. She has been very diligent in wiggling it, but afraid to let anyone look at it. Last Tuesday I looked over at her and it looked like her tooth was just leaning over, so I asked her if I could see how wiggly it was. She agreed and as I wiggled, it came out. She kind of leaned back and said it was starting to hurt a little not to touch it. I laughed and told her to look. She was amazed that her tiny tooth was in my fingers. She was completely excited, until I told her we should rinse out her mouth. Then, with the slightest taste of blood, she panicked. We got passed that quickly and for the last week she has loved looking in the mirror to see the space, or push her tongue through.

My favorite part was our conversation about the Tooth Fairy. She finally decided she wanted to leave the tooth in a glass of water, but it had to be downstairs, not in her room.

Mikiya -"Mom, how does the Tooth Fairy get in?"
Me -"Probably like Santa and uses magic."
Mikiya -"But Santa has hands and can open the door."
Me -"The Tooth Fairy has hands too."
Mikiya -"Yeah, but she is so tiny (holding up her fingers to show me how tiny) I don't think they can reach the door."

I can't remember my response other than a little chuckle at her description and concern. I did have to convince her it would be ok and she could go to sleep. Wed. morning she was excited to see that the Tooth Fairy had made it safely here. However, she has yet to decide what she wants to save her quarters for. This is her very first "own money" so it's also time for the practice of our tithing talks. A bunch of firsts and lots of excitement.