Shelby informed me on Saturday that she had a loose tooth. More importantly this was her FIRST loose tooth. I was pretty excited about it, but it wasn't that big of a deal to her. Most of her "friends" had already lost teeth so she knew all about it. *rolls eyes* Her dad tried to talk her into pulling her tooth all weekend. She refused to let us even touch it. I did manage to get her to open wide enough to snap this shot:
When I got to daycare to pick her up yesterday the director came to me and informed me that she had pulled Shelby's tooth!!! WHAT?! I told her that Shelby's dad was NOT going to be happy b/c he'd been trying to pull it and she wouldn't let him. She was scared that I was serious. Obviously I was joking but it is funny how our children will trust other people before they will trust us! When I got to her classroom she showed me her tooth as well as the gaping hole it left in her mouth:
I informed her that she got to put the tooth under her pillow tonight and the tooth fairy would come and bring her some money. She was very excited at this concept. We got her to go to bed without any fuss last night and she was quickly fast asleep. She woke up this morning to find five $1 bills under her princess pillow. She was excited as she counted out the dollars. Now I know this is the part where you say, "WOW, $5 maybe I should pull out my teeth to pay for gas back and forth to work." I have one word to explain my train of thought on this one, inflation! What can you buy with a buck? Also, that first tooth is special. She showed me the money:
Then she was looking under her pillow again. She asked, "Where's my tooth?" Ummm...well, errr, the tooth fairy kept it. *blink*
"Why did she keep my tooth?"
"Because she collects them in exchange for money."
"Well, what does she do with them, why would she want teeth?"
...by this time I am thinking to myself, did I ask my mom this many questions about getting money under my pillow?! I think NOT! So, I quickly nipped the 21 question game in the bud by asking what she wanted to buy with her money. That did the trick, she was spouting off ideas all morning. She was still full of ideas by the time I picked her up from daycare this afternoon! The trouble is that all of her ideas were way more expensive than five bucks!!!
Shelby's Milestone
http://tishblack.blogspot.com/2008/05/shelbys-milestone.html
It looks like baby (I know at some point I'm going to have to stop calling her a baby) Emily Grace has decided that she wants to be upright and has taken to walking! She is really moving quickly on her feet. I am so proud of her. She is getting less timid daily and is doing more walking by the day. She really amazes me at how quickly she catches on to things. She discovers she can do more things each day.
I used to be very scared about her being on the couch because she was fearless about just crawling off the edge. Now she will back down feet first on her belly and does it very swiftly and safely. She is also still crawling off and on the fire place. That has always been a big no-no at our house even with the older kids just because one false move and we could have a trip to the ER. She is very cautious when she is on the bricks, but when she is told NO to get away she will usually comply. That's not to say that she will stay away once she gets down, but she does at least listen when she is told no, right?
