Children grow up. I know that. The Little Man turned 2-1/2 last week. My Big Girl started Kindergarten this morning. Milestones happen all the time. If that’s the case, then why did a loose tooth set me over the edge? Here’s how it happened…
We were eating lunch yesterday. BG had requested grilled apples and corn on the cob with our hamburgers. While we were eating and discussing the first day of kindergarten (that’s traumatic enough for a mom, isn’t it), BG complains that her tooth hurts when she takes a bite of corn. Well, when her Daddy looks in her mouth, he didn’t see anything. Then suddenly he says, “It’s wiggling.”
Now I am sitting there staring at him, mouth open, thinking “Wiggling? Hunh? Teeth don’t wiggle. Great, how much is this going to cost me at the dentist? Wiggling? Hunh?” Suddenly BG jumps up and exclaims: “That means the tooth fairy is coming soon!” And I burst into tears.
On a side note, I didn’t cry when I dropped BG off at her class this morning. She and I both did fine on this first day of kindergarten. (And since she must wear a uniform, we did the next best thing–she’s wearing a monogrammed bow. Need one? Check out www.personalitychildrensclothes.com and “Contact Us” for more information.)