Testing Our Patience

My dear sweet Lilly, why is losing a tooth such a hard thing for you?

We have been trying to get this tooth out for weeks. Seriously. Weeks. Wiggling is not allowed, pulling is not even an option. Trying to get in that mouth is next to impossible. It might as well be a bank vault for all the access we are allowed. For some reason, teeth do not leave her head. Tonight, we decided that since the other tooth had grown in completely behind the loose one, it had to come out. The new big tooth wasn't able to be brushed properly, and was getting crowded out, and really, I don't want to even think about braces, so...
It lasted about an hour. Wiggling, crying, not letting us wiggle, letting us wiggle but just a little, the dental floss trick which she changed her mind about at the last minute, and then a moment of brilliance from Will. Lilly is so afraid that something might hurt, that her rational self checks out and she becomes completely, totally, irrational and unreasonable. We have to talk her through it and push her a little farther than she likes to go, but it becomes necessary. Will decided to just tell her that he was going to use the flosser (the plastic thing with the floss attached) to "clean" around the edges. This tooth was so loose that we could actually see the bottom of the tooth where the hole is. He was able to just put the edge of the flosser under it and push it up and out. He caught it and palmed it. She didn't even know it came out. He told her to push her tooth one more time with her tongue and then we would be done. She pushed on the spot where the tooth had been (the place where there was only the big tooth now) and said that she didn't feel it, just as Will dropped the tooth into the bowl she was holding under her chin. She immediately stopped freaking out, and was amazed that that's all there is to getting a tooth out. Thank You to my dear, sweet, genius of husband who with some trickery and sweetness got us through Lilly's second loose tooth. She is all tucked in bed and waiting for the Tooth Fairy to bring her a surprise.

Maya's Portrait of Me

Maya was drawing this morning and came up to me with a drawing she had done of me. I love it.

We Should Have Named Her Smiley

Spring is Right Around the Corner.

Really?

Did I Really Just Say That?

"Don't put that unicorn in your ear, please."

School Vacation

Wow, it is so nice to not have to rush out of the house in the morning. Maybe I will keep them home forever!

Really?

Allie was playing on the computer today and saw a cartoon with a conversation bubble. The bubble contained only a question mark. Allie said, "oh look, he has a mystery coming out his nose..." I guess it is good she can recognize punctuation, and she knows she needs to find something out.