toothalina

Much to Anna's delight, we experienced another "first" in our house last week.  Anna lost her very first tooth!  For months she has been talking about a phantom loose tooth - ever since her school friends starting talking about theirs.  And then several weeks back she showed us what was a REAL loose tooth.  So exciting!

Over MEA weekend Anna's tooth was hanging by a thread.  I encouraged her to keep wiggling and perhaps to even tug a little to get it out.  She was not having that!  Somehow Anna had it in her head that she wanted her tooth to fall out while she was eating.

Last Friday as we sat enjoying lunch at home before heading to the cabin, Anna shrieked and spit out her apple along with a small white tooth!  She claims she thought it was an apple seed - from an unripe apple, as those are apparently "white".  But then she felt the hole in her mouth and was DELIGHTED!

Much deliberation went into whether or not she wanted to tooth fairy to come.  Anna did NOT want to part with her tooth.  So, we settled on writing a note to the tooth fairy asking if she could keep it.

Here is a picture of the carefully thought out note that Anna wrote.  In case you are having trouble reading it, it says:

"Hi I am Anna!  Please!  Will u tell me your name?  I want to keep my tooth please.  Love, Anna.  He he he he he! me me me! Anna"

Worried that the tooth fairy wouldn't find her at the cabin, Anna had a tough time falling asleep on Friday night.  She woke at 1am and bolted upright in her bed.  "Mom!  My note is different!  There's not 3, there's just one long one.  Can we turn on the light??"

After convincing her to go back to sleep, she awoke to the following note, $5, and a little treat.

This note reads:
"Dear Anna, Thank you for your LOVELY note.  You are a good writer!  My name is Toothalina and I love rainbows, sparkles and all things magical.  Yay!  You lost your first tooth!  Please keep it somewhere special, it is a treasure.  I'm leaving you some treasure in return.  Spend it wisely!  Oh, I left a treat too.  Happy Halloween!"

And now we are treated to this toothy grin around our house each day.  Exciting times in the life of a 6 year old!