First Encounter with Tooth Fairy

One fine summer evening after eating corn on the cob, Cole decided the time had come to take matters into his own hands literally & ran into the bathroom leaving the rest of us outside to wonder what had become of him. He soon came out with tooth in hand & blood on shirt to prove he'd won the battle within:) You can see that the permanent tooth had already erupted quite a bit behind it & thankfully further back for his bulldog bite's sake...

The funniest part besides his determination that particular night despite the pain & after waiting for it to take care of itself for so long was that he didn't mean for it to come out before kindergarten started. He knew from touring his potential classroom last spring that the teacher recognized students with missing teeth & he didn't want to miss out:) So he made sure we wrote a note in hopes the tooth fairy would leave the evidence on her debut to the Parker house:)

Meanwhile Dane became quieter than usual & appeared quite disturbed as we discussed the tooth fairy. Of course he had been listening as Cole had all kinds of questions re: her appearance, entrance to his room etc. when it was time for bed so that he could stay awake longer:) So Dane had me write another note just for him & promptly put it under his pillow as well...

Needless to say, the tooth fairy obeyed only to let Cole lose it himself a second time for good in his excitement the next am re: whoppin' $2 the tooth fairy also left for him! Good thing his little holder only holds so many quarters:)