Tooth #2

He pulled and he tugged... Then he swallowed. For two days, Drew worked on getting that second tooth out, then last night during dinner, it finally appeared to be coming loose. It was literally hanging on by a thread. Finally, towards the end of dinner, Drew said: "It's gone".

Me: "Your tooth?"
Drew: "Yes... I can't find it."
Me: (having a good idea here that it went down with the Chicken) "Drew... I think you swallowed it".

Now Drew's reaction here was quite interesting. He didn't seemed really that bothered, just more intent on finding his tooth. I think he was under the impression that if he didn't find it, that the tooth fairy wouldn't come.

Drew: "Noooo... I didn't swallow it... It must have jumped out. Maybe it fell out! Let's look for it."
Me: (After a brief, unsuccessful search) "Drew... You know, the Tooth Fairy will still come."
Drew: "Oh... Well, I still want to find it."

We never did, but before bed, Drew wrote an adorable note to the tooth fairy, which, when I get a chance, I will scan in, and left it under his pillow. Guess what. The Tooth Fairy came ;)

The tooth fairy cometh

Stick with me. It's kind of a long story, but cute.

Last night the Tooth Fairy made a visit to our house. Growing up, my Tooth Fairy experience was pretty typical. Lose a tooth, wrap it up in a Kleenex, stick it under your pillow, wake up, find a quarter. Ann's was a bit different. Lose a tooth, put it under your pillow, wake up the next AM. Tooth still there. Mention it to Mom. (Mom goes "oops"). Try it again the next night. Hopefully, after two or three nights, she got a knock on the door, and magically the Tooth Fairy left a little something on the floor outside. I haven't asked Ann what happened to the tooth.

We decided to go with Tooth Fairy version 1.0 (my version). The only problem is that Drew just turned five, and the concept of a quarter (or whatever inflation would warrant since my experience 30 years ago) would be completely lost on him. We decided to go with a small toy.

Now here's where it gets a bit complicated. The Tooth Fairy can't really stick Legos under his pillow without him waking up at some point too early (say 5am), seeing them, and wanting to get up and play. So the Tooth Fairy decided to leave them on his night stand.

Then next AM, Ann got up with Matthew at his usual 6am, and I slept in a bit. I got up at 8am, and Drew was still asleep. Ann mentions that he has been making noises since 7:30, but hasn't gotten up... This was a bit unusual, but not unreasonable. 8:30.... 8:45... Now it's getting a bit weird... 9am "Daddy Daddy!" I go up there "Daddy, I have to go pee, but I'm not ready to get up yet". "Really buddy? Are you sure?" "Yep I'm going back to sleep because the Tooth Fairy hasn't come yet." Oh. Now it's all making sense. "Drew, Maybe we should look around the room a bit to see if the Tooth Fairy left something." Drew: "Oh Wow.... " Me: "Drew... Are you ready to get up now?" I couldn't believe it, the little guy stayed in bed all AM because he thought that the Tooth Fairy hadn't come yet.

Drew's first tooth

Drew lost his first tooth today. I'll get a picture up as soon as I can. He's so excited. The thing has been "hanging on by a thread" (as Drew said) for days now. As a parent, I have witnessed many milestones in my son's life, first step, first words, his first day at pre-school, but for some reason, every time I see that kid smile and there is a tooth missing, it reminds me that he is growing up. This one seems to have had a lasting impact on me.

Round 'em up!

Kindergarten roundup was quite a bit of fun. Seeing 50 or 60 five year olds gathered in one place is great, but what is amazing is seeing two teachers corral those kids, and keep control. Drew is definitely excited about school. At first, he thought that this was going to be the first day of Kindergarten. I think Matthew wants to start Kindergarten as well (wait a few years kid-o).

Too much time, not enough blogging

I just wanted to throw out a quick update about what's been going on with us over the past few months.

Drew is getting ready for Kindergarten. Or perhaps more accurately, we are getting ready for Kindergarten (paperwork, immunizations, government forms.. and Kindergarten Roundup!).

Ann and I each recently finished attending our respective Cursillo. It was a great chance to deepen our faith.

I continue to work on our Linux Home Theater PC (What a geek... I should put some pictures of it up here...)