Lost

Derek has patiently watched as all the other kindergarten kids have lost their teeth. He has been wishing and hoping that he would have a loose tooth. Nicole lost 4 before kindergarten even started. Finally last Sunday a tooth started to wiggle. A week later it was still just wiggly. Courtney holds the record for leaving in a tooth in the longest I think it was well over 3 weeks after it started to wiggle.

On mothers day Uncle Danny tried to convince Derek that he knew how to get the tooth out. Something about Aunt Lolly and a baseball bat. Derek kept a tight lip thinking if he opened his mouth to wide Uncle Danny might pull out the tooth.

Monday after school Derek was quietly playing when he cam running down the stairs. He was so excited his tooth fell out while he was eating a granola bar and it didn't even hurt.

Dinner was fun as we talked about the tooth fairy. Dallen and Marissa tried to ruin it for Derek by telling him that there was no tooth fairy. Courtney saved the day by telling her true story of waking up and finding dad trying to steal her tooth fairy money. It was a funny story then and it still is. It doesn't say much about the kids trusting their dad but Courtney still wants to believe.