The Spoon

Today Paul was sitting outside on the swing with me when he showed me how loose his tooth was. I asked him if he wanted me to pull it. He shook his head no exclaiming how much that would hurt. Once he heard that if he puts his tooth under his pillow he will wake up with a surprise instead, he was all for me pulling it. And it didn't take much for me to pull it out-- it was that loose.

I showed him how to put his tooth in a plastic bag and stick it under his pillow. A huge smile followed. I think this was exactly what we needed for our relationship-- you know-- bonding. he actually kissed me on the cheek at bedtime.

This is all fine and dandy except that poor Anastasia is now trying to loosen her teeth so that she could experience the surprise under her own pillow! I had to tell her the best that I could that it looks like she will still loose at least six teeth over the next few years and to be careful not to pull her grown up teeth. Hopefully she understood me. ;)

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Can you see the spoon in this picture? It seemed a bit odd to me since I do not allow the kids to eat outside the kitchen. I asked Julia about it and here is what she told me.

"Well Mom, Dennis was bugging me while I was doing this puzzle so I asked him to go downstairs and get me a spoon so he would be busy for a while. At first he didn't know what I was talking about so he came back upstairs and had me ask him again. That took him more time-- probably a whole 10 minutes that he didn't bug me!"

Isn't she clever?
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Seeing this tonight made me smile. It has been awhile since Dennis has lined up all of the push toys like this.

Only a Mom can find this cute.