Milestone Moment: Benj's Tooth!

A few weeks ago Benjamin lost his first tooth!

He came into our room one morning about 2 weeks after Channah was born and woke me up. "Mommy! I have some exciting news!"

Groggy Mommy opened one eye and managed "What's that, buddy?"

"I have a loose tooth!"

I woke up with a little more enthusiasm and watched while he proudly wiggled a very loose tooth.

About a week later we were at church for a choir rehersal on a Sunday night. When we picked the kids up from childcare Benjamin proudly showed us his tooth all wrapped up in a napkin. It had come out while he was eating his sandwich for dinner.

When we got home that night I got out my brother's old tooth pillow that my mom had passed on to me the last time we were in California. (Seth was genuinely impressed that we had a tooth pillow ready & waiting for this moment. :) ) Benj proudly stored his tooth in the pocket and stowed it under his pillow. He was thrilled in the morning to find a dollar! (Our comment to attempt to avoid setting any kind of precident: "man, that tooth fairy sure is generous when it's the first tooth!")

Interestingly enough Benj seems to geninely believe in the tooth fairy. This is my son who regularly rehearses the fiction/non-fiction status of various stories of his acquaintance. If you ask him if Tinkerbell is real he says, "No! Of course not." If you ask him how he knows he'll tell you (laughing), "because fairies aren't real!" But the tooth fairy appears to be of a different breed, for some reason. I'm not sure how that works out in his fascinating little brain.

Anyway, here's our little man with his new (super cute, if I may say so) gappy smile.