Tooth Day

OK, this marks a first in our household. The girls lost 3 teeth today!

We went down to McMinnville to do some shopping and stopped for lunch at the Oregon Hotel's rooftop pub. The downstairs restaurant has more menu variety, but the rooftop is great for lunch because you can see the whole city. We started out sitting outside, but it got too windy and we came back into the warmth of the pub.

Now for the last few days, we've been telling Zoe her other front tooth would be coming out any second. It was dangling diagonally out of position, giving everyone the impression that one sharp tug would relive it of duty. So when Zoe finished eating her sandwich and tater tots, we went into the restroom to clean up.

"Mom! my tooth is even looser!" she said, jumping up and down. So she asked me to try tugging on it just once, and *pop* out it came! Hooray! We took a little extra time to clean up, and emerged back into the restaurant where Peter and Cassie examined the tooth and Zoe's gap with the appropriate awe. And now Zoe officially has the gap toothed lisp around those "S" sounds.

Cassie, not to be upstaged, has lost 3 molars in the last month, and has had an I-tooth loose for about six weeks. So we had to return to the restroom again, to try and remove that one as well. Stubbornly, it remained anchored in there. We left the hotel in high spirits, one kid happy to finally lose her second front tooth, and the other content to wiggle the I-tooth for the rest of the afternoon.

When we got home about 5-ish, Cassie was still working on those teeth. The molar next to the I-tooth was irritated (gee, I wonder why) so she went into the bathroom to investigate it, and popped that molar right out! Now the I-tooth finally had space to move freely, and about 3 minutes later, it was out too!

So after a dinner of soft foods and a movie, both girls are in bed, anxiously awaiting the tooth fairy, who, I keep assuring them, is waiting for them to fall asleep. Whew! What a day.