A Tooth Story

It has been a long, long time since we posted anything. Jenna turned 4, Sierra turned 2, Mackenzie turned 5, and Mason is just nineteen days from turning 8. But, in keeping true to trying to post an occasional big event, we wanted to write about Mackenzie's tooth. On June 5th or 6th, she showed us that it was loose. This was shocking, considering Mason didn't get her first loose tooth until almost the end of kindergarten! Anyhow, Mackenzie has been wiggling it a great deal. Today, she wiggled it so much that she was afraid she would swallow it. For dinner, we had to make soft food, and even that was not enough. She was so afraid of swallowing the tooth, because it appeared to be hanging by almost a thread, we told her to grab hold of it and lift it up. When we tried this suggestion with Mason, it was usually met with panic, drama, and whining. Mason never tried this. Mackenzie, on the other hand, grabbed the tooth, lifted it, and that was that! The tooth was between her fingers and no longer a disturbance in her mouth. She lost her first tooth on June 9th, 2011, just nineteen days after her 5th birthday, and months before starting kindergarten. Wow! Will post a picture soon (if we remember)!