How many times can you lose a tooth

Isabel has been waiting for a tooth to get loose. All of her friends have lost teeth; several teeth in fact.

When I noticed a loose one last night she was thrilled. She was supposed to be in bed but kept getting out of bed with stall tactics. Her intent was to stay up until Daddy got home from pottery to share the news. It worked and she was able to show him the wobbly tooth.

The next morning she couldn't wait for it to fall out. After a long explanation about how it could take a long time before it actually falls out...it fell out...today, in school, while she was walking down the hall.

Her teacher gave her a tooth necklace to hold the tooth and keep it safe until she got home. Unfortunately, the top of the necklace is not very tight.

She lost her tooth, AGAIN, in art class.

Her teacher, Ms. Bloom, wrote a note to the tooth fairy.

Another teacher, Ms. Mullinax, cut out a tooth-shaped replacement tooth and wrote a note on it for the Tooth Fairy. Isabel lost the cut out on the way home.

So Mommy cut out another one and tried to remember what Ms. Mullinax had written.

Isabel is finally convinced that this is sufficient for the tooth fairy. (I was afraid she was going to insist on getting it notarized)

To say she is estatic would be an understatement. The sides of the teeth next to the one that fell out have never been cleaner.