Benjamin's BIG News

There's no denying it: Benjamin is growing up. He is constantly outgrowing his clothes, he knows all of his letters and sounds, and in just three more weeks he'll be starting kindergarten.

But you might not know that for the past couple of months, Ben has also been working on wiggling out his first loose tooth. I didn't realize how loose it was until a couple of weeks ago, when he showed me how it could tilt all the way back and all the way forward. I encouraged him to "keep wiggling," which he has done, almost constantly.

 

Then this afternoon, when I was helping Janae take care of a little "accident," Ben came running into the bathroom holding something tiny and white--it couldn't be . . . but it was--his TOOTH! It looked so much smaller once it was out!

 

Now Benjamin has a window in his mouth, which he is very proud of. Luckily he can still whistle, too (we had to check this right away--he was so sad when he fell on his lip back in June and couldn't whistle for a whole week!).

 

Of course, he had to call Daddy, Grandma, and some of his cousins to tell them the big news. Then he ran upstairs and told his teddy bear, too :)

 

Now the tooth is in an envelope under his pillow, and we're all waiting to see what the tooth fairy will bring (I am especially curious about this, since I have nothing but credit and debit cards in my wallet. . . . ).