gone.

Big Man lost his first tooth today. Once he discovered that he had a loose tooth, he didn't stop messing with it until it came out. He was disappointed last year when some of his friends lost teeth and he hadn't lost anything (always competitive!). So, he was super fired up tonight when he realized he would be joining the lost-a-tooth-club! He is so thrilled!

We were on the fence about the tooth fairy... you know us, the old meanies... Brad and I had discussed it awhile back, so when Wilson started peppering me with questions tonight I just did a lot of shoulder shrugging.

After the tooth came out, Wilson told us he was going to put it under his pillow, "And see if I get a dollar!"

I gasped and said, "A dollar!!!"

And then Brad clinched the tooth fairy deal with the reply, "I used to get a quarter!"

Its almost as if a switch came on in Wilson's head, that maybe he could really believe in this tooth fairy thing. He said to Brad, "I thought the tooth fairy was just fantasy."

(Fantasy? Really? His teacher wasn't kidding when she said he has a big vocabulary!)