The Trio

I wanted to post this picture for two reasons.
1 - The girls were just being silly on the sofa singing a song they made up about being a trio who likes cheerios. It was really cute - especially Sarah's singing!
2 - It was a great shot of Rachel's missing front teeth.

I also haven't posted the story about those missing teeth. Rachel lost the first one early in November and as we approached Thanksgiving it was obvious the second wasn't far behind. The Friday after Thanksgiving I actually was checking it out and told her if she just pulled a little it would probably come out. At the time, she had no interest.

We went to the Saturday night service at church so that we could hit the road earlier on our way home Sunday. Less than 10 minutes after we sat down, Rachel was panicking and asking for a tissue as her gums were bleeding.

Obviously sitting still in church presented the perfect opportunity to wiggle that very loose tooth.

So Rachel and I headed for the bathroom to deal with the bleeding. After inspection, I suggested she just give it a tug, which she refused. Instead she turned away, worked up the nerve, twisted it and turned back with her tooth in her hand grinning from ear to ear.

So with a clean tooth swaddled in my pocket, we headed back in to church. As we returned to our pew I suggested she smile for them to let everyone know the success of our trip.

After the service the family behind us was asking Rachel if she had lost a tooth, and she proudly let them know.

Good thing the tooth fairy knows where to find you!