[kiss my crisis]

*shopping update*

We have clothes. After wrestling her to the ground and dragging her into the dressing room with at least one item in each store we went to, she conceded and will not be going to school wearing the swimsuit she's lived in all summer.

Although I wish she'd wear the odd skirt, apparently I have given birth to Sporty Spice and we only shop in the boys' department. It has to be comfortable. And the shoes have to be FAST. And cool. Cool apparently means camoflage print big enough to fit three people inside. At least the boys won't be staring at her ass. If I can just get this 'baggy pants' thing to last about 10 more years we'll be safe but I'm not holding my breath.

My girl also lost her first tooth this week. She's seven and going into grade three and has been rather pissed that she was the only kid in her class with all her baby teeth. 'What a lo-ser' *roll eyes*

Driven by all the glory that is Adult Teeth and an insatiable craving for money, she was so excited that she FINALLY had a loose tooth this week. She's been absolutely obsessing about it. Wiggling it. Talking about it (which totally wigs my husband out). Eating apples and carrots. Within two days she had taken it from barely wiggling to hanging by a few strings - then she just ripped it right out of her head! She was giggling maniacally and, frankly, freaking us right out.

Under her pillow tonight was not just the tooth, but also a note for the Tooth Fairy:

Dear Tooth Fary,

Can you pleese leev me 20 buks? I'll do anything!!!!!!!! Pleeeeees

I am so afraid. We are in for a world of hurt when puberty hits this girl.

5 comments! kim e posted at 12:03 AM
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Oh, I sooooooo know what you are talking about! My oldest is 8, has a hell of a time grossing dad out with loose teeth, and is already obsessed with money, and where she can spend it. But, she is the prissy princess, who has already caught the attention of the boys. And if I catch any of them checking out her ass... dental records won't help in identifying who they were!

By Anonymous, at 7:23 AM, August 31, 2005

Ah the girl in the bikini... i have one of those too. We did the back to school spend-a-thon last week. Yikes.
So what did the tooth fairy leave? We have a downward scale starting from a high-priced first on down to the toony tooth.

By jess, at 8:04 AM, August 31, 2005

Nilo, I'm feeling you. My Sporty Spice is already liking the boys but so far she prefers to play soccer and hockey with them. The day that changes is the day I will suddenly go 100% grey.

Jess, the Tooth Fairy left $5 for a first tooth. The two big ones in the front are $5 ones as well, but the rest are likely $2. Our oldest son hasn't lost any baby molars yet but those are probably worth a little more too. I didn't want to set the bar too high when he started losing his teeth because the tooth fairy didn't want to go bankrupt with two more children following him. ;-)

By kim e, at 10:20 AM, August 31, 2005

hee hee. your girl is wicked smart. i like her style. ;)

By Sizzle, at 10:26 AM, August 31, 2005

Can I just say? I'm proud of my prissy little princess daughter. Some little 3rd grade boy got a bunch of his friends together and chased her all over the playground yesterday, to try and catch her and kiss her. She punched one of them in the mouth, and kicked another one in the groin. The rest of them scattered like cockroaches in the face of this fearless pink fury.

Yep, that's my daughter!

By Anonymous, at 1:02 PM, September 02, 2005