the tooth fairy found our new house.

When we were staying in a hotel in Tempe just before we closed on the new house, Cassidy noticed that one of her bottom teeth was wiggly -- her first loose tooth! It seemed surreal to hear that my little girl's tooth was loose. Another moment when my heart did a little flip-flop. A happy flip-flop. 

Nearly an entire month later, the tooth made its way out on its own. You were coloring Mr. X (one of the letter people from your old preschool class) at the dining room table when YiaYia asked how your tooth was doing. You wiggled it a bit and it came right out! Finally.  

It's been a while since we've had a visit from the tooth fairy. Lincoln's last two baby teeth are still sitting in his little baseball-shaped box. He refused to put them under his pillow for the tooth fairy to visit. He sometimes finds it difficult to let go of things. He may be a hoarder someday. Cassidy had no problem allowing the tooth fairy to visit. She proudly put her tooth in a small silver box and let it rest under her pillow. Sometime while she was in dreamland, the tooth fairy came. She left a dollar bill for Cassie, which was promptly placed in her "Spend" jar.

Congrats, Cass! 

Note: the space in her top teeth comes naturally; the lost tooth is on the bottom.