Parking space for rent...

Need somewhere to park your double wide? Haley just lost her second top tooth and my oh my. Before losing any teeth she had a pretty good space goin'....not quite 'Madonna big' but enough that we were confident there would be plenty of room for those grown up, Chiclet teeth to come in. She lost the first one when 'hanging' around Grandma's house, literally. Two and a half years ago she was hanging from the chin up bar at Grandma's house and fell--that is where her tooth made contact with cousin Izzy's head. So yes, that tooth has been gone for two and a half years!! It makes deciphering the year for school pictures difficult. We should have had it temporarily replaced with a nice, shiny, silver tooth. In any case, we have come to love her space and I'm afraid that it's been there so long she will look totally foreign to me when something actually grows in there...if something actually grows in there. She used to have people ask if she was missing both front teeth when that was the only one because the space was so big, now, well, see for yourself. You could park not only a double-wide but have room for your big rig too, and maybe a doghouse or a rusted car with no wheels. She has taken to calling her teeth "her fangs" and asked specifically to say family prayer last night so she could use as many THee, THys and THou's as she could. None of her teeth have come out easily, two have been pulled by a dentist and two have come out with blood, sweat and tears. What's a blog post without a little blood? She was freaking out so dramatically that it was all over the sink, counter and mirror. After our little "extraction" the other night, I now have to justify at least four times a day that there is a difference between a parent feeling a need to "trick" you and a parent lying to you. It was hanging by a few threads folks, something had to be done. She had exhausted her own bravery and so I asked to "very gently" wiggle it one more time. I knew the precise angle and force that had to be inflicted, and I knew I had only one shot at it. Ew. I felt tender tooth roots pop from my flick. I sure hope it's a few months before anyone else loses a tooth because they won't trust me for sure. The tooth fairy left her a little envelope with a little note written in font so small you need a magnifying glass. It's a good thing her eyes are better than mine (and that our computer's writing program will let you increase the magnifying of the page.)