Tooth #6

I just played the Tooth Fairy again. Sebastian lost his sixth tooth today, the lower left lateral incisor. It had been incredibly loose for days - basically just flopping loose, with only a tiny flap of skin still attached - and this morning Teri's mother pulled it out (over his objections, he tells us).

So I just took it and left a silver dollar in its place. This time was a little different, though; rather than buy a silver dollar for the occasion, I used one of the ten I have from when I was a child. I'd resisted doing that up 'til now, but I can't justify spending $14 - $18 when money is as tight as it is right now.

Besides...it's not as if I was planning on selling those dollars. I'll give them to him gladly, even if I regret the necessity.

Here's a picture of him tonight in bed, ready for the Tooth Fairy. If you look carefully, you'll see his Tooth Fairy pillow, a bear that he insisted be in the shot (even though it's not normally one of his favorites), and the tooth itself in a plastic bag.



This one makes his mouth symmetrical again.

Incidentally, I took this photo with the new Kodak EasyShare camera that Teri got me for Christmas. It was a shock; I hadn't expected it at all. Our old Fuji camera is relatively new, and although I've hated it almost from the first day we bought it, it was incredibly expensive.

The new camera was a stroke of genius on Teri's part. Even though it was probably only half the cost of the Fuji, it's easily twice the camera. In part that's because technology has advanced, but it's also because the Fuji camera - an A350 - really, really sucked. The Kodak is model C813, if you care about such things. It also took the "galore" video that I posted in a recent entry, and the quality of the original MOV file is startlingly better than the old Fuji videos.

She spent all her birthday money buying it for me. To be honest, that amazes me...humbles me, too.

Tooth #6

I just played the Tooth Fairy again. Sebastian lost his sixth tooth today, the lower left lateral incisor. It had been incredibly loose for days - basically just flopping loose, with only a tiny flap of skin still attached - and this morning Teri's mother pulled it out (over his objections, he tells us).

So I just took it and left a silver dollar in its place. This time was a little different, though; rather than buy a silver dollar for the occasion, I used one of the ten I have from when I was a child. I'd resisted doing that up 'til now, but I can't justify spending $14 - $18 when money is as tight as it is right now.

Besides...it's not as if I was planning on selling those dollars. I'll give them to him gladly, even if I regret the necessity.

Here's a picture of him tonight in bed, ready for the Tooth Fairy. If you look carefully, you'll see his Tooth Fairy pillow, a bear that he insisted be in the shot (even though it's not normally one of his favorites), and the tooth itself in a plastic bag.



This one makes his mouth symmetrical again.

Incidentally, I took this photo with the new Kodak EasyShare camera that Teri got me for Christmas. It was a shock; I hadn't expected it at all. Our old Fuji camera is relatively new, and although I've hated it almost from the first day we bought it, it was incredibly expensive.

The new camera was a stroke of genius on Teri's part. Even though it was probably only half the cost of the Fuji, it's easily twice the camera. In part that's because technology has advanced, but it's also because the Fuji camera - an A350 - really, really sucked. The Kodak is model C813, if you care about such things. It also took the "galore" video that I posted in a recent entry, and the quality of the original MOV file is startlingly better than the old Fuji videos.

She spent all her birthday money buying it for me. To be honest, that amazes me...humbles me, too.