Childhood Milestone

Yes, it's official.  Raquel lost her first tooth yesterday.  It had been wiggly for some time, but she was in no hurry to loose it until she learned that the tooth fairy really does exist.

You see, Mike loves messing with the girls.  They have learned that almost anything he says, that might be remotely odd, is usually not true.  This has by defalt turned me into the bearer of ALL truth.  Anytime anything far fetched comes out of Mike's mouth they automatically turn to me for validation.

So last week when Raquel told Mike her tooth was loose, this was the conversation that followed:

Mike:  Make sure you don't accidentally swallow it, or you won't get any money from the tooth fairy.
Raquel:  The tooth fairy is pretend, dad.
Mike:  How would you know?  You've never lost any teeth.
Raquel:  Did you get any money from the tooth fairy when you lost your teeth?
Mike:  No, because my teeth were yellow and ugly.  But you'll probably get some money for your tooth.  It doesn't look too bad.

This was starting to sound logical...so she looked at me and asked, "Is that true mom?  The tooth fairy is not pretend?"  I responded with, "Uh....when your tooth falls out, you will get money."

And that was all I needed to say.  She had since been doing everything in her power to get it out.  And yesterday it finally happened, she came running into the kitchen to show me this:

Pretty exciting!  This is after all a major childhood milestone.  It does make me a little bit sad though...she is no longer little, little.