Toothless

James finally lost his first tooth on Saturday. He has been waiting FOREVER! And I was very impressed that he was brave enough to let Josh pull it out. He was super excited for the tooth fairy to come, but really wanted to take his tooth to church and show his class so he wrote her a note asking if it would be alright to keep it. She granted permission and James was able to show his class, but sometime during primary the tooth fell out of his bag and he lost it. It kind of grosses me out thinking about a tooth laying on the floor of the church somewhere. I really hope some little baby crawling around doesn't find it next week.
Anyway, Grandma Betty called right as the tooth was being pulled and requested a picture. And since today is Sunday and it is the only day of the week when my children have clean faces and combed hair for more than five minutes I snapped a quick picture of all my cuties.

So proud of himself. The other bottom one isn't far behind. I could hardly get a picture of this goof ball because she wouldn't hold still long enough. My pretty Samm always ready to pose for a picture. You should know that I only curl her hair maybe once or twice a year. Today just happened to be that one time.

And a funny little story about Samm. This morning she walked up to Josh and I and out of the blue said "You know, the Easter Bunny coming and bringing us candy is an economic want." Josh was laughing so hard and finally asked her where in the world she learned that. "In Social studies" she said, in a very where else would I have learned that tone of voice.

That girl is always keeping us on our toes. Like when she asked today why the tooth fairy only brings our family a dollar, but she gives her friend down the street four dollars. I was stumped on how to answer that one. Fortunately Josh was quick and told her that the tooth fairy gives kids money based on how much they need and since our kids have plenty of money in their piggy banks they don't need as much. It's a good thing Josh was standing there because I probably would have broken down and confessed to being the tooth fairy and apologized for being so cheap.

PS. She likes a boy at church. "likes him, likes him" were her exact words. This is very new territory for us. I had no idea what to say so I just said "Oh, OK."