Tooth #2

Ben lost another tooth on Wednesday (the bottom right incisor, he informs me - he sidled up next to me and is now sitting with me while I type this). This time he was in gym class, wiggling it with his fingers when it popped out. I'll ignore the implications on how well he may have been participating in class on this day or for the past couple weeks. 

And, of course he wrote the Tooth Fairy a note. He's real big into notes. When he showed it to us it just looked like a blank sheet of paper! He'd written in yellow highlighter. We wondered how the Tooth Fairy was going to even be able to read his note, and Ben told us it would glow in the dark. Hmmm... not sure about that. Maybe the Tooth Fairy has more sensitive eyes than the rest of us. Perhaps she can see different wavelengths or something.

I was able to simulate how the Tooth Fairy might have seen his note using a black light:

We thought about this.. Wow.. what's the Tooth Fairy's name? It's just "Tooth Fairy", right? Or maybe its "Toothetina", if you're a Pinkalicious fan. We were surprised in the morning to find that the Tooth Fairy had signed Ben's note!

Not only did she sign it (as Ben is pointing out each time I type "she"), Ben's tooth fairy is a he! He's got a pretty cool name, too. Where do fairies get their names from anyway? Answering that question required a brief distraction. And now I am being asked what a distraction is, so I should stop writing while I am ahead.

Moon Over New Braunfels

We visited our friends down in New Braunfels today. They have a new wee one - about 8 weeks old. I always forget how tiny and cute they are!

Anyway.. not here to talk about adorable little babies. I was going to talk about swimming pool physics. You see, when there's a 6-year-old boy in a pool who wants to be tossed in the air, then you've got to toss him, at least once. And if that 6-year-old's swim trunks happen to be untied, then on the upswing the water will tug them downward. By the time said 6-year-old has left the water... well you can guess the rest.

I was on the sidelines to witness the whole thing. Jason provided the initial toss. It was a really funny sight - Ben flying through the air, butt bare to the world, with an expression of glee on his face. He was so excited! "My bum was out in the air! Do it again!" So of course we obliged.