Another Tooth Loss

This time, Bryce handed me his tooth as soon as it fell out. Again, he was eating pizza. But not cold, leftover Papa John's. The kids chose Bagel Bites for supper last night, and I guess he bit down a bit hard.

"Do I still look weird, Mom?"


"I got a dollar!" Bryce exclaimed.

"I usually get two dollars," Syd bragged.

"Well," I explained, "since Bryce received such a nice gift with his first tooth, the tooth fairy decided one dollar was fair." End of that discussion.

"Can I spend my dollar?"

"Bryce, if you spend your dollar you'll have to pay taxes," Sydney told him. (Yay for me! She remembers some of our school lessons!)

"What? I don't want to pay taxes!"

"You have to. That's the law." Of course we could shop at the PX, but why confuse the child?