"THE TOOTH FAIRY IS STRONG"

 Cora has had a pair of wiggly front teeth since the day after James lost his first tooth (she told us in the hotel on our way to Florida and we were like "No way", but sure enough, LOOSE, both of the bottom front teeth, and we were terrified that she'd just suddenly been pushing on them because James was getting attention for his loose tooth...) After a mere 4 weeks (gosh it takes a long time!), that tooth was hanging by a thread. For days. By 4.5 weeks, she was pushing it back and forth so far none of us could understand how it was still attached. So Gramma "tricked" her in the car on the way home from the Girl Scout party and kept telling her to "push it down more, no more, I can't see it" until she panicked and said through near-tears "My tooth feels weird!" I told her to relax, that it would move back up into place, but Gramma told her to just give it a little tug instead and out it came, just 2 seconds from the driveway. Oh she was so thrilled!

Showing off her new smile, her very own Bubs Bears Tooth Beary, and her note to the Tooth Fairy ("Love Cora, To the Tooth Fairy" - both kids always write who it's from first and we think it's the cutest thing). The tiny tooth is in the Ziploc bag (just out of frame - oops).

Making sure we can all see that missing tooth...

Placing the tooth into her Tooth Beary's pocket, with a pair of onlookers

She folded up her little note and stuck it into the bear's pocket along with the tooth, then carefully placed it beneath her pillow before bed. She was super excited to try and see the Tooth Fairy last night and get a prize!

Cora's Tooth Fairy leaves fairy dust covered dollars instead of gold coins

 The Tooth Fairy had some trouble sneaking in to visit Cora last night... She is sleeping in the extra twin bed in James' room because Gramma is visiting, plus she needs a 10pm bathroom break to help her get through the night dry, so there were added challenges and potential wake-ups... Mama was on potty duty, but Cora was in such a deep sleep that she wouldn't go. Mama thought all was thus clear, since rag doll Cora seemed to settle right back into bed. However, in the few minutes it took the Tooth Fairy to get organized and fly into the room, Cora's level of awareness skyrocketed. She jumped up, speedily crawled in two circles around the bed, all while mumbling something like "I have to check, I have to look, I have to see" (and all with her eyes closed). The Tooth Fairy nearly had a heart attack, tried to retreat, but ended up on potty duty (after tossing her note and the prize under the bed in a hurry). Luckily, the second trip to the bathroom was successful. But then the Tooth Fairy had to wait an hour (long past her bedtime) to revisit the Tooth Beary under the pillow... The next morning, Cora told Gramma that the Tooth Fairy is "very strong" because she carried her to the bathroom. She couldn't remember what she looked like though, much to James' disappointment...