the loss

Holy Smokes .... my babe, K, LOST A TOOTH!!!!!

I can hardly believe it myself .... my 5 year old is already losing teeth. What the heck is going on with the high speed race to get to grown-up-hood???

First, I have to admit last week that I am the mom of a 7 year old boy, now I have to accept the fact that my 5 year old is slipping rapidly into a little-grown-up little girl. :o(

Oiy.

The story behind the loss is pretty funny though ~ She was at her very first gymnastics "competition" meet yesterday (that will be discussed later .....) warming up on the bars. I was watching from the scoring table, and she stopped, places her hand in front of her mouth, and ever so delicately spits into her hand, looks at it for 3 or so seconds, and looks up at me, eyes WIDE as can be, and says quite loudly, "mommy, mommy, I lost my tooth! LOOK!!"

I laughed, and cried, and she ran to me with a big 'ole hug and a HUGE toothless smile! The coaches were in hysterics at her reaction, and they made a big deal about it during the awards ceremony, so that was pretty cool .....

But then, as she ran to me with her ribbons, and that toothless grin, I had to wipe a tear or two away from my smiling face.....

{sigh}


crap, how do they leap to this age so darn fast??