A Month of Firsts
first missing tooth!
Grace has been waiting and waiting. Much to her chagrin, she made it through her kindergarten year without a loose tooth, although she kept asking us when it would be loose. Our answer, that it would be loose when her body was ready, wasn’t really satisfactory for her. When we were back in the U.S. this summer she found out that her friends and cousins had already lost teeth and had conspicuous gaps in their mouths and this furthered her desire to experience this rite of passage from the preschool years to the elementary years.
Three weeks before starting first grade it happened. She found that her front, bottom tooth was loose! And not only was it loose, but it was at an angle and bleeding a little, so Bekah definitely believed her. The next morning she came to us with her tooth in her hand because it had already fallen out. It seems that when one must wait longer for a loose tooth, it falls out faster.
Oh, and after asking around we found out that the going rate for the tooth fairy in Ethiopia is 10 Ethiopian birr.
Our first self-inflicted haircut!
This one was Hannah’s doing. I think the pictures pretty much tell the story.
When asked about it, she said that she wanted a haircut like Daddy’s and Doodoo’s (Grace’s).
Here she is now after a trip to the hair salon. She keeps saying, “It’s a haircut!”
Oh, that aching, sickening feeling when your little girl cuts off her beautiful long hair. But it is hair and it will grow back. It is a different look to get use to for her and those of us who know her so well with the long hair. I do not know of any child who has never cut their own hair. It is the nature of the beast to give it a try. She is still our sweet little Hannah Mooz. Love you Baby Girl. Grandma NeaNea
I’m sure that you don’t notice it since for you it happens slowly, but wow, Hannah really looks different. However, I do miss her ‘hair horns’
Hooray for Grace’s lost tooth! And God bless Hannah. Even my boys have done that, though I guess the results weren’t quite a dramatic. She’s a cutie pie!