This is an 8-year old's sister!

Who lost her first tooth on her sister's birthday!

This was a long time coming... in many respects. Months ago Clara first started talking about having a loose tooth. But she was also deep in a "tall tales" mode and we all wrote it off as (very) wishful thinking on Clara's part. Especially since Molly was in the midst of losing a few teeth and clearly Clara wanted some of that attention.

Then, a few weeks ago, Clara repeated her "I have a loose tooth!" story. And I was in the midst of repeating my "That will be really exciting when you have a loose tooth" line, when I heard a click click coming from her mouth. I looked in, and lo and behold! she did have a loose tooth. And today, after much drama,while walking down the hall on the way to being dismissed from school, that tooth finally jumped ship, ready to be traded in for a treat from the tooth fairy. And this is one proud girl!