Look Mom, no tooth!

A lost his first tooth this week! It had been loose for about a week and we endured several instances of terribly traumatic bleeding and intense pain. And, yes, sarcasm is intended.

The tooth finally came out during lunch on Wednesday. Thank goodness, the drama was kept to a minimum, the paramedics did not have to be called and the media was not alerted. The school nurse sent the tooth home in a little plastic container, so the tooth fairy would have an easy time finding the tooth during the night.

Wednesay night was when J was in Greensboro, so I had the tooth fairy gig all to myself. A nearly caught me when I was swapping the tooth for the money; he sat up in bed and said "Hi Mommy!" I apologized for waking him as I checked on him "before I went to bed", and as I tucked the covers around him I managed to slip the money under his pillow. Much to my relief, he was none the wiser and gleefully announced the tooth fairy's gift the next morning.

A hazy shade of winter

So we had a little snow yesterday...very little. Big fat flakes came down for about 90 minutes. We got only a trace of snow on the ground, then it turned to sleet (or "sleets" as the anonymous voice over on the Weather Channel forecast says), then it turned to all rain. I think it rained all night.

It was a nasty nasty morning out there, about 34 degrees and raining hard. But it was rain, for which we are thankful. With J gone, I had morning bus stop duty and it was so nasty that I actually drove A to the bus stop, to which I am usually fundamentally opposed.

When the rain stopped, the sky was still that hazy shade of winter. Excellent song, by the way and rare for me, I actually liked the Bangles' cover of the original Simon and Garfunkel version.

"Hang onto your hopes my friend
That's an easy thing to say
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend
That you can build them again.

Look around
Leaves are brown
There's a patch of snow on the ground."