My Girlie has finally reached a milestone she’s been pining for: her first loose tooth! She complained last week that her tooth hurt while she was eating and said she wanted to stick to softer foods. A few days later she said it was sore when I was brushing her teeth and when I checked it, it wiggled! Oh, there was some serious shrieking and giggling and giddy excitement. To her, this is THE milestone that turns her into a real big kid.
My bento blogging friend, Keitha from Keitha’s Chaos, suggested we pick up Bear’s Loose Tooth from the library. This adorable book by Karma Wilson does a great job of showing all the fanfare of Bear noticing his first loose tooth, his friends’ excitement for him, the tooth coming out, the fairy’s visit, and the cycle starting up all over again with a new tooth becoming loose.
Girlie and Little Dude enjoyed this story and the illustrations. After reading it, we were even more excited about her loose tooth, so I decided to make a Bear’s Loose Tooth bento for Girlie to take to her Musical Theater class last night. Here is her EasyLunchBox:
Bear’s Loose Tooth
Bear is a cheese sandwich with veggie bologna facial features. Girlie is still a serious vegetarian, but she seems to like a lot of the vegetarian meat substitutes. I used cheddar cheese for Bear’s ears and eyes, and Swiss cheese for his teeth. She has pears, carrots, and sugar snap peas.
Here she is showing off her loose tooth and her bento dinner on the way to dance class:
Girlie’s Loose Tooth
We’ll keep you posted on when the tooth finally comes out. How long should I expect this to take? Bear’s came out in the course of one day, it seemed, but I don’t think Girlie’s will be that quick. It is just a little bit wiggly but not very loose.
In other news, both kids are loving summer camp and Girlie has learned to swim underwater in just the first 2 weeks. She told me that she can even pick up something from the bottom of the pool in the ‘Level 1′ area. She’s eager to reach ‘Level 2′ status, but worries that there might be a height requirement that can’t be attained this summer even if she becomes much better at swimming. Little Dude is very comfortable in the pool and seems to love camp so much more than school. They’re both having a great summer! I hope you are too!
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Girlie looks adorable wiggling her loose tooth! Love the bear sandwich. I am so glad your kiddos liked the book. We love Karma Wilson’s bear books!
Thanks for the great suggestion! We are going to check out the other Bear books when we go back to the library!
What a wonderful luch! The bear is awesome! Congrats on the loose tooth!
Thank you!!! She noticed tonight that the tooth makes a noise when she wiggles it!!!! Ooooh… this is so much more disgusting than I was prepared for!!! She is so excited though, so I am determined to tough it out!
Def check out the Berenstein Bears book on going to the dentist …. Bro has a check up but Sis has a loose tooth! I just read it to one of the kids in the Caterpillars on rainy day this week! I think Lily will love! Trying to get my Rachel to part with some of her Junie B Jones books as I think Lily will love them but Rachel is a bit of a pack rat and sentamentalist – wonder where she gets this tendency from! I have tried to get her to embrace the Kindle or Ibooks as this is the wave of the future – not to mention a space saver – but she continues to hold onto those books she loves. My mom was an English teacher and I see Rachel following those footsteps – although I think she will do it with a lot more flair than my mom or myself could ever imagine ….. I love that you are encouraging reading with both kids and it shows!!! Its nice to find parents who are engaged with their kids
Awwwww, thanks, Joelle! We all love reading in this house! I remember that Berenstein Bears book from when I was a kid! I will definitely grab that one for Lily next! Thanks for the great suggestion!