Pulling Teeth

why is going to bed like pulling teeth?! you really want it to be quick and painless, but that 'tooth' has a mind of it's own. on tuesday night we kinda had one of those nights...

jay and the girls had the day off, dinner was started (chicken, rice and broccoli - one of the girls favorites), homework was done, the missionaries were due at any minute and ariana could not keep her hand out of her mouth. it was her first loose tooth!

she has been so excited about this tooth and it looked like tonight could be, would be the night she finally lost it. after dinner, the girls sang every primary song they knew to the missionaries. then, the elders shared a quick thought and were on their way. the girls were free to choose the rest of their nightly activities before they had to go to bed. alexis and caprice were busy looking at pictures of the larsen family online and ariana was in the bathroom wiggling that tooth till she could make it bleed. every time she would make it bleed, even just a tiny bit, she would run in and show us the tissue. as it approached bed time we told her that we should pull it tonight or she would have a hard time at school with such a loose tooth. it would be hard for her to eat her favorite things, etc. after 15 min of coaching, she agreed to let me pull it. (i think she really liked the idea of getting money while she slept) so she held on to daddy mack's thumbs while i quickly and painlessly pulled the slippery tooth out!

we finally got them all to bed after all the excitement only to have even more when ariana woke up to find the the tooth fairy left her $5! she was eager to spend that hard earned money at school today (wednesdays are popcorn & snow cone days)

congratulations ariana! you are so big and brave!