Teeth

Van came home from school one day and told me his tooth was wiggly. I hadn't noticed before he told me and it was so loose, I pulled it out a few minutes later. He was so excited. Our poor tooth fairy really struggles and Van was very disappointed the next morning because she hadn't come. Luckily, she came the next morning but didn't leave what she left for every other Jenkins kid's first tooth so again he was sad. That night he was able to find a little extra money that he must have missed in the morning and everything was made right. 

Claire has had an expander in her mouth for the past few months trying to spread out her teeth to make room for more to come in. It has been working pretty good and now they added a few brackets to her top teeth. Within a few hours her two front teeth were perfectly straight. It is accomplishing its purpose too, because her laterals and finally coming in. Claire was thrilled with her braces. She smiled the entire day and couldn't wait to show everyone.