Oh. My. Goodness. Would you look at that face! Can you see what's different? He has graduated to the official "big kid" ranks. That tooth was so wiggly for SO long. But today... it came out.
I realized YESTERDAY
that we had to be getting close. I mean, that thing was barely hanging on. So,
in somewhat of a panic, I started looking around for what kind of tooth fairy
pillow to make him. He's a gigantic fan of the game Angry Birds (who isn't
really?) so I decided to see what I could find online. I found this
link yesterday afternoon and saved it to my favorites. About 10:00 last
night I started gathering up all the ingredients. I didn't have some colors in
the fleece but substituted wool felt. I was finished by 11:45. Just in
time.
The only change I made was to add a little pocket on the back for money. It's pretty cool and a very simple tutorial. I see lots of Angry Bird making in my future.
After I finished it
up last night I wrapped it up in one of our play silks. I was thinking a
present waiting in the wings would help motivate him to pull it. But no, he
kept telling me he wasn't going to do it. I think he was just afraid it would
hurt. Enter Clif Bar's Z bar. I gave him one of these delicious little treats
on the way home from the store and with the LAST BITE...the tooth came out. You
know what that means?? Present time.
He figured out it was an Angry Bird right about here.
And was SUPER excited.
Of all the things I have EVER made him, this one was the most successfully received. He was beyond thrilled. (It was very satisfying for me as I had just stayed up super late to make it.) They played with it for quite a while and he has declared he's sleeping with it forever. (which may look weird in college??)
(this is my favorite picture of the boy and his bird
- taken with my ipod.)
Our boy is growing
up!
Love,
JKFP and Fisher's
tooth.
