Teeth Fairy

Recently, Annika and Kade had to go in to get their teeth pulled.
Annika had what I call "shark teeth". You know how the permanent teeth can sometimes grow behind the baby teeth and then make the poor child look like a shark? That is what happened to Annika, but her baby teeth weren't even loose yet, so we decided to have them pulled.
I was very concerned about how they would tolerate it, especially Annika (she had to have three medical assistants and myself hold her down for her kindergarten immunizations). Because of this concern, I requested they have "laughing gas".
It was definitely a laugh. Annika was spacy and being extremely silly.
There are tv's mounted in the ceiling above the chairs, so the kids can watch a movie while they are being worked on. There are headphones as well, so the whole office doesn't have to listen to Madagascar. While Annika was watching the movie with the gas on, the dental assistant kept asking her how she was doing. Annika would look at her blankly, and finally told her that she just wasn't going to listen to her anymore because she was going to watch the movie. Then she proceeded to loudly narrate the movie to me as I sat in the chair next to her.
Kade had to have his teeth pulled because of "crowding" according to the orthodontist. (cha-ching)

He had the two bottom teeth next to the permanent teeth pulled to allow the permanent teeth to move into place. We are hoping this will help reduce the amount of time he will have to spend in braces later. (Again, cha-ching!)

Both of the kids did great and were thrilled to have the tooth fairy come to visit.

I neglected to get pictures of the teeth after they were pulled. Kade's were actually pretty impressive with long roots.
They are both excited to have their school pictures taken with teeth missing...

Well, kind of missing in Annika's case.

Annika has that cute little lisp that comes from an opening in the front teeth.
It is very sweet.