Snaggletooth

Brynn has a reputation for being a little bit of a wimp in our family ;) Most times she could be a little braver. But she usually sees no point in facing her fears. I mean, why would she do that?!?And so we know, since we've discussed before, she lets her teeth dangle until they literally just drop out of her mouth (instead of pulling or helping them along). And so she she has also developed a new nickname in our family - given to her ever so lovingly from her dad - Snaggletooth. Her front tooth has been somewhat loose for a while and has been going crooked. But the snaggletooth tiger would come out (and grrrr and roar loudly) whenever we even uttered awful words that mentioned wiggling or pulling or even looking at the crooked snaggletooth.
Now, I'm not above force as a parent. If I had the strength and the ability I would have pinned my child down weeks ago and yanked the thing right out of her mouth so fast she wouldn't have known what was coming. Only I'm not that skilled. And the one in our family who is that skilled, is not a forceful parent. He is more calm, tame, and agreeable. He chooses to discuss the topic with her and let her decide. While that certainly is a good quality that I love about him.... it also drives me nuts at times. So you can believe my utter disbelief when I walked into the living room Sunday afternoon to find this scene...

Wahoooo!!! He had finally had it with Snaggletooth! I don't know what came over him but he went to work and got it right out. He may have left the even more wiggly and bothersome loose tooth on the bottom (?!?!) but he got the snaggletooth taken care of.

And Brynn was of course a disaster - (no not crying) we are talking raging mad and "dizzy" and needy and whatnot. And Tyler was a sweetie little brother who took good care of her by getting her her blanket, and fruit snacks and whatever else he thought she needed.

And so we told Brynn that for her ordeal she could pick whatever she wanted to do for Family Home Evening the next night. (I was secretly hoping, and for sure thought, she'd choose to go to dinner because she is a girl after my own heart). But she thought and then announced that we would go "balling" aka bowling. Good choice Brynn!! We took our friends the Shumways and had a blast...

Here's too our snaggletooth and happy endings!