The REALLY Lost Tooth

This evening we were at a party at a friend's house, and while helping S get his hot dog, I noticed his mouth looked funny. When I told him to smile, I saw he was missing a tooth! He had a loose tooth several weeks ago, but recently it didn't seem as loose. I actually had totally forgotten about it over the last couple of weeks. When I asked where it was, he said he didn't know. I finally got him to confess that it came out while he was up in his room trying to open his new fishing pole -- obviously with his teeth! He said it was in his room somewhere. I remember him coming to me earlier that afternoon and saying he was trying to open his new pole, but no tooth was mentioned!! I guess he thought he would get in trouble. Anyway, I found the tooth in the carpet, right by the fishing pole (which was still in the package with a very mangled top!). I'm glad I noticed the space in his mouth or we would never have known he lost his first tooth! The Tooth Fairy better leave something good!