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5/12/2008 3:06 pm
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The Lizard has a bad tooth. The dentist looked at it last week and said the permanent tooth is coming through and because the baby tooth is damaged, it's causing some pain. My dentist is a minimalist, and I appreciate that about him. He said unless it becomes infected let the Lizard decide if he wants it out or not. If he does nothing, it will probably come out on its own in the next 6 months.
Well poor baby! He got up at 3 this morning because it was hurting and didn't get back to sleep until 5:30. Mom didn't either, so when dad's car broke down and he couldn't come out to watch him, mom took advantage to vegetate and it became a mom and Lizard day.
Of course he spent a good deal of it downstairs relishing in the fact the older brothers were at school and he had both computers and all game systems to himself. But he and I also went out to lunch - Wendy's. Then we walked across the parking lot to Target to buy some Anbesol if this should happen again tonight.
He's not one to want to hold my hand anymore, he'll be 10 this year, nearly a man you know but as we're walking in this beautiful spring sunshine and fresh air he tells me it's one of the best days he's ever had.
Sometimes I forget that the smallest most simple things can mean the most to my kids. Lunch at Wendy's alone to discuss all the important things in his life, and a short walk in the sunshine.
We got home and he went back to the computers and games for that last hour until the brothers came home. But when he came upstairs for dinner he hugged me and smiled and thanked me for staying home with him today.
I'm glad I got to do it too. Sometimes I forget that the smallest most simple things with my kids mean the most to me too.
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11779 posts 5/12/2008 5:57 pm |
Ah, the simplest things in life are indeed the best.
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17394 posts 5/12/2008 6:25 pm |
I agree with Mary 
(¯`v´¯) `*.¸.*´ ¸.•´¸.•*¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•´ .•´ ¸¸.•¨¯`•smile and be happy always 
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3394 posts 5/13/2008 12:32 am |
The tooth fairy is going to have to give The Lizard a lot of money, not only for the tooth, but for the pain and suffering. Glad you had a great day together. 
If you can't convince them, confuse them!
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163 posts 5/14/2008 10:50 am |
Yes, enjoy it while you can. The next thing you know that time has flown by and he will be all grown up and out the door. 
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1928 posts 5/14/2008 3:55 pm |
Quoting cruiser387: Ah, the simplest things in life are indeed the best.
- and they also cost so little but give such GREAT returns! 
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1928 posts 5/14/2008 3:55 pm |
She's a smart woman....as are you! 
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1928 posts 5/14/2008 3:56 pm |
Quoting yngathrtguy: The tooth fairy is going to have to give The Lizard a lot of money, not only for the tooth, but for the pain and suffering. Glad you had a great day together. 
Oh, don't give the kid any ideas I can see it now, appealing for pain and suffering.
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1928 posts 5/14/2008 3:57 pm |
Quoting wander_in_star: Yes, enjoy it while you can. The next thing you know that time has flown by and he will be all grown up and out the door. 
We sang a song when I was in choir in high school called Turn Around that was about this very thing. The words always stuck with me, and I really felt that when my oldest (who's now 21) graduated high school, but it felt like he was in kindergarten 6 months before.
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