The Tooth Fairy

Kennedy learned about the tooth fairy last night. A little too early for me though. She took off on her bike and turned a corner too fast. She landed on her face. She scraped her nose and lip, ripped the skin that connects your upper lip to your gums, ripped her gums in two places, and knocked out her front tooth. We quickly got her and the tooth cleaned up and tried to put it back in, but her gums had already swollen too much. So I took her up to the ER, where they told me they wouldn't do anything for her and we would have to wait a minimum of three hours to even be seen by a doctor. And they wouldn't call the dentist on call, even though I threw a fit. I was able to get her in to the dentist this morning, only to find out that they would have taken her last night and should have been able to get the tooth back in. We are hoping that they can put a fake one in or something like that. The only thing that keeps her from being hysterical is that her best friend Isabelle is missing the same tooth, the same way.

Kennedy also started her new gymnastics class last night, before the tooth accident. That was a fiasco. We showed up for class, along with another girl we knew, and they told us that the level that the girls had moved up to no longer exists. And the class they were going to take didn't have a teacher yet. After much talking, we got them to start the class with a different teacher. And they actually moved up two levels, supposedly, however the class is just a beginner class for older kids. We weren't very happy with class last night. It was way too beginner for Kennedy. We are going to give it a month and then move her to a different class - the beginning of the team classes, called Aces. It is more of a committment though, minimum of two days a week for an hour and a half each. They also have an optional conditioning class for two hours on a third day. The biggest downfall is the price increase - from $60 to $105 or $135. But its the difference of an hour a week versus 3-5 hours a week. I think I am going to have to start looking for babysitting or something, just to keep up with the gymnastics bill! Oh well, it will be worth it in the long run.