Tooth Fairy Bonanza
August 26, 2008
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Sean. He has been in tooth fairy hell. Not because he has been having his teeth fall out, but because of the opposite.
Sean has been a wee bit upset of late because Savannah has been losing a lot of her baby teeth. Sean doesn’t like the fact that she has lost way more teeth than he has and he is almost two years older. Over the last couple of weeks, that has changed, but not exactly in the manner he had hoped for.
He recently went to the see orthodontist for one of his regular checkup visits. When the orthodontist took some x-rays, the he became concerned because Sean’s baby teeth appeared to be still firmly rooted and his permanent teeth were still trying to come in and take root themselves. It was getting too crowded in there.
The orthodontist and Sean’s dentist decided that he needed to have his 12 baby teeth pulled so the permanent teeth would come in correctly. Two weeks ago, he had the first six pulled and then yesterday, he had the other six pulled. While pulling one of the teeth yesterday, it broke and he had to do oral surgery to remove the pieces. A few stitches were the result. Perhaps I should have titled this blog “Tooth Fairy Hell”.
Sean has held up well during these two weeks. The first time, the first night was the worst. The pain was pretty bad and he had a bad night sleeping. By the second day he was pretty much back to normal with a little discomfort and some limitations on what he could eat. This time Suzanne got the dentist to give us some Tylenol 3 to give Sean the first night. It worked wonders as he really wasn’t in much pain and slept all night long.
His jaw is a bit sore this time from the surgery and stitches, but he should be back to normal tomorrow, though he will still be limited somewhat in the food he eats until everything has healed up. He sure is hoping the permanent come in soon, because being that he is now missing twelve teeth, there may be some things he can’t eat until then.
At least, he has some extra cash as the tooth fairy compensated him very nicely. Too nicely, but oh well… Never having had a single tooth pulled myself (yes, I still have my wisdom teeth), I can’t really relate.
Sean’s Birthday Festivities
August 24, 2008
Sean’s Birthday was last Thursday, but today we had his fun day. Most of the presents were opened last week, but today was his day on the town. As previously mentioned, the kids get a party with their friends every other year and then on the other year, we have a family day.
It started today with a morning of video games. He spent the morning playing some of his new Xbox 360 video games. For presents, he received Madden 09 (yes, we took the plunge again), Bourne Identity and Civilization Revolutions. He has enjoyed all of them. He and Savannah spent 2 or 3 hours this morning alone playing Civilizations. She has even tried a game or two herself. I remember the game from the PC days and still looks as addicting as I remember.
I spent a portion of my morning getting an ailing PC back working. Somehow (situation normal with Windows) a file got corrupted. I set up Windows to run chkdsk and repair the file upon reboot. Evidently, there must have more corrupt files as Windows refused to boot. Finally, had to boot to Windows CD and run chkdsk from the recovery panel. Luckily, it worked and everything seems back to normal. Back to the Birthday festivities…
After a light lunch, we headed of to town for some fun. First, we caught a movie. After some indecision and sadness from Savannah, Sean decided he wanted to see the new Mummy 3 movie. It was an excellent choice. The movie was very enjoyable – a nice mix of action and comedy. They also had a nice way of introducing the new actress (Maria Bello) playing Evie, but I will leave that for you to see in the movie. I still did miss the “old” Evie, but the movie is a winner. I can’t wait to see it again on my Blu-Ray. Yes, you will have to suspend reality once again, but that’s fine for me and movies. Of course, Savannah ended up enjoying the movie too.
After the movie, we went and played miniature golf. The weather cooperated too. It was 4:30 in the pm, so could have been hot and humid being the monsoon season. The temperature was a nice mid 80′s and it was slightly overcast, so the sun didn’t even beat down on us. Mr Papa managed to pull of a four stroke victory in the miniature golf tourney. Sean took third due to a couple of bad holes.
We finished our day off at Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. We kind of thought Sean would pick a nicer place just cause we don’t get out very often, but we all do enjoy that place, so everyone was fine. We had some nachos, wings, popcorn shrimp and pulled pork sliders (like the mini White Castle burgers). Very good indeed, plus they had some preseason football on the TV at our table.
Back at home, unsure how we will close out the day. The kids want to play a board game, but Suzanne wants to watch the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Either way, its been a fun family day in celebration of Sean’s 12th Birthday.
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