Impressive

Last night, just before bed, TheWeeOne did something I was never able to do.
Let me ‘splain.

See, she has this loose tooth that she really wanted out of her mouth and she had this romantic idea that she could tie some dental floss to her tooth, the other end to a doorknob, and then shut that door WHAM!

It didn’t go exactly like that.

First we I tied a slip knot to the tooth and I predicted,

We’re only going to get one chance at this.

Boy was I going to be wrong.

After we were all prepped LaGrande was fretting in the living room and called out,

WeeOne! After you’re done, and when you cry, I want to come and run and give you a hug and I don’t care if you get blood on my shirt okay?!!

TheMommy held her tight and I pushed the door…

WHAM!

From the other room,

What happened??!

The slip knot slipped off.

So TheMommy refitted the slip knot lower and held her tight, LaGrande was now fretting in the bathroom next to us, I pushed the door and…

WHAM!

The floss stretched to it’s maximum tension and stayed put on both ends with only the slightest wimper from TheWeeOne. So we released the tension and stepped back a step. I was incredulous at the bravery here, I NEVER would have done this as a kid.

TheMommy held, LaGrande fretted, the third countdown and…

WHAM! klink klink

That was it. The tooth was out, clearly, it landed on the counter next to a pile of who-tails.
Narry a cry, narry a whimper, the only thing we got out of her, with her tongue firmly planted on the roof of her mouth, was

Ah donh’ lahk ‘a tayst a’