I can totally envision Nate’s new Pokémon character, Connoisseurus… imagine a Japanese cartoon anime-style dinosaur… drinking a big, bold Cab. He “evolves” from a little friendly looking lizard that drinks grape juice and his “attack” is via Lava Cheese or the Swirl and Spit. His “weaknesses” are warm stone massages and tweezer food.
Thanks for sticking with me during that abnormally nerdy digression into Pokémon. Grown-up Jake and Nate will appreciate it someday.
And speaking of mythological creatures, we got our first and second visit from the Tooth Fairy in decades! If memory serves correctly, Jakey’s two little bottom front Tic-Tac teeth were discovered to be loose during the first week of first grade, back in mid-August.
Those loose teeth shot us straight down Memory Lane to the “Pole-Dancing Incident of 2010“. Who can believe it’s already time to EOL those tiny little razor sharp teeth that chipped his upper front tooth? And on Thursday, October first, 2015… Jakey lost his bottom right front baby tooth.
The following Sunday morning, we’re at the Los Osos house and James and I are busy packing-up the car. Jake and Nate are amusing themselves by slipping and sliding around on the high-gloss wood floors while knocking into each other with throw pillows. And as the old saying goes, “It’s all fun and games, ’till somebody gets hurt.”
Jake slips and instead of landing face-first on the soft, cushy pillow he has in his hands and directly in front of his face, he lands face-first on the wood floor. He comes running to me with both a bloody nose and a mouth full of blood. After a bit of detective work, it appears his injury is not dissimilar to the original “Pole-Dancing Incident of 2010“. (Yes, I’ve inserted the link twice… now you have to click on it.) His other loose tooth has taken a solid knock, but fortunately, the new grown-up tooth, which is pushing through an alarming distance behind his row of bottom teeth, appears to be unscathed.
Later that night, that tooth also falls out… or rather was knocked-out, so it seems. Fortunately, the Tooth Fairy keeps her contact management records current and is able to locate us both at home and abroad.
Sunday night she brought a silver dollar and a pack of gum. And on Thursday night, a dollar and a little pack of Pokémon cards. This past weekend, our favorite family photographer, Terry Way, told us about a popular 1980’s bumper sticker that read:
Pokémon Put Me In The Poorhouse
The Tooth Fairy is totally bringing bumper stickers next time.
