Little one lost her first tooth :D

[scriptordelecto]

Our six year old daughter lost her first tooth yesterday. It was sweet and very scary. I am amazed at the speed with which the milestones are racking up. Each one makes me realize how quickly she is growing, and I am grateful for the time I get to spend with her. She's quite the little grown up already, and she's someone I'm grateful to know. Just thought I'd see if any other parents out there wanted to share a sentimental moment or milestone.

 

[S-Des]

I have too many to single one out (although mine lost a front tooth just a couple of weeks ago...she's six as well). Since she was little, I'd try to trick her by saying, "Oh, do you know what I just realized?........I love you!" I'd do it a dozen different ways and she'd always say, "I knew you were going to say that." Two weeks ago, she looked at me out of the blue and said, "Oh Dad, guess what?....I love you!" That child has me wrapped around her finger like I never imagined was possible.

 

[scriptordelecto]

I have too many to single one out (although mine lost a front tooth just a couple of weeks ago...she's six as well). Since she was little, I'd try to trick her by saying, "Oh, do you know what I just realized?........I love you!" I'd do it a dozen different ways and she'd always say, "I knew you were going to say that." Two weeks ago, she looked at me out of the blue and said, "Oh Dad, guess what?....I love you!" That child has me wrapped around her finger like I never imagined was possible.

Humbling how they do that huh?

 

[Weird Harold]

Our six year old daughter lost her first tooth yesterday. It was sweet and very scary. I am amazed at the speed with which the milestones are racking up.

As a grandparent with grandcildren who are about thre years worth of milestones ahead of yours, there's just too many milestones like that to choose from.

The only one that really stands out is more of a Twilight Zone moment: Right after my elder daughter informed me she was getting married, I went up to my room to be alone and sort out the emotions. I reached up and slapped the sleep button on the alarm clock for some background noise and withperfect timing, the local NPR station began playing Mendelsohn's Wedding March.

The little milestones like lost teeth and starting school that signal they ARE "growing up" pale next to the big milestones that signal they HAVE "grown up."

 

[scriptordelecto]

The little milestones like lost teeth and starting school that signal they ARE "growing up" pale next to the big milestones that signal they HAVE "grown up."

Yep! It makes me wonder what my parents are thinking when they see me and my sister with our children. It's strange enough to me that my baby sister(7 1/2 years younger) is old enough to be married, let alone expecting her second child.

 

[Weird Harold]

Yep! It makes me wonder what my parents are thinking when they see me and my sister with our children. It's strange enough to me that my baby sister(7 1/2 years younger) is old enough to be married, let alone expecting her second child.

My elder granddaughter is 12 and just starting along the milestones to that final milestone that marks an "empty nest."

Hopefully, your parents are thinking "We done good," but every parent/grandparent are different, just as every child/grandchild is unique.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

My five year old just started kindergarten this year. I didn't send him to pre-k because I didn't feel like he was ready for it, so I was a little worried about how he'd adjust to school. You know how it goes, the first day, all the parents stand around and sniffle and then the teacher herds them out. The kidlet wasn't upset about my leaving and he was excited about school, so I held it together pretty well that day.

A few weeks later, I dropped him off and a couple of his friends were getting dropped off at the same time. My son waited for them to catch up and he said "Hey, guys!" and the three of them walked inside together, laughing and joking around. There was just something so grown up about the way they were socializing, more like high school boys than kindergarteners...I had to pull over and sob.