The tooth, the cheetah and the whale

First, the whale.

This weekend we has an amazing school event which included a 60 foot blow up humpback whale.  Seriously, it was awesome.  The kids got to go inside the whale so they could learn about what is actually in there - the blow up whale was complete with bones, heart, and blow hole.  Very cool.

Since December Oliver has had a loose tooth.  He has wiggled it and wiggled it, and has enjoyed every little minute of its wiggliness.  Between all the wiggling and the fact that the new tooth is already in - the tooth has been hanging - literally - for awhile.

This morning when we left for the school the tooth was there.  When we arrived at school - no tooth.  Interestingly, Oliver was not at all upset that it had been swallowed or lost - actually seemed rather pleased by this turn of events.

One would think the tooth fairy would be coming to our house tonight.  Nope.  Rather than choose a tooth pillow this afternoon Oliver chose an owl.  Why an owl?  Because an owl can seek out and find the Tooth Cheetah.  Davis and I questioned if the Tooth Cheetah could actually be pinned down given the speed at which cheetah's travel.  Oliver assured us the Tooth Cheetah would easily be found by the owl because the Tooth Cheetah is: "saddled with stacks of $100 bills.  Fat stacks yo!"  Huh.

Oliver is convinced said Tooth Cheetah is going to leave him $1,000.

We'll see what happens tonight.