It will be a Halloween to remember!

October 31st will go down in the Toppall history books as the day that Ian lost his first tooth.  It was an incredibly exciting moment when it finally happened.  As reported back in July, we discovered the tooth was loose and have been waiting patiently for more than 3.5 months for it to fall out.  It seemed like it was never going to wiggle free and come out.  I am sure Ian eating everything on the left side of his mouth (opposite where the bottom tooth was loose) didn't help the cause either.

It was really cool that it happened on the weekend and both Jeff & I could be home to experience this milestone.  The jumping up and down that occurred, was not by Ian alone, but all of us.

Jeff and I were ready for the Tooth Fairy to come.  We had decided the first tooth is extra special and deserves a special, over-the-top kind of treat.  Every tooth thereafter would get the standard payout of a $1.00.  This we've heard is the going rate among Ian's friends.  For a few months now, we've had the Batman wii game that Ian has so desperately wanted in storage ready for the Tooth Fairy to leave under his pillow. 

And, to top it off, it was Halloween!  We were invited to a very fun party beforehand (given by one of my most favorite mommy friends) and the trick-or-treating with all of Ian's friends would be kicked off in style.  Could this day get any sweeter?  Pun intended!

Here is a picture of Ian with the newly missing tooth!


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And, here is a picture of the Tooth Fairy visiting Ian's room that night.

Many thanks to Steve N. for letting me know about this Website.  It's called  I caught the Tooth Fairy and you can upload a picture of your child sleeping and insert a variety of different fairies into the picture.  You can even add a border and really jazz up the picture.  Plus, Steve gave me the promo code "Fairy-Proof" (a $10 value) to get the first photo free.  Yay!

I did my photo magic, printed it out and couldn't wait to show Ian the next morning.  I told him that Daddy and I heard a noise in his room and went to investigate.  Good thing I always have my camera ready, because I caught the Tooth Fairy in action!  Ian's eyes got so big.  He was very surprised!!  And then he played it off saying he got a peek at her when no one was looking.  Hahahahaha!

One cute side note about trick-or-treating with Sam.  She refused to wear her costume.  Ugh!  But that didn't stop her from going up to the houses and collecting candy.  The very first house we went to, she followed all the kids up the front steps.  Took a piece of candy, put it in her bag and then stepped over the threshold into these people's house.  She turned around and was now standing next to the woman handing out candy.  Sam looked at me and said, "Come in Mommy, come in."  She was inviting me inside.  It was hilarious.  I had to tell her, just because these people seem nice and are handing out candy, they really don't want us to come in and stay.   After that, she happily sat in her stroller for almost the entire time of the 1 mile loop (yes, you read right -- 1 mile of houses!!) the kids did trick-or-treating.