Another step closer to adulthood

For the last 3 weeks, Elias was struggling with one of his front tooth being loose. He kept wiggling with it but refused to take any action to help that tooth to come out. It was becoming a real hassle, that loose tooth.
Eating cookies would hurt, brushing his front teeth became painful, the next tooth was showing at the back and mom and dad got worried it would grow in the wrong direction (seeing huge orthodontic bills in their future),...

I made a dentist appointment but the earliest appointment date was early February, so we were getting a bit frustrated. But then it happened: yesterday evening we helped Elias brush his teeth and we saw that the gum around that loose tooth was getting lower and lower, I got worried something might be wrong, but Wim gave Elias a handkerchief so he had a good grip on his tooth and Elias pulled it out just like that.

We put that tooth in a little wooden canister for the tooth fairy, who put some money in it during the night.
Elias was really excited with that in the morning: "Mom - I didn't really believe in the tooth fairy, but now I know she is real!!". What money can do......