Cullen's rough day

3 gaps in his smile.

Cullen had a rough day Friday.  He had an appointment at the dentist to have 2 teeth extracted, to make room for his adult teeth coming in.  (And hopefully save a little bit in braces....)  While there, the dentist recommended just taking the top one out too, it had been loose for several months.  It's the discolored one he injured as a toddler, and they have been worrying about an abscess for a long time.  So, we went for it.  He was a trooper, as always!  I had been prepping him for the extraction, telling him they will give him laughing gas, it will make him feel funny, but it won't hurt.  Halfway through the procedure he said "Why do they call this laughing gas, but I'm not laughing?"  That made the dental hygienists within earshot laugh.  :)

When we got home, he went straight to his bed and slept about an hour and a half.  So unlike him.  When he woke up, he was WOUND... so like him!  In the afternoon, he and Finn were playing in the backyard when he came running in the house with a couple tears and a frantic voice.  He had stepped on a bee.  He pulled the stinger out himself and didn't really want to sit while I put the baking soda paste on.  He humored me, finally.

On another note, Cullen went on a field trip to Rum Village Thursday.  His friend Evan reminded the class about ticks, and that they might find them on their nature walk.  All week Cullen was concerned about "tick tocks" and he begged me to put bug spray on him.  (I didn't, I don't like that stuff.)  He is NOT a country boy, that is for sure.