Of Star Wars and Dental Work
My daughter is really sweet and funny. I know, I know … I’m sure I sound like a biased parent but everyone tells me the same thing so I’m confident that is just her personality.
Recently she totally cracked me up over a conversation she had with her Dad about some dental work he needed done and how she related part of the conversation to Star Wars.
One thing that you should know is that for better or for worse, Star Wars has been a huge influence in part of our lives. I was married to a Star Wars fanatic.
Some Star Wars background
Well, perhaps more of a collector that an fanatic but Star Wars was released at a pivotal moment in his childhood and has never stopped being an influence. This has nothing to do with why we are no longer married – I collect videogames – and I figure a Star Wars habit is way better than a crack habit ;-)
When I was pregnant we didn’t want to know the gender of the baby so we had names picked out for a boy and a girl. Fortunately, we had a girl because we were going to name a boy Luke Harrison ;-) And, fortunately, he didn’t insist on naming a girl Leia.
And Alex’s first word wasn’t Mama or Dada. It was Boba. Yep, a very strong Star Wars influence.
Teeth
Alex’s Dad had a root canal about a year ago. He started having trouble with his tooth and discovered that there was an infection at the point of the root canal. The dentist said they could re-do the the root canal or completely remove the tooth. The Dad opted to have the tooth removed and the dentist has him involved in a study for a new type of replacement tooth so Marc will get paid rather than having to pay for the procedure.
Anyway, the conversation he had with Alex about his dental work went like this.
- Dad: I have to get one of my teeth pulled out.
- Kid: Is it one of your baby teeth? Will it grow back?
- Dad: No. I have all my adult teeth. It won’t grow back.
- Kid: So, what are you going to do?
- Dad: They are going to replace it with a “fake” tooth.
- Kid: Cool! Just like Luke Skywalker’s hand!!
- Dad: And I signed up for a study so I don’t have to pay to have this done. They are going to pay me $150.
- Kid: Wow! That’s some tooth fairy.
I could not stop laughing when I overheard this conversation and it is still cracking me up. Kids …
photo credit: Kaptain Kobold
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August 4, 2010 at 1:33 am
How young is your daughter?
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August 4, 2010 at 8:57 am
Hi Ari – She’s eight.
August 4, 2010 at 4:27 pm
She’s precious! She’s the same age as my younger daughter. :)
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August 6, 2010 at 7:42 am
Hi Vered – Thanks! She’s pretty funny.
August 5, 2010 at 1:41 am
Kids are kids, the suprise us all the time – their brins snap up thing when we don´t think about it. Kids are lovely. ( I have two)
August 6, 2010 at 7:43 am
Hi Marbella – They really do say the funniest things sometimes.
August 5, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Kim,
I am so lol at this. I *love* those kinds of conversations. I tried to convince Maddy that there was an “eyeball fairy” and that when her baby eyes got loose we would put them under her pillow. She still ain’t bitin’ (no pun intended).
George
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August 6, 2010 at 7:44 am
Hi George – Ok. The eyeball fairy sounds like such a Dad thing ;-) That would have completely freaked me out when I was a kid – lol
August 5, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Love the pic Kim! We have enough Legos around this house to start an image directory!
We have a bunch of tooth fairy stories. We try to mix it up a bit, but the favorite is the time we left a few hundred pennys under the pillow. Our daughter she was rich, because there were “so many monies!” :)
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August 6, 2010 at 7:45 am
Hi Colleen – It’s so funny how kids think more is better – fifty pennies are way better than one dollar ;-)
Alex loves legos but she does them at her Dad’s house – he has a huge collection.
August 6, 2010 at 8:20 am
That’s a great story. My 3 year old boy tells me that if he doesn’t brush all of his teeth then they will fall out and he will have to eay ‘piggy porridge’ for ever..! No idea where that came from, but if it gets hium brushing his teeth that’s fine by me…!!!!
August 6, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Hi – LOL – Piggy porridge ;-) Kids are so funny …
August 25, 2010 at 11:12 am
hahaha.. I maybe late in reading this post but I had fun reading this. kids’ innocence are pure:)
August 27, 2010 at 11:08 am
Hi Nemie – This one is still cracking me up :-)
September 19, 2010 at 10:24 am
hahaha.. LOL.. I notice that all of the kids are eager to learn and always asks questions and they can relate the current situation to their experiences (even if they have watched it on TV)
September 19, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Hi Raphael – it’s so true. And it’s interesting to watch them relate things that they have learned to real life experiences.