Confession.

Confession: Today was the first time my kids have been to the dentist.

Confession: We have great dental insurance, thanks to the USAF.

I'm honestly a little embarrassed, especially considering Noah's age, but whatever. They brush their teeth daily, don't drink a lot of juice {though they LOVE CapriSun Waters}, and Noah actually asks to use his "flossers".

 

But I knew Noah had a cavity.  And I dreaded what all that might entail. 

So, today, we finally made it in to the dentist.  Noah. was. a. champ.  He was so excited to get to take "pictures of his teeth", kept asking the dentist what everything was for, and truthfully enjoyed every part of the trip.  He even asked the dentist what was next, even though he was completely finished.  And, lucky for him and me, he only had the one cavity {which, much to my relief, the dentist declared a fluke since the rest of his teeth were, in his words, "spotless"}.  Hopefully he'll be just as brave next week when we go back to have it fixed.

 

 

 

Ellie, amazingly, did fantastic as well.  I'm convinced it helped, quite a bit, that Noah went first and she saw all that he did and how brave he was.  She was actually a little upset that she didn't get to take x-rays as well!  No cavities at all for her and the dentist even said that with her "beautiful spacing" we don't have to bother right now with flossing for her!  But, we are going to be working on the thumb-sucking. :/

 

 

The kids and I celebrated the good results and excellent behavior by stopping for a treat at Sonic on the way home and Daddy even spoiled them a little bit more with a new little Lego set each.

 Meanwhile... I'm lamenting that my baby will be THREE tomorrow.