Kate looses her first tooth!

Well we have many firsts coming for Kate. She will be going off to her first day of school in one week, and today she announced that her tooth was loose. I figured it would come out in a few days, but it was more like a few minutes. It popped right out, she pulled it out herself! She was so excited. She just kept telling everyone how excited she was to loose her first tooth. I was pretty excited too, and I wanted to make this moment special so I made her a little tooth box with a pillow so her tooth wouldn't get lost. Of course the tooth fairy came tonight, I'll be excited to see her reaction in the morning. I was asking Dan what I should do with the tooth, he suggested that we throw it away so she wouldn't see it and suspect that we were the tooth fairy. I sat and stared at this tooth for a minute, and realized that I couldn't just throw it away. I actually started crying. This was her baby tooth. It might have been the very first one. I still remember the night I discovered that she had broke her first tooth. We were sitting in her rocking chair, and she was fussing. I rubbed her bottom gums, and there it was, her darling little baby tooth. She wasw such a darling baby. I can't dispose of something that was part of her. So I've tucked the tooth away in a safe place, but I really don't know what to do with it. I can't hold onto it forever, but I won't throw it away either. If anyone has an idea of what to do with tiny little baby teeth please let me know. Having a box full of old teeth sounds kinda yucky to me. I was trying to think of some cute way of storing it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I'm entering a new phase of life. Now that Kate's about to start school, and she's growing into such a beautiful little girl. It's strange how they go from being a little baby bouncing on your knee, to a school grade child loosing their teeth! I swear she's not old enough to be loosing her teeth yet. If I'm crying over her loosing a tooth, I don't even want to see me taking her to her first day of Kindergarten. It's like taking this big step into a whole new chapter of her life. She's no longer going to be here at home with me being my little helper. She's so much help with Benjamin, and she's incredibly patient with Kirk. I love her so much. She truly is such a special little girl.