Big boy!

So, it's happened.  Yep, my kid is a BIG kid now.

You see that missing tooth?  Happened last night.  Tooth Fairy left a bag of coins, despite the fact that we never found the tooth.  Charley didn't even know it was gone until I screamed and said "where's your tooooooth?".  He feels pretty cool today, let me tell you.

Sam spent part of last night valiantly trying to loosen a tooth by vigorous wiggling.  Haha, little brother, you'll just have to wait.

In other news, it's one of my favourite times of the year.  It's not a holiday or a great weather day, or anything like that.  It's class picture time!

One of the great joys of having a kid is awaiting the delivery of the photo proofs.  It's not because I'm expecting Charley to just smile and be cute... oh no no!  I was awaiting the ever-present 'pirate face'.  (Seen here and here and here and a million other places.) 

Well the new photos have a 'pirate-face junior' thing going, but are also about the cutest thing ever. 

Pose #1 and #2 (same shot cropped) classic Charley... crooked smile, half-squinty eye and slightly forced. (Chris thinks he looks like Alfred E. Newman).  You can just see him thinking "I'm supposed to smile now.  Here I go!"
Pose #3, #4 and #5 (again, same shot) is possibly more traditionally "cute", but there's less of the Charley-quirk factor. (A good thing?)

So, which should I order?  Let's be clear, I love my kid, but I'm not ordering the darn package twice.  Vote away!