If You Lose a Tooth You Get Smarter!

So last night we had a BIG thing go down in our house. Luke my 7 year old has been trying to lose his front tooth for MONTHS. Like 6 months. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle and nothing (You are singing that Big Fat Butt song right now aren't you? If you have no idea what I am talking about just carry on). So.....Last night Luke decided enough was enough and he ordered me to take his tooth out.

Luke: I don't care how you do it but it needs to come out! So for almost 30 minutes we wiggled, shook, twisted, and pulled. Luke kept saying PULL IT OUT! Jake, Doug, and the dogs retreated to another room because of the madness and we PULLED IT OUT!

Boy was this guy happy!!! We took the above picture, stuck it in a zip lock bag for the tooth fairy, and tucked that tooth away.

In the morning he got up as usual, was completely unaffected by the $1 under his pillow, and appeared to be very serious.
I asked him what was a matter and he said, " Nothing Mom but missing my tooth is a really big change" I agreed it was a big change and I ushered him to breakfast. Lets be real, there is no extra time to discuss the enormity of the world when you are trying to get a family out of the house for school and work.

When I got home after work, Luke met me at the door...

 Ok... so lets be real AGAIN when you have been at work all day why must the children meet you at the door?! You have your work bag, a purse, and a lunch box in your hands, and shoes and a bra that are killing you! There is not much quality parenting you can do at that moment.

Anyways, back to Luke...

Luke: Mom! Guess what! I KNEW it was a big change, I am SOOO much smarter since I lost my tooth. Today at school I did better at reading, better at spelling, and better at math. I was really something. I realized it was the tooth's fault the whole time!

I agreed with him, praised his new high level intelligence and investigated further. It would appear he was right, he had in fact "gotten smarter". When his dad got home he proceeded to tell him the same story. Doug did the appropriate parent validation and off Luke went.

After dinner I was in my room in what I affectionately call the "Toes Up" position while Doug and the boys cleaned up the dishes. (In our house I cook and the boys clean up)

A few minutes later Luke comes in with a stack of his brothers old work books....

Luke: Mom, now that the tooth is gone I need to get to work. I am going to do extra work every night from now on. I have catching up to do.

Me: Silent stare with my mouth open.....

There really were no words... I just grabbed my camera and snapped this picture as proof that this happened in real life.

Now I know this will probably be short lived and I am sure there is no scientific evidence that proves when one loses a tooth they become smarter (Quite the contrary I think) but in our house this happened.