This past week Maggie broke free from her braces. We had two appointments with the orthodontist that day, the first one to remove her braces and take impressions, the second to get her retainers. We headed off and I even remembered to take the camera. I had thought that it would be a quickie appointment, just pop off those brackets and let's go, but it took an hour and twenty-five minutes to get those braces off.
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| Hurry Up Mom! I gotta be on time to get my "punch"! |
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| Feels wierd, but I like it! |
By then Maggie had missed lunch at school, so we headed to Cici's pizza for lunch and then to
Pinketzel's for taffy at Maggie's request before returning her to school.
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| I've always wondered what this tastes like! |
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| Look at all the pretty colors! |
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| I'm as happy as. . . as a kid in a candy shop! (Oh, wait. . .) |
After she got home from school we headed back to get her retainers, which didn't take nearly as long. Before we left, Maggie got to spin the prize wheel at the orthodontist's office - a system to reward desired behavior (e.g. being on time to the appointment, good dental hygiene, good grades, etc.). At one spin for every ten punches, this is her fourth time to spin the wheel, I think. There's about twenty different prizes, but she has almost always gotten a gift card to Sonic or Coldstone Creamery. Today, however, she hit the jackpot - literally! She got a $25 Visa gift card, and she was over the moon. All the way home I kept saying, "Ooh! I know what you could get with your gift card. . ." Finally she said, "Mom, could you stop that!" So much for dreaming. Oh well - she's free from braces, and I'm free from orthodontia payments. . . for now.
1 comment:
kids loves candies and chocolates..that is why we need to control them in eating so that they won't suffer from having a toothache..
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