It wasn't the looming start of kindergarten that brought home how fast time is racing. It was Cookie's losing his first tooth yesterday.

Those things just grew in!

Okay, so that happened many million melon chunks ago. Still, this took me by surprise. I was up early this morning, reading the newspaper on the front step (like a mook) and Cookie woke up very excited to find a dollar where his tooth had been placed.

He came running out to show me. He told me it came from the tooth fairy.

I sighed, put aside my newspaper and lectured my boy on the importance of political correctness. They become haters so quickly these days. Where does the time go?