Halleigh went to the dentist yesterday.
The experience was great, Halleigh was great, her teeth are great, the dentist was great, everything was GREAT! She got so many stickers and badges and pins that you could hardly see her shirt. She loved it. BUT...
The dentist, Dr. John, didn't like that she sucks her thumb. So, Halleigh is on a quest to stop sucking her thumb.
Miles and I told her that when she turned four, back in September, she was going to have to stop sucking her thumb before she turned five and she said that she would stop when she was big four... well big four came yesterday.  Dr, John really talked to her sternly about needing to stop sucking her thumb and he said that if she could stop, the next time she saw him he would put her picture up on the wall with other kids who have stopped sucking their thumbs. She liked that idea.
So on the way home we stopped at Target and got the nasty tasting stuff you put on your thumb and she picked out a prize, a mermaid Ariel dress. Thus began her quest. We put the sock on her hand at night so she doesn't try to put her thumb in her mouth as she sleeps, and the stuff on her thumb during the day.
She had trouble falling asleep and woke up in the middle of the night screaming, "I don't want to do this," but other than that she has done GREAT.
This morning she got to put the first sticker on her chart, notice that the goal is the dress.
So when you see her, tell her she's doing great, and looks "big 4!"