Tooth removal tools

I woke up yesterday morning to Adrian in my bedroom happily announcing that it was a SPECIAL day! I thought, "How sweet that he woke up excited about my birthday!" But then he goes, "Know WHYYY it's a special day? Because today is the day my tooth is gonna fall out!" Well. I think it must have been every 15 minutes or so that he came to me to show me "how much more it wiggles now" and asking me to pull it... this went on all. day. long... all the way up until the final seconds before he fell asleep. This morning, he sits with me and cups my hand below his chin "just in case my tooth falls out so you can catch it." When it doesn't just fall out of his mouth even as we rigorously sit on the couch, he moves on to more extreme measures.

In the past few hours, he has brought me several "tooth removal tools", such as a drum stick, a water gun, an hors d'oeuvre fork, a spoon, and a hot wheels car, etc., asking me if he can use it to take out his tooth. I've had two other boys before him and one after, as we all know, and never have I seen this kind of savagery. God help me if this tooth doesn't fall out today... oh wait, tomorrow is a school day... God help Mrs. Johnson.