The Case of the Missing Case... yeah, you read right.

Believe it or not, we had an avocado smoothie tonight. And... it was good! Tasted like vanilla ice cream... green ice cream.

Sam has a new appliance. A bright blue glow in the dark retainer with built in bite plate and hooks for moving teeth. To hold the glowing mass is a matching glow in the dark retainer case.

As you no doubt already know, buying a retainer is like buying a brand new iPod Touch...except it goes in your mouth and hurts and is much smaller and... most importantly, is known for "causing dogs to act uncharacteristically. They will hunt down this retainer because its smell calls out to them." At least that's what the orthodontist said.

So, given this investment we had a HUGE talk about the importance of never ever ever ever losing the retainer.

We went over the rules of where the retainer should and should not go, and that Sam should not breathe heavily on the dog making her nose sniff wildly. The latter rule came about as he walked in the door and tried it. Sigh.

What we never thought of lecturing about was the retainer case. Which was lost on the second day. Yet one of the rules is that you can't take off the retainer unless it is to put it in the retainer case... so mass hysteria erupted.

We looked in dirty laundry bins, violin cases, places I'd never seen before in the bathroom... and I even suggested turning out all the lights. After all, its glow in the dark.

All hope was lost.

Until Mike needed ice for his water.

And guess what we found in the freezer.

I'm serious.

No one is admitting anything.