Tooth Fairy

Remember when you lost your first tooth and you got to start having the "tooth fairy" visit your house. It is such a fun and special time!
The anticipation of putting that tooth under your pillow for the first time and falling asleep with visions of all that you will buy with your newly acquired windfall of tooth cash.

My baby, my last child with all of his baby teeth lost his first tooth on October 30th (technically it was Halloween because it fell out after he had gone trick or treating due to the 31st being a Sunday) He was tearing open a piece of his new trick or treat candy with his teeth and out it fell.





With a grin full of tissue to stop the bleeding he ran up to get the little wooden tooth he had
before now only watched his brothers use (we got it after Karli had lost all of her teeth). He placed his tiny little tooth in it and put it under his pillow.



The next morning he came down stairs and the minute I saw his face I knew that he fell prey once again to the stupidest tooth fairy in all of the land...... SHE FORGOT! I wish I could say this is the only time we have been "not visited" by this most lamest of fairies but I am afraid I am getting pretty good at covering for her mental lapses. I made up a pretty good one this time I believe. The fact that she was probably over worked since so many kids had probably lost teeth from all of the sticky and hard candy given out the night before.
Never fear I am sure if you put that back under your pillow tonight that fairy will surely visit you I told him.
The next morning as soon as I saw him I said soooo did the tooth fairy come visit you last night? NO he told me. WHAT I said I am sure that she did (for I knew that that most forgetful pare... I mean fairy had not forgotten again). Are you sure? Did you look really good? I asked. Yes he said. I decided I would go have a good look for myself. On the way up the stairs I was thinking I should probably go get some vitamins to help with memory during Kindergarten free time today.
I lifted up the pillow and sure enough no dollar. I moved the other pillow, no dollar. I moved the blankets, no dollar. Then I looked behind the mattress between bed and wall and there on the floor was a crisp dollar bill.
Whew!
Wouldn't life have been so much happier if that aged, forgetful tooth fairy had just remembered us in the first place!