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The Tooth Fairy Is Dead!

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What!  Oh Honey, no of course the tooth fairy is not dead.  Don’t be silly!  Why would someone write that? It’s just to grab your attention, they want you to do a better job brushing your teeth. So go.  Quick like a bunny.  Run along now.

Ok. Little ones out of the room, no one reading over your shoulder? Good, because…..

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The Tooth Fairy is Dead!

My SweetGirl a mere 8 years old managed to lose a tooth while in between jumps into the pool in Florida.   That baby was ripe and ready to go. 

When bedtime approached the regular Tooth Fairy protocol was followed.  Tooth is placed in a glass of water beside the bed with the expectation that in the morning in it’s place will be some bright shiny coins.  Now don’t ask me why in our house the teeth go into a glass of water instead of under the pillow. That is the way I did it as a kid and the tradition carried on.  I’m thankful my Tooth Fairy went for the glass of water routine instead of the under the pillow scenario.  Good grief.  What parent in their right mind wants the anxiety of having to search under their kids pillow in the middle of the night for a freakin tooth the size of a niblet of corn.  Not to mention the extreme YUCK factor! Seriously.  A piece of your kid fell out of their head.  Shiver.   Sometimes it’s got some rooty things attached, there is almost always some blood.  Ug.  So, I don’t like the teeth, we go with the water thank you very much.  But I digress.

When my 6’1’’ Tooth Fairy went to do his job (yes it is almost always a Daddy job if I can arrange it..me and teeth…uck) instead of coming back downstairs with a baby pearly white, he comes down with a look of bewilderment and joy? In his hand, a note. 

It reads:

Dear Toothfairy

It is a very funny story how my tooth came out.  I jumped out of the pool and the tooth popped out into my Dad’s hand. I have a question.  How is it that you can find me in Florida?  I find this very suspisious.  Write back Please.

SweetGirl 

So what did we do?  Discuss, disguise our handwriting and we wrote back.

The next morning we were all kinds of curious to see what our daughters reaction would be!  They said nothing.  Finally I caved and asked, “SO…what did the Tooth Fairy bring you?”

The response. 

“Mom. we are NOT toddlers anymore, the Tooth Fairy’s writing is just like Dad’s.”

With that one little sentence, the Tooth Fairy died.

Sigh.

Why is it that I am having a harder time with this death then my girls?  They seem to be taking great joy in the fact that they have solved a mystery. Figured out an adult secret. I guess I should be relieved. I have always been so torn about the lying we do verses the joy they get from such things.  My biggest worry.  Easter is just around the corner.  Does the big fuzzy bunny get the bloody axe next?  Oh and Santa..what of poor Santa Claus?  Sigh.  Maybe I should have had more kids. 

    • Comments

    1. Oh – what a smart girls! I am looking forward to the tooth fairy coming – my son just turned 5! I still remember when I found out that the tooth fairy, Santa, the Easter Bunny were not real. I was sooo sad. Good luck with everything! Hopefully, the Easter Bunny and Santa can make it in your house a little while longer!!!

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    2. My dad told us that if we didn’t believe in Santa, we didn’t believe in getting presents either. I STILL BELIEVE. 😉 AND, awesome idea about the glass of water! We haven’t lost a tooth yet here, but I’m going to talk to my own Mr. Tooth Fairy about that plan!

    3. Awww what a sad story. My oldest asks question about Santa, Easter Bunny, and the tooth fairy all the time, I worry she is going to not believe in the tooth fairy by the time she actually looses a tooth!

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    5. awwww that is sad! but I guess it happens eventually. I think its so great and important though that they believed in something at one point, like Santa or ToothFairy. Even though the image of Santa/Easter bunny etc isn’t there any longer, I think it shows them how to believe in magic later in life in such a nice way:)

    6. So funny. I have a nine-yr. old and sometimes I worry he is too naive and accepting of all that stuff. I think he should at least be asking about it by now, right? But no. I did just bring up the tooth fairy to him a few weeks ago when he lost his latest tooth. I asked him who he thought the tooth fairy was and he finally admitted that he knew it was us. So maybe he’s not so naive.

    9. OMG, of all the mommy stories we all share, that is just about one of the funniest. Oh, I mean, and sad. Of course it’s sad but it was just so funny. I cannot believe they wrote that letter and you wrote back. Imagine if that went back and forth for a while. hah.

    10. HA! Myt daughter asked the tooth fairy to write back once too … then the next time she asked for a hand print- which I drew and sprinkled gold glitter over … the next time, it was all over … she got to darn clever for me- I mean the tooth fairy 😉 Happy Friday Follow- stop by my place when you can!

    14. Thanks for the follow. I’m now following you back from FF! I’m so not ready for the stage when my kids pull their teeth. Ew! But I will be sad when I can’t do all the fun “magic” things for them anymore. Have a great weekend.