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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. Awww!!! She’s a bright one! that’s how my daughter was…she was way too sharp to fall for the fairy tales.

      following you back via FF..so glad I found you!

    2. Thank YOU for following my blog! I had to laugh when I read your tooth fairy episode…as that was a mention in my Friday Fragment! Must be in the air:)

    3. Thanks for the follow. I’ve been following you for awhile now. Now back to this tooth fairy. Sorry to hear of your loss. I was such a bad tooth fairy that I’d forget to put the money under the pillow. My son woke up one morning yelling, “my tooth is still here!”. So the tooth fairy has been retired for some time now. Your daughter is too funny.

    5. My oldest never gave let on that he knew the tooth fairy & the like get a little help from mom & dad. He played along & still does. My daughter is only four so I haven’t had to go through this.
      Thanks for the follow & am now following you back. Have a lovely weekend!

    6. I live in fear of this day. Not the figuring out the tooth fairy truth part, just the part where I might be required to touch a human tooth that is not attached to a human. Not that I touch a lot of teeth that ARE attached. That would be weird.

      Following you too from FF! Great blog!

    9. That is hilarious that they figured it out. He stinks at disguises!

      Hey, you’re saving a few coins out of the deal so there’s a positive here. I think.

    10. Oooh yeah I’m thinking the Easter bunny and Santa may be extinct as well….

      Catching up on my blog reading. Happy Friday!

    11. My daughter just figured out that leprechauns weren’t real, then realized no Santa…all last week…and she asked me what sex was? It was a learning week! 😉

      We put ours in water too…we had ours in the windowsill when I was growing up.

    12. lol and LOVE this post…my daughter keeps asking me when the tooth fairy is coming to our house. Mind you she is only 4

    15. They lose their innocence so young…..

      We always put the tooth in a baggie and placed it on the night stand so the toothfairy could find it easier…..

      As far as Santa goes – he DOES exist, he DOES! Because if you don’t believe he won’t visit…..