Notify the Tooth Fairy

C's bottom front tooth has been loose for quite some time. Yesterday she came home from school and it was really loose. When J found out just how loose the tooth was, he instantly got that really evil look in his eyes. He told C that he just wanted to "look" at it, but before he could get a really good look, he needed to dry off the tooth with a bit of toilet paper. You could see the turmoil in C's eyes. On one hand, she wanted to show off her wiggly tooth BUT on the other hand, she's been around her Dad long enough to know that he never "just looks" at anything.

It took a lot of convincing on J's part, but she finally let him see it. And wouldn't you know - his hand ACCIDENTALLY slipped while feeling the tooth and he pulled it right out.

C FREAKED OUT. It has been a long time since I have seen her lose it to that extent. She was bawling/screaming/laughing/yelling at the same time and kept running around in circles. J kept asking her if it hurt when he pulled it out and all she could say was: "Dad! You're bugging me!" It was epic.

She finally calmed down enough so we could talk to her. J and I both thought it must have hurt when he pulled her tooth to elicit such a dramatic reaction. Nope - she told us that it didn't hurt at all - she just wasn't sure she was ready to lose her tooth. Lovely.

She called just about everyone she knows to tell them the good news. She was on cloud 9 for the rest of the day.

I gave her an envelope for her tooth. She decorated it, put her tooth inside, sealed it up tight and put it under her pillow.


J was able to unseal the envelope to take the tooth and put $3 back in without damaging the seal at all. He sealed it back up tight. When C saw that the tooth was replaced with the money without the envelope ever being opened - she got so excited! Tooth Fairy magic!

Oh, and ps: that necklace that C is wearing is the necklace that "Tim" gave her earlier this week.