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I Swear to be Honest and Faithful to My Tooth Fairy Duties.
*please raise your right hand and repeat after me*
I, (your name), mother of (child’s name) solemnly swear and covenant to not forget tooth fairy duties this evening.
No matter how tired I may be, no matter how early I have to get up in the morning, no matter how low I am on cash…I promise I will sneak into the room of my sleeping child, remove his/her tooth from under his/her pillow and place a (insert monetary amount here) in its place lest I live with the guilt of forgetting my tooth fairy duties forever.
*you may now put your hand down*
Tonight is my first night on tooth fairy duty, despite this being the third tooth she’s lost, tonight is the first night I’ve actually been in the same state as her lost tooth. For some reason the kid has a knack for losing teeth when I’m out of town and tooth fairy duty is left up to others. I also have a number of friends who have failed miserably at tooth fairy duty, forgetting for any number of reasons.
I swear that won’t be me tonight.
I was driving home when I got a call from a neighbor “Hi, Casey? It’s Mindy, I have Addie’s tooth here, you may, you know, need it tonight?”
Even though I’m not out of town, she still manages to leave her body parts at other peoples houses.
I dropped by, picked up the tooth and made sure Addie put it in her tooth fairy pillow under her own pillow. I double checked to be sure it was easily accessible to me in about an hour and kissed her goodnight.
“MOM! MY FAN! MY FAN WILL BLOW THE TOOTH FAIRY AWAY BECAUSE SHE’S SO TINY!” (She sleeps with a fan on for white noise.)
I tried to reason with her that the tooth fairy would come from the end of her bed thus avoiding the fan altogether (I didn’t bother to tell her the tooth fairy is so big no fan has been able to blow her over ever) but she still wasn’t convinced, so she wrote the tooth fairy a warning letter.
I love this kid so much. I’m so happy I get to be her tooth fairy tonight.
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2 Comments
Colleen - @amadisonmom commented on Feb 07 12 at 10:19 pmZoe actually gets nervous about the whole idea of the tooth fairy. Like… anxiety. When her 1st tooth fell out she left her tooth fairy pillow at the foot of her bed (as FAR away from her as possible). When her 2nd tooth fell out she asked if she could leave her tooth fairy pillow in the hall outside her door. Her 3rd tooth has been loose since last August. Her adult tooth has grown in behind it.
I have a slightly wacky kid.
Beyond Normal Mom commented on Mar 16 12 at 9:28 amI love this note more than the other! I’m contemplating using change because it’s much more common here. 10 dimes is better than a dollar, right? We’re also using a tooth pillow that hangs on the door knob, so I have to see it before bed.
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