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Sally is now missing three of her teeth. That crooked incisor (eye-tooth?) on the right fell out the day after the top one. Sally’s teeth have a way of disappearing after they fall out. I’ll give her a ziploc bag with reminders to keep the tooth safe for the tooth fairy, but she can’t resist taking the tooth out to show Susan and Daddy and the mailman, and before bedtime, it’s gone. One tooth went down the drain at Grandma’s house.
Unfortunately the tooth fairy has a policy against reimbursing for missing teeth, even if there’s a hand-drawn picture of the tooth. Dick thinks the tooth fairy is pretty mean, but he also thinks we should take the special two-dollar bill out of my old scrapbook to put under her pillow. Sally asked me what the tooth fairy brings, and I said I had no idea. What does she think the tooth fairy should bring?
“More than 10,” she said. Cents? She thought a bit longer, “No, more than 20 cents.” I think the tooth fairy might be able to cover that, but I warned Sally that she has to be patient with the tooth fairy, who is a bit absent-minded and also forgetful.
Last night I found this taped to my pillow:
I think Sally has experience with absent-minded and also forgetful people.
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Ooh, I wonder what the Tooth Fairy will bring?
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Patience, mama! Be glad she didn’t swallow it.
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Oh, I dread the whole loose-tooth stage with my boys!
Happy WW to you!
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So how much does the tooth fairy bring her?
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Oh, I bet she is soooo proud! My 7 year-old gets really excited about loosing his teeth. I just can’t stand the sight of blood. Great WW photos- you captured a great memory!
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Wow, She’s loosing them left and right. She’s gonna be rich!! Is she wiggling them on purpose to make them come out sooner? What a cute girl…
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I’m thinking that the tooth fairy gives coins – but here, the smallest note is $5. I think perhaps a $1 coin works. Maybe $2. Am glad we’ve got a few years to figure this out, but I hope inflation doesn’t hit in the mean time!
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