It appears that all of you Streamers think that "R" should be able to write a post here.
So, in all fairness I told the boy he could write ONE post. He did what resembled some type of strung out "Happy Dance" and started singing "We are the Champions"! You guys asked for it, but you have no idea what you are getting into...be afraid...be very afraid!
He is going to work on his piece of "art" and we shall post it here in the next day or two. So, keep a look out.
DB lost a tooth last night. She was excited. She placed it under her pillow and smiled that goofy toothless grin. She stills believes in the Tooth Fairy. I think that the time of belief in such figures will be over soon.
At Christmas this year she was hanging on to the belief of Santa like there was no tomorrow. All the kids at school kept telling her he wasn't real...and that little firecracker spewed back in his defense in a way that would make the Army proud!
Anyway, I tuck her into bed. R and I were watching TV and I saw the light in her room go on and off. I walked into her room.
AM: DB what are you doing?
DB: I was writing the Tooth Fairy a note.
AM: Oh that's nice. Did you put it next to your tooth?
DB: No, I put it in a special place for her.
AM:
DB: Night.
Great. DB wrote a note for the Tooth Fairy and will be anxiously awaiting a response in the morning and I have no freaking idea the whereabouts of the note.
R and I waited a few hours for her to be good and asleep and grabbed a flashlight and started our note hunt.
We must have looked like complete idiots. The only thing missing was our Camouflage outfits. DB was in her bed snoring away. The girl snores like a truck driver! We are looking high and low for this damn note....and it is nowhere to be seen. We retreat.
AM: We have to find that note.
R: Honey we looked for it. God only knows where she put it.
AM: We have to find it.
R: Why didn't you ask her where she put it?
AM:
R: Okay, let's go back in.
So, we looked around for what seemed like forever and just as we were about to finally give up R spotted a piece of paper sticking out from underneath the window blinds.
Clever girl. I guess she put it there thinking that is where the Tooth Fairy would make her grand entrance.
The note read as follows:
Dear Tooth Fairy:
I lost another tooth tonight. It wasn't ready to come out but I yanked it real hard and it came out. It bleeded a lot. I bet you have lots of bloody teeth. It hurt.
Where do all the teeth go? Do you keep them or throw them away? I would also like to know how many teeth I will lose before my 9th birthday.
DB
R and I laugh. Where do all those bloody teeth go? Good question. I write her a response:
Dear DB:
Thanks for the note. Yes, I have a lot of teeth. I keep them in a very special place. I would never throw them away.
I can't tell you how many teeth you will lose before you turn 9 as it's top secret information. If I told you I would have to tell all of the boys and girls.
Sleep well my toothless friend. I will see you again soon.
Love,
The Tooth Fairy
R thinks this is funny. I tuck the note back by the window and enjoy her innocence for a moment. I know too soon this belief will pass and I will miss it.
This morning when she woke up she rushed into my room.
DB: Momma, the Tooth Fairy came! She came!
AM: Great DB! What time is it?
DB: 5:30!
AM: OH GAWD! Crawl in bed with me and let's snuggle till we have to get up.
She crawled into my bed. I could hear her little giggles in the darkness. About 10 minutes later she whispers to me:
DB: Momma, I don't think the Tooth Fairy is very smart.
AM: Why would you say that DB?
DB: She left me a note.
AM: Well, that was nice. What did she say?
DB: She said she keeps all of those nasty teeth in a special place. That is gross Momma. And I asked her how many teeth I would lose and she must be stupid cuz she didn't know. She should know as she is the Teeth Lady.
AM:
DB: I wonder if the Tooth Fairy went to school?
AM: I dunno DB. Maybe she was just in a hurry.
DB: Momma, she keeps the teeth.
AM: I know DB. I know. Let's get back to sleep.
And then there is silence. Leave it to my daughter to question the goings on of the Tooth Fairy. I wonder what kind of vision she has in her head of all those "nasty" teeth? Oh, to have the mind of an 8 year old.
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