Last week my youngest lost his 2nd tooth. We decided that he'd write a note to the tooth fairy in advance, requesting that she leave the money and the tooth. You know, to have a plan. To avoid the early morning drama of tooth fairy disappointment. Dad was in charge at bedtime, note and tooth secured under said boy's pillow. I actually went out that evening. With a girl friend..for a glass of wine. Something I've only done twice since we moved here! So, let's just say, I kinda forgot about the tooth fairy duties that night. Completely forgot...
Fast forward to morning. About 6:30am I heard hootin' and hollerin' from down the hallway. My eyes shot open, "Honey!" I said as I reached over and shook my husband's shoulder, "We forgot about the tooth fairy! S***! Find some money!" Poor hubby (not a morning person) stumbled out of bed and started rifling through the pockets of yesterday's jeans while I devised a plan. "Ok, you'll have to do a slight-of-hand. Go in his room and throw the money on the floor under his bed...then just say it must've fallen out during the night!"
He goes down the hall, I hear small voices in worried tones, a deep calming voice...and then...
MOM! THE POWER'S OUT!!!!!!
So that's what all the hullabaloo was over. At 6:30 little guy was sitting on the potty when all the lights went out. That's what he was yelling about, not the silly tooth fairy! He hadn't even gotten to that yet, it was all about not being able to, you know, see what he was doing! So yeah, no power. That was our drama for the morning. Just when you think you've got all your drama prevention plans in place, the power goes out inexplicably. The whole neighborhood was out all morning.
All's well that ends well, I guess. Hubby had enough hot water for a shower and went to work. The boys' school, just 2 blocks away, had power and the bus was right on time. Me, on the other hand...No coffee, no heat, no computer, no sewing machine. Not my most productive morning! Isn't it frightening when you realize how dependent we are on power? Yeah, well, I'll save that for another post.
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The tooth fairy forgot at our house just a few weeks ago too and we devised the same plan as you!!
Hopefully you survived your morning without power. Our power was out last week but it happened in the afternoon. Morning would be challenging!!
I used to live in a little farm house without power when I was 20, as a choice, it was hard but when we moved back into the city I felt so wasteful with gas and electric(as my son called it)!! If you ever find a treadle sewing machne, you are all set!! Violet in Canada
If you ever run across a treadle machine you will be ready! Violet in Canada
I hate that when the power goes out and you have lots planned to do!
Our son just lost his second tooth too. We had the same drama the first go-round with him wanting to keep the tooth, so this time the tooth fairy left the money and a note saying that she has left the tooth for mommy and daddy on the magnet board. He raced to the kitchen to find it hung in a sparkly decorated ziplock. He was good with that. :)
How devestating that would have been for him, no doubt. :) You were fast on your feet though! I also lost power but for a week one summer. I felt like we lived in a third world country--it was hot, the food spoiled, etc.
Ah those tooth fairy tribulations. At the first tooth loss I wrote the teensiest tiny thankyou note from the tooth fairy (postage stamp size). What a precedent!!!
The tooth fairy at out place could almost publish a small novella by now.
LOL! I was thinking you were busted for not leaving the money! Good to know that he didn't check before he went to the bathroom! Funny how attached to electricity we are.
It's an eye opener for sure when the power goes out. When we first moved here 14 yrs. ago it was like a 3rd world country. The power was out a certain portion of almost every day! Glad the tooth fairy drama worked out OK. Gosh what we parents go through.
It seems life is a never-ending adventure in your household...most wonderful :)
Thank goodness you weren't discovered! We forgot once on a weekend and we claimed "It's the Sabbath. The tooth fairy will deliver your money tomorrow."
Oh you have made my day i have never laughed so much But i bet you were not laughing at the time. anyway my little 1 was ok with leaving it but as it was wobbly he was worried about swallowing it i kept saying he wouldnt. Then he told me" if i swallow it will the tooth fairy still come" when told she would he was happy & went off playing & eatin his tea.
How funny that the power only went out in your little area...maybe the tooth fairy was covering for you until you could get the money under the pillow. :)
I forgot to do tooth fairy duties one time, and the only change I had in my pocket was a $20 bill. Bad precedent!
My daughter hasn't lost a tooth for about a year (8-9 year old), and she doesn't want the tooth fairy to think she' forgotten her, so she leaves notes and small gifts under her pillow.
The first time she did this, she didn't mention it for a couple days, and then asked why the tooth fairy didn't stop by. I told her since there wasn't a tooth, the TF had to do her regular rounds before she had time to stop by for gifts. It seemed an adequate answer.
The tooth fairy once forgot to stop and pick up a tooth at our house. We were woken up at 6am and totally busted. Hubby (who wakes up a lot faster) said "Honey, it's ok. There must have been a lot of kids all over the world who lost their tooth yesterday. She just had a backlog. I'm sure she'll come tonight." My son even left her a note the next night saying he was sorry she was so busy. Thank God for quick thinking.
It's so good to hear that I'm not the only one who forgot tooth fairy duties (uh, more than once in my case). My kids are now 11 and 13, and they still are trying to play along even though they called me on it years ago.
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