4:17 a.m. this morning:
Leah [calling]: "Mom? Mom, can you come in here?"
Me [struggling out of bed]: "What's wrong? Are you OK?"
Leah: "Yeah. I just lost my tooth in my bed." [grinning an extra gap-toothed grin]
[A short search turns up the tooth in question.]
Leah: "Cool. Put it under my pillow!"
Me: "Umm, I think we missed the Tooth Fairy. It's almost morning, my alarm will be going off in an hour. How about we put the tooth under your pillow tonight instead?"
Leah: "OK."
Me: "Goodnight, sweetie."
Leah: "Goodnight." [Then, trying out her new mouth] "Crithmith. Merry Chrithmith. Hey Mom, I sound just like the song!"
I love that picture.
ReplyDeleteSo "Tooth Fairy", what's the going rate these days??
**And another early morning for you...hang in there, the Holidays and sleeping in are coming soon.
Josie - the TF brings a toonie. Any less makes losing a tooth seem not very important. Any more, and in the words of my friend Evelyn on the occasion of her daughter's first visit from the TF: "I don’t want to encourage this as a business enterprise. Next thing you know she’ll be going after my $2000.00 crowns with a set of pliers while I’m sleeping just to get some extra cash."
ReplyDeleteShe looks like Drew :-)
ReplyDeleteYour girls are too cute.
So. Very. Cute.
ReplyDeleteLove that smile!
ReplyDeleteAww. She's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMerry Crithmuth to her indeed!
Priceless picture! Glad she's so happy about it!
ReplyDeleteSara
What an absolute sweetheart. That smile is so worth the early wake-up call.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture--and great timing...oops--I just made a typo and missed the "e" in the second "great" and then I realized I could have just left it as a comment for your blog!
ReplyDeleteToo funny. I have had similar excursions with teeth. Too bad, she missed Christmas card season.
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