I twittered (tweeted? twattered? twut?) yesterday about how when I got home last night, The Girl came running up to me, all kinds of proud because her front tooth was loose.
"How'd THAT happen?" I asked her.
"My friend Katie kicked me in the face today!" she said happily.
Katie must have some sort of karate belt, because she did a solid job on on that sucker. Not even 24 hours later, the tooth fell out. I don't know if it's residual paranoia from being kicked in the head, or if the kids at camp are questioning the existence of the Tooth Fairy, but The Girl clearly senses that something's not right with our story. After she fell alseep I found this note under her pillow, in a Ziploc bag along with her tooth:
Yep, she takes right after her suspicious, cynical, type A old momma.
P.S. We gave her three bucks. What's the going rate for teeth nowadays?
P.P.S. Our answers are under the "click here to read more."
P.P.S.S. Haven't slept more than 4 hours straight for the past week. May pass out any minute. Please inject caffeine or stronger substance directly into my veins.
We answered "it's a secret", "sky blue, like yours," and "golden."
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Further Proof That The Girl is My Biological Daughter
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I remember leaving a similar note for Santa.
What IS the Tooth Fairy's name, by the way?
If I were Casey I wouldn't settle for anything less than a physical Polaroid of the Tooth Fairy holding the tooth she took and the frontpage of this morning's New York Times.
She's straight up CSI.
Well, without the messy death scene, I mean.
I was so into Santa for a long time, then I was snooping around my parent's room one day when I was 8 or so and found a Polaroid of Santa, and I was super psyched. A couple days later, after pulling the picture out constantly to marvel at Santa standing in my living room, I was all, "Heeeeyyy...Santa kinda looks like Dad. And he's smoking a cigarette...what the..."
The ever-illusive Tooth Fairy is still out there, though! She doles out a buck here. I suppose things cost less here in the Midwest!
You add up the number of teeth your kids will lose (keeping in mind that at a certain point this will happen on a weekly, if not daily, basis) and multiply by the number of kids you have. Now figure out the total amount the tooth fairy can afford to spend, divide by the previous number and voila! You have your number!
Yes, what is the Tooth Fairy's name...and favorite color? :)
Hahahaha, that is hilarious!
I swear every time my kid loses a tooth I only have a twenty in my wallet. I totally sucks!
Our tooth fairy is named Pickles and she has a terrible memory and possibly a drinking problem. She can not be relied upon to show up on the night a tooth is lost and she never gives the same amount twice. I love Pickles.
Our tooth fairy sometimes "doesn't see the tooth under the pillow because it was wrapped too tight in the tissue" (yeah yeah yeah...the bitch forgets sometimes, okay!!) so we put teeth on the window sill in the kitchen so she will see it before she goes to bed!!
Here....for a tooth that falls out naturally...300 yen (about $3), but for one that had to be taken out by the dentist (sharp thingys and blood involved!), then 500 yen ($5)...oh...and a pack of sugar-less gum!! :-D
Your daughter rocks!! So glad my boys just accept her existence...i think the money helps!!!
i remember like getting a quarter, maybe a dollar from that dang fairy. she was cheap back in the day. apparently she came into some sort of financial windfall since my youth. good for her tho.
how did you answer those questions? err, how did the tooth fairy answer those questions?
I can't wait to hear what the toothfairy's favorite color is!
I love that note. I can't wait for notes.
Myself, I'm constantly amazed: sometimes biology has NUTHIN' to do with it. :)
That has got to be one of the cutest things I've ever seen. How old is she again?
SO CUTE. I really like your answers to her questions.
And $3 seems totally generous. Which makes me feel like an old lady: "You kids these days with all your TEETH. When I was a girl, we didn't have TEETH. Because we were poor and had to sell our teeth to buy SHOES..."
Thing 2 lost his first tooth two weeks ago. He got $2. So did a girl in his camp who lost a tooth the night before. You better get your story straight with The Girl before our households party on Saturday, or else there will be a price to pay.
Namely, $1.
Fortunately, the last of our teeth were lost when the price was still a buck. They started out at a quarter. But with a 9 year gap between first kid and last kid, inflation hit the Fairy right in the teeth, so to speak.
Remember when we got a quarter for our teeth? And thought that was SO MUCH MONEY?
Times have really changed - now they get foldin' money for their teeth and need jump drives for school.
What is a jump drive, anyway?
Shit. Jack's only 8 months old, so he's just now starting to get his teeth, but I'm not prepared for this tooth fairy crap.
I can handle the fantasy part. But I'm not prepared for the budgeting challenges... I guess I need to create a new subcategory under "Children" in MS Money? Maybe call it "Dreams"?
Or why not call it "Incentives" and this slush fund to encourage certain types of behavior? Like, for instance, throw him a dollar every time he gets to second base...
That is so wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing.
It must be the cost of living up there. Down south we give $2...and recycle those teeth between the cuzins.
When I was a kid, I tried to tie my tooth to my hand with dental floss so I could wake up and catch the tooth fairy.
At our house the tooth fairy was named Tillie. Shockingly, this is the same tooth fairy that came around when I was a kid. You think she'd be ready for retirement at some point.
I need the name of your tooth fairy. Ours does not leave that much for one tooth and sometimes forgets to show up at all......
Very cute & sweet. I love reading about your family. : )
Not being an experienced mommy and all... I actually left my step-son's tooth at the dentist after it was pulled. I was a tad horrified when I realized that.
Thankfully, the Tooth Fairy still came although I don't know how much he got. I am glad for that as I was afraid my booboo might scar him for life.
The Tooth Fairy is called Raton Perez in Spanish which basically means Tooth Mouse. I find this really quite funny although I don't know why but it does bring home the fact that there is a whole other world out there with totally different beliefs than mine.
If that is what teeth are going for these days, I am going to go broke with 4 kids and mouth full of teeth.
So did the "fairy" answer her?
HAHA Thats cute! It reminds me of one time I asked Santa to tell Mrs. Claus to make me some fudge. I got a damn store package of it instead and a note saying she was too busy to make it. Hmm my mom never did learn how to make fudge. LOL
3 bucks!! Man that tooth fairy is loaded - send her my way. We give a dollar.
Finding that note...it was a proud, proud moment wasn't it.
That is so, so, way cute! Love it. Good answers, too.
Three bucks?!?! Good thing I'm learning these things now, while my nine-month-old daughter only HAS two teeth. I got a quarter when I was a kid! Damn inflation.
I think the going rate should be about the same as a gallon of gas...you are right on the money...Mine writes letters just like that to Santa, I've saved them all...she also tells Santa she loves him a LOT and thanks him more than she ever tells us.
So.....did she get her answers? Need follow up, please;)
We really need to know WHAT THE ANSWERS were?????!!!!!!!!!
Ha! Reminds me of when I uncovered the truth about jolly ole St. Nick. I didn't make a peep for two years, because I wanted the free gifts to keep flowing.
For the record, my toothfairy's name was Isabelle. She never told me, but I named her. M y parents still have the notes I would write her...and I am 32. DEfinitely keep those suckers!
I KNEW she had golden hair and blue eyes..thanks for the confirmation
We give a buck. But, my son always says, "Remember when the Tooth Fairy gave me $20 for my last tooth?" I don't know if he's trying to out us or what, but we don't fall for it.
Damn, 3 bucks. I think all I got was quarter. The tooth fairy must have invested wisely in the 90's.
Holy CRAP. THREE dollars?
I am SO SCREWED when my kid starts to lose teeth.
Three bucks for a tooth?! This is the saddest sign of inflation I've heard of in a long time. I was lost my teeth in the early 80's, and the going rate was a quarter for little teeth and fifty cents for molars.
Clever girl! Our rate (thanks to TV) is chocolate coins!
What WERE your answers to these pressing questions?!
I too, need to know those answers. Especially the name of the tooth fairy.
She sounds like a real cutie. Oh, and if it helps, I'm right there with you with the whole sleep thing.
When my daughter started losing teeth a year ago (when she was 5) we gave her $1.05 a tooth and now that she's 6 we give her $1.06. Years from now she'll be able to tell her therapist what cheap dorks her parents were.
Our tooth fairy's going rate is $1.00. Your answers to the questions were perfect! What did your daughter say the next morning?
So cute! I love that letter. I hope you save it.
Yo Manager - shoot me your address. You won! A prize! Some Butt Powder!
wow $3! we left silver dollars...
This is awesome!
Hee hee! That is so great. I loved your answers, too!
Get some sleep! Fortheloveofallthatsholy!
Loved the answers. LOL
Oh that is TOO funny. I just did a very similar post. Your answers were so cute. We only gave one dollar at first & then graduated to two. Keep in mind, Canadian loones and toonies are big, shiny, fairy-like coins.
Ainsley's lost 5 teeth and 4 of them required notes.
We had a toothfairy inflation issue when she asked for and got a TOY!
http://traceesioux.blogspot.com/2008/04/tooth-fairy-inflation.html
lol what a great blog
Our son questioned the tooth fairy too. His note went something like "How come you only left me $5 after I lost two teeth but you gave my friend Tyler $10 after he lost one?" I don't remember what I answered but who the hell gives their kid $10 per tooth? Now I'm annoyed all over again just thinking about that.
Already creating qualifiers and checking the facts. Next time, she'll probably be all "But, is the hair color REAL?". I love how she closes with "thanks for the money" and "love" - a true diplomat in the making. Love her.
Oh no...my son just lost one of his teeth and since he is our first child, late to lose a tooth (7 1/2) and we were so relieved that he finally lost one, the tooth fairy gave him five bucks. Now we're stuck and it's going to be expensive! We also have a five year old and a three year old. The tooth fairy needs a raise...
Wow, three bucks huh? Don't do too much, or she might be tempted to have her friend kick out the rest of them.
At least your tooth fairy shows up! Mine is something of a slacker and often forgets and then I have to call and leave her angry voicemails.
My kids have tried to "trick" the fairy--pretending grape seeds were little teeth.
Damn I'm glad that the Tooth Fairy Crap is over at my house, now I'm stuck with an envelope full of teeth. Should I sell em on Ebay?
Three bucks! Your tooth fairy is very generous. Ours only give a buck a tooth.
So, umm, if I bring today's copy of the NY Times to the first (no, strike that, clearly I mean second) day of school, will you sign it for me and all?
My almost 8 year-old lost a tooth just this morning. One of those big ones in the back. He was freaking out last night because he could not get it out. Freaking out to the point of sobbing (which he almost NEVER does.) I asked if it hurt. "No" Is it just annoying you? "No". What's the problem then? "I just really really want money!"
A Trump in the making.
AWESOME.
*laugh* Oh I love this sooooo much! After blog hopping for the past 15minutes, finally a post that really REALLY WAKES me up at (the current time on my clock) 4.55am!!!
Cocaine, cigarettes and coffee are a sure fire stay-awake combination but probably not, uh, sustainable.
We have friends with LIMITLESS wealth. Think private airplanes and 10 houses throughout the worlds, the national south american soccer team visiting for a birthday.
The tooth fairy leaves those children $100 a tooth.
There have been letters here. Questions.
The Easter Bunny found a note here, years ago! I didn't have to answer any questions though. I still have it but I can't let anyone see it!!
Your daughter is very smart and adorable!! I think $3.00 is a very good rate!!
Hugs!!
Now how was The Girl going to verify that Tooth Fairy's answers did indeed prove her identity?
Now that kid is a keeper!
P.S. I heart the Ferris Bueller picture to the left!!!!!!!!!!
I didn't read all the comments so I don't know if this has already been said (I know, LAME) - there are 2 tooth fairies that take shifts named Flossy and Pearl E. White.
Your welcome!
No one has lost a tooth yet, but I was thinking a buck was appropriate. Three. Hrm. Why not five, if three? They'll be yanking them out at that rate!
My daughter wanted to know why her friends were getting $10-$25 per tooth (this is Greenwich, baby) and she was getting $2. I told her that our Tooth Fairy comes from the "low rent" district.
The Tooth Fairy used to write her long, elaborate letters, and she was a believer for quite some time. Being Jewish, we never had to worry about the whole Santa Claus front.
Seriously that is so cute - you should totally save that for her. I think $3 is a great amount per tooth. I especially love her favorite color - sky blue. Love it.
I always got a but, but that was in the 80's, so I'd say with inflation and whatnot $3 is good. "My friend Katie kicked me in the face." heee. classic.
Did you know there is actually a tooth fairy FAQ?
http://www.toothfairy.org/faq.html
Manager Mom, these posts are decadently funny. I'm so glad I discovered this blog thanks to the NY Times. Here is mein own one-year-old blog:
http://thepartypony.blogspot.com
Complete with Son # 1 and Son # 2's perplexing little commentary. (Son # 3 does not speak yet, but he spittles a great deal.)
My son has been subject to the worst tooth fairy ever! I think by the third child my excitement has vanished and I. .I mean, the tooth fairy would forget to drop the dough. The next day I would have to suggest to the boy that maybe the tooth fairy was on vacation? I suck!
Oh that is just priceless! Three bucks...awesome! I remember I used to get 25 cents. I must be old;)
Very cute story. Reminds of a recent school visit in which a little girl handed me an index card on which she'd written the following question: "Is the tooth fairy real? Please tell me, pretty please with a cherry on top!"
So, during the school assembly of about 300 kids, I told her.
Calling her up to stand with me in front of everybody, I hugged her and said, "Yes, the tooth fairy is real. But like all fairies, she simply disappears when YOU stop believing in her."
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I could never tell a kid otherwise -- because I still believe in the tooth fairy myself! ;-)
Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
Author, You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy?
12,000 copies sold!
www.4kids.Bell-Rehwoldt.com
I love this! Incredibly cute. Almost makes me want a child. Almost.
Yeah, what IS her name??? I think you should name the toothfairy. You could go down in history for that one! ;)
Funny! We recently went through something similar with our oldest. But she wanted to know if the tooth fairy was a boy or girl? And in her note she asked for $100 for her tooth!!
So were you worried at all about her being able to distinguish your handwriting?
And $3 isn't bad. The grandparents had them when she lost a tooth and they gave her $5 so we've been slowly trying to back off of the $5 - that could get pretty expensive.
The toothfairy at our house didn't find teeth under pillows, they were left in the living room,(kids didn't want her in their rooms). There was a similar letter left by my daughter, she was making a deal with the toothfairy, since there was skin left on the toothe, she figured it was worth more, than just a tooth. But evidently inflation has his even the toothfaily since teeth were only worth $1 then(1980's)
Love the note. Twut sounds dirty.
Aw, I love that!
'Round here, the tooth fairy still only dishes out $1 a tooth. Same as what I got as a kid. What inflation?
Although, getting your tooth loosened by getting kicked in the face probably qualifies you for a higher amount.
That note is hysterical! So cute!
It's great when the kids beat each other into the dentist chair.
Thanks for your comments on my Olympic observations. I'm glad I could catch you up.
ohmigod. i love her.
:)
we gave emily $5 for the first and $2 for the second.
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