04.13.07
The Death of the Tooth Fairy
Chloe is the lone early riser in a family of people that aren’t big fans of morning time. One morning she bounced into my bed and whispered in my ear:
“Daddy, I know that you and Mommy are the tooth fairy and that you sneak into my bedroom after I lose my tooth and take it and put money under it. Mom told me.”
In my half-asleep state, I wasn’t really sure what to say. Was she trying to trick the information out of me? Did her mom really tell her that? Was I too loud the night before when I did the tooth-dollar swap? I paused for a second and said, “Are you sure?”
She bounced out of the room, just as happy, and said, “Yep!”
I only later found out that earlier in the morning she had asked her mom for the truth, and Heidi (no doubt under duress) spilled the beans. Lance also figured out the real story. So we swore them both to secrecy since their little brother is still waiting to lose his first tooth.
My teammate recently faced a close call with the tooth fairy as well. Read about it here.
Watch out Santa … your days are numbered…