He Who Can Do No Wrong (HWCDNW) lost his first tooth today. It's been loose for a couple of days now and I've been itching to rip it out. Loose teeth, hanging nails, scabs etc drive me nuts! I need to pull and pick - gross I know, but a fact's a fact. When I lie in bed with my kids and I feel a loose piece of toe nail against my leg, I immediately reach down to pull it off. Most of the time they squeal like stuffed pigs, tuck their legs under them and don't let me near their feet even if I PROMISE I won't pick ever again! But I don't let it go there... I'll generally sneak into their room at night and rip the offending nail off while they are semi-conscious. Don't judge!
Needless to say I FINALLY managed to pry the loose tooth out of his mouth this afternoon - after much coaxing, bribing, negotiating and if I'm being brutally honest here, a little rope and duct tape! Don't judge!
He ran straight to his sister to show off his tooth.. and somewhere between my room and the lounge (a relatively short distance), he lost the tooth! As you can imagine, pandemonium broke out! We searched high and low and for those who have been in our house will know that we're not talking about acres and acres of floor space! But the tooth was gone. Crapsticks!
So... while HWCDNW was sobbing in his room, I did what any mother would do. I opened my cupboard and took one of the Government Shufflers old teeth (saved in a little pouch in my vanity box) and loudly proclaimed "I FOUND it!" It just seemed like the lesser of 2 evils - a heartbroken 6yr old compared to recycling a tooth! Don't judge!
I figured since the whole tooth fairy thing is a lie ANYWAY... pretending I'd found the tooth, really didn't seem like that big a deal. Only problem is that now I really hope we don't find the original tooth!!
I've lied before when it comes to the tooth fairy. A while ago the GS put her little tooth under her pillow and the next morning we all awake to a shriek and her proclaiming the tooth was still there and there was NO MONEY! Crapsticks!! The Husband and I had to think fast. While I pretended to look around, he emptied his wallet and then conveniently put the money under "Barbie's Pillow" - silly fairy!! She must have misheard (or been drunk) when Emma said she was putting her tooth under HER pillow! Shew.. that was a close call!
So fingers crossed The Husband and I will remember to take the (recycled) tooth and replace it with money tonight. We all know how 2nd kids get the short end of the stick when it comes to childhood memories.... fewer photo's, not as much video footage, hand-me-downs, less extravagant parties.... the list goes on and on!
... and just to add even more lies to the mix, I happily told The Husband just now that the title of my post was "The tooth fairy and other lies we tell" and then realised the GS was sitting right next to me! She looked at me and said "What?? Is the tooth fairy a lie?" Crapsticks! So I said " No man silly..... I am just writing about Joshie's tooth and then some other lies..." Emma: "Do you lie?" The Husband "No mommy just means jokes.."
Crapsticks!
