Another Tooth Fairy Mishap

I think that I need to be fired as the Tooth Fairy. I can't seem to do the job on time or properly. Whatever day last week Nathan lost his tooth (there is some debate as to if it was Tuesday morning or Thursday morning) he was in his bed. He had come home from daycare the night before and said that his tooth was loose and was doing everything he could do to wiggle it and get it out. That next morning I had got him ready for the day when I asked him if his tooth fell out during the night. He checks and discovers that his tooth is still in his mouth. I move on to getting his two brothers ready for daycare when Nathan proudly announces that his tooth "just fell out." Yeah right. I tell him to get a bag and put his tooth in it and then set it on the counter so he can show Dad.

That evening rolls around and he proudly displays his tooth to some the of the neighbors who were over and he puts it under his pillow for the evening. It is while Bruce and I were laying in bed talking that I remember that I need to play tooth fairy. I didn't want to get up in the middle of our conversation, so I make a mental note to do it after we are done talking. Only, oops, I forget.

The next morning I go into the bedroom and slip a dollar under his pillow only I cannot find the tooth! I get on my hands and knees and start looking under his bed. The only problem is that it is still dark out and I did not bring a flashlight. With all my rooting under his pillow and under the bed, Nathan starts to stir. I quickly lay flat on the ground and hope that he lays back down. I search for the tooth some more and finally just give up. It is as I am getting up that Nathan notices me. I told him that I wanted to make sure he was covered up as it was cold in the house.

It was only later as I was getting the boys ready for the day that I send them into the kitchen to get their shoes on that I turn the light on and find the tooth. I am stuffing it in my pocket as one of them walk into the room to see what I am doing. I make something up and quickly walk to my room and stick it in Bruce's underwear drawer. Whew!