The Tooth Fairy...


We had another snow day today! There wasn't really much weather to be seen but it was fun for Evie to be home again anyway. When she went to the dentist months ago, her dentist mentioned she had a wiggly tooth. I asked her if she could wiggle it and she said no and after a bit we both forgot about it. But recently she let me know that her tooth felt really wiggly in her mouth. So we looked and boy did it! For about a week now she's been wiggling it with her tongue and asking me when it would fall out. So it was time to talk about the tooth fairy. With Santa I explained to her that while the person is not real we can all be "Santa". We talked about how Santa is the way we can all anonymously give and spread love and holiday spirit. Then we talked about how we could pretend in the man and the reindeer and all of that if Evie wanted to. The first year she declined but then this past year she wanted to do it so we did. So we had a similar conversation about how the Tooth Fairy is not actually a real fairy, but rather, a way for us to give anonymously and pretend in the magic.


Evie decided she wanted to pretend in the tooth fairy so I have been working on some things this week for when her tooth falls out! I got her a little fairy door for the fairy to come in and out, made a note about her fairy and whipped up a reciept for the tooth. We also made a tooth box for her door so she can put her tooth in there. Not a chance I'm hunting down a tiny tooth through a bed tent under a small child! 


Tonight we went up to my moms and since my birthday is this weekend we had some cake. When we got home Evie was sitting at the table when she casually looked at me and said, "Oh. My tooth mama!" and then proceeded to hand me her tooth. 😂 So tonight the tooth fairy is coming! I can't wait to see her reaction tomorrow. :)



 

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