The Tooth Fairy is so Flaky!

So the morning of Drew's baptism he lost his first two teeth ever. Actually rather than "lost" . . .  his teeth were more like "PRIED" from his mouth by Lamon. Drew was sooo excited about it though. And to be honest . . . so was I! Because for the last two years I have been secretly worried that Drew might never lose his teeth; and I was a little nervous at the prospect of him forever looking like an old toothless man when he smiles. (He grinds his teeth and his baby teeth are all ground to nearly nothing.) So we were both delighted.

But let me tell you something . . . That Tooth Fairy is one flaky lady!

You would think that being the high profile figure that she is she would try to have things a little more put together. But I tell ya . . . She is a flake.

I mean we spent the whole day reminding Drew to put his teeth under his pillow and even went as far as to keep checking to make sure that he hadn't lost his teeth etc.

Well, the next morning Lamon went running, and Drew woke me up all out of sorts. He was really sad and upset and he said, "Mom. Dad lied!"

"What?"

"Dad lied! He said that there would be money under my pillow, but there's not."

Oh, I was so upset at the tooth fairy at that moment! You would think she had brain problems or something! Anyway, I felt awful and I turned to Drew and said, "What? Are you sure about that?"

"Ya Mom, I'm sure."

I then said, "Wait a second . . . I want to come check." So on my way to his room I managed to grab a couple dollars from our nightstand without him seeing, and headed for his room. I started looking under his pillow and as I looked under his pillow I slipped my cash filled hand under his blanket.

I turned to him with a puzzled face. "You are right Drew, it's not under your pillow. Did you check all around and under your bed?"

"No."

"Well, it's worth a try eh?"

So he looked under his blanket and found the money and was pretty excited. Well kind of excited. He said, "I thought she would bring 15 dollars."

"What? When I was a kid I only got like 50 cents a tooth! A dollar a tooth? You are lucky man! And you even got to keep your teeth. No fair!"
He spent the rest of the day telling everyone how lucky he was because the tooth fairy let him keep his teeth.

Uh huh. That is the last time I am bailing you out Miss Flaky Tooth Fairy!! Honestly!

Wow. I am so on the ball! Pathetic I know. I'm sure everyone is crying for Drew after reading that. Maybe I had better use Drew's idea of how not to forget things by writing it on a piece of paper and taping it to my face while I'm sleeping . . .  The Tooth Fairy isn't going to miss any more teeth in this house! . . . I hope.