And So, It Begins
During round two of bedtime hokey-pokey, I went to investigate the source of whining from the youngest kids' room. Sure enough, my 2 year old was sitting in the middle of the floor, crying and clutching her mouth.
As I walked towards her, I asked, "What happened, babes?"
She grasped me in her simian way, legs tight around my waist and snuggled into my arms. I noticed she had something in her mouth, and put my hand under her chin in our family shorthand for "Spit. It. Out. Now."
She sighed and spat the white plastic lid from a chapstick tube into my palm. Don't ask me how she got it. With welling eyes she said "Oh, no, Mama. Oh, no. Tooth Fairy gotta come." A quick survey of her chompers revealed no gaps.
Nope, the child thinks I'm a grade A idjit, and is attempting to con me into summoning the fairy.
I held up the lid, and said "Oh, this tooth fell out?"
"Yes, boo hooooo!" She wailed.
She wouldn't lay down until I borrowed the tooth fairy pillow from her sister's room, and put the cap in it. I don't know whether I should pay out for creativity. Most likely, any coins I slipped her would be ingested on the spot.
I know, I'll put a thin mint in there, so I can speed the falling out process by rotting her toofers.
Comments
Oh, I'd pay for that! But I do think the mint is an excellent choice if she's likely to eat her winnings. But hey, a two year old with that kind of imagination and you got to be doing something right!
Posted by: Elaine | March 13, 2005 9:20 PM
The little con artist! Too funny. I like the mint idea.
Posted by: Squareslant | March 14, 2005 3:53 AM
Ha. My 4 1/2 year old son is always telling us he has a loose tooth. The school-age neighbor kids he plays with are losing teeth and he's trying to be "cool" I guess.
Posted by: InsanePreschoolMom | March 14, 2005 5:14 AM
Okay that is the best story ever, I just read it aloud to my co-workers :)
Posted by: Lindsey | March 14, 2005 6:19 AM
That took an amazing amount of ingenuity for a two-year old. It's too funny to imagine her coming up with the plan, finding a suitable tooth substitute, hiding it away and then producing it at the appropriate moment. Not to mention the award-winning acting. Would she be disappointed if she received a different reward than her sister? Of course, if you give her the coin, and she ingests it, won't that mean a visit from another, slightly less pleasant, fairy?
Posted by: Dawn | March 14, 2005 8:56 AM
LOL!!! My five year old just informed his father that when he loses his tooth...which of course takes his whole arm to jiggle...the tooth fairy will leave him $100. D#!% inflation!
Posted by: J&J's Mom | March 14, 2005 12:18 PM
Are there pictures of these little devils somewhere?
Posted by: geeekgirl | March 14, 2005 1:32 PM
Okay, that kid is brilliant! She's going places! Maybe not good, legal places, but I bet she's rich!
Posted by: Tammy | March 14, 2005 2:34 PM
Bwahahahahahaha!!! I heart her.
Do your kids watch Arthur? There's an episode where DW puts something under her pillow (a piece of corn? I can't remember) to try to "trick" the tooth fairy.
Posted by: Mir | March 14, 2005 6:23 PM
Smart little girl!!
Posted by: sara | March 14, 2005 9:59 PM
This is going to be one of those stories you include in your speech when she gets married. My wife calls them the "extortion stories".
Priceless!
Posted by: Carmi | March 15, 2005 7:40 AM
I hope my 4 year old dosen't read this blog - LOL! My 4 year old has wanted to loose teeth since before he had all of his baby teeth! The curse of having older siblings.
Posted by: kathy | March 15, 2005 10:32 AM
Now THAT'S one creative kid
Posted by: Sheryl | March 16, 2005 3:46 AM
That's a great story! Definitely one for the books!
Posted by: Mel | March 16, 2005 1:05 PM