Tuesday, April 22, 2008

When the Tooth Fairy Forgets...

This morning Coop got up at 5:30 for PT and found Maren in her room sobbing.  As it turns out, the Tooth Fairy forgot to visit her last night.  Maren had to have a molar extracted yesterday.  To say the least, it wasn't a very good dental experience (is there such a thing?).  The only thing that managed to cheer her up was the thought of the Tooth Fairy.
Whoops!
So Maren was crying and Coop sent her in with me after explaining to her that the Tooth Fairy has a schedule.  She knows when to come because teeth are normally loose for a while before they come out.  Hers was unexpected and also because we're in Japan, like mail, it sometimes takes longer.  
About 7:00 it was time to get ready for school.  She decided to look under her pillow one more time.  Wouldn't you know it, she found $5.00 (I think the TF had a guilty conscience).  
Maren concluded it was because she had gotten up too early.  The Tooth Fairy only works at night and when it's morning here, it's night in America.  
We've determined the Tooth Fairy definitely lives in the Western Hemisphere.     

3 comments:

Erin said...

The tooth fairy forgot our house onece too, we figured it must have been a busy night. So we gave him a chance and he made it the next night. Sorry to hear Maren had to have a tooth extracted, poor thing. Hope her spirits are boosted now that the tooth fairy made it.

Knight Family said...

Very smart tooth fairy. Seems to always come just at the right time. Hope all is going well with her tooth. Not very much fun to have it extracted.

Kyle & Shanna said...

Yeah, the tooth fairy forgot about me once too. I left my tooth under by pillow for two days. (I didn't tell anyone it had fallen out, but the tooth fairy should have known anyway).