Lukas is already showing that he is going to be a terrific big brother to Annabelle. In addition to all the hugs and kisses he has bestowed upon her tiny little body, there have been other things too. For instance, in an apparent attempt to bond with his new sister, who has zero teeth yet, he went and lost one of his own Wednesday! How is that for showing love?
Acutally, Mrs. LIAYF and I have know for a while that the tiny chunk of enamel was about to go, as he has been wiggling it around for a couple of weeks now. And we have been keeping him on guard too, reminding him daily that if it falls out to save it by any means necessary. That strategy paid off Wednesday morning as his mother woke him up. His first words were "What?, Wait!" before sticking his tongue out with the tooth sitting on top.
When I shared the news on Twitter today, I got a reply from my buddy and fellow Seattle Dad Blogger Daniel over at Post Post Modern Dad, who indicated that his 5 1/2 year old son also lost his first tooth that same day! What are the odds of that? Lukas, however, fared a bit better than his toothless counterpart, who I am told actually LOST his tooth, probably swallowing it. Poor little guy. Never fear though, as Daniel relayed a plan to trick the tooth fairy. I can't wait to find out how that went.
When we told Lukas about Daniels son losing his tooth, he genuinely felt bad for him, even making a super sad face. So, to make him feel better we explained what the tooth fairy would have to do to recover that particular tooth. We dubbed that fairy 'The Poop Fairy'! That, of course, made Lukas laugh and feel much better.
Speaking of the Tooth Fairy, a few days ago Lukas came home from school and announced to us that "Holden said the Tooth Fairy gave him $100 for his tooth!" We, of course, were flabbergasted at the notion. "When you lose your tooth we are taking it to Holden's house" I let him know with a smile. "He's either mistaken, or his fairy is better off than ours".
What does a tooth actually go for these days? We wondered that as well, so Mrs. LIAYF turned, or course, to the Interwebz for an answer. Any guesses?
$1.88.
If you guessed that I commend you. And, I want to talk to you about picking some lucky numbers for me.
As for Lukas? His wasn't exactly the High Rolling fairy that "Holden" had, but neither was she the $1.88 Super Saver fairy either. Rather, she was the perfect Fairy for Lukas, leaving him an assortment of interesting coins and even a $2 bill. Oh, and she left him a nice little note too.
Yes, our Tooth Fairy Rocks.
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4 comments:
Yeah, that was funny, both our kids lost their first tooth (teeth?) the same day. I started a blog post about the experience last night as well, but wound up going to bed super early, so you beat me to the punch! It ended well for my little guy, having written a note explaining the situation.
Very awesome tooth fairy indeed!
That's a great note she left. But is the going rate really less than $2? I blame the fairy unions!
@Daniel - I liked your post. That was a clever way to get the tooth fairy to comply. Way to go dad!
@Hey - She's a keeper. Esp since we have lots of teeth yet to be collected.
@OM - It is! I talked to a lot of people who thought that was pricey too. Hard to believe. Those fairies need to pony up a bit more in my opinion.
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