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Caliber lost his first tooth yesterday! It was apparently very exciting when it suddenly fell out while he was at school.
When I got home from work, he proudly showed me the gap and the little teeny tooth, which he put into a plastic sandwich bag so it would be safe under his pillow for the fairy to find.
It was a very long day, and when I fell asleep, I didn’t wake up until 6:30 a.m. Paul and I slept so peacefully, we didn’t hear any fairies... In fact, we forgot that fairies were going to be visiting at all!
When he first woke up, Cal was upset because he thought the fairy hadn’t come. But luckily, she just forgot to take the tooth. I came in to help look, and a $5 bill was located inside Cal’s pillow case.
Tooth fairies can be tricky like that, Violet explained to Cal as he pranced around the living room with his loot. (Violet knows this, because she wants to be a tooth fairy when she grows up. The biggest perks of being a tooth fairy, she told me firmly, are that you get to wear poofy dresses and work with money.)
Violet told Cal that sometimes, one fairy picks the teeth up, and a second fairy follows behind doling out money. Another fairy, with dental training, sometimes flies along to inspect the teeth and be sure they’re in good condition. If you brush your teeth and take care of them, they’re way more valuable to tooth fairies than ones that are dirty and full of plaque.
Last night, the fairy that collects the teeth must have had the night off, Violet said. The money-giving fairy was flying solo - and the good news is, Cal's tooth must have been relatively clean.
Gosh I love that little girl!
The tooth collecting fairy will most likely be visiting tonight to fetch Cal's little tooth. If she remembers.
Skye Kinkade blogs about what’s happening around the Mount Shasta community and in the newsroom. A mother of four, she’ll also write about the challenges of being a working mom, fun stuff to do in the area, and other odds and ends that don’t fit into stories she’s working on. Skye will blog about a variety of things that won’t be included in the print edition while talking less formally about many important community issues.
About Skye:
Skye was born and raised in Mount Shasta. She has been a reporter with the Mt. Shasta Area Newspapers since September, 2008.
