last night mimi's tooth fell out while she was brushing her teeth. this was the third tooth to fall out. she was so excited. we put it in the sterling silver hippo tooth holder and took it upstairs. lately mimi has taken to piling up a bunch of pillows on her bed (a regular pillow, a sham, her FOM pillow, and her pillow pet unicorn) and sleeping on them, so we placed it at the very bottom of the pile so it didnt accidentally fall as the pillows moved around. then we read together as usual (this night it was Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plot of the Purple Potty People). by the time it was lights out, i was feeling tired and knew i still had lots to get done, so i headed back downstairs, already having forgotten about the tooth.
the next morning, mimi comes downstairs, sobbing her heart out. i hurry over to the stairs in alarm. "mimi, what's wrong?" "MOM! the tooth fairy never came! WAAAAAH!" she threw herself into me and buried her face into my arm and sobbed. she handed me the hippo case and opened it to reveal the tooth still sitting inside.
mentally i'm kicking myself. i hugged her and stroked her hair and soothed her crying and slowly and calmly said, "oh, mimi. i'm so sorry. i know you were really looking forward to it. but, you know, sometimes that happens. we'll just try again tonight. maybe the tooth fairy was super busy last night with lots of kids losing teeth?" i suggested. it sounded pretty lame even to me. and mimi didnt seem to buy it. so i went on, "OR, i know what probably happened! you had SO many pillows piled up over that tooth maybe she didnt know it was in there, or couldnt get to it. we'll put it on your nightstand tonight so it's easier for her to get to tonight. i just know she will come tonight! no worries, she'll come. sometimes she gets delayed too."
mimi seemed to think this explanation made sense. i distracted her by telling her what i planned for breakfast this morning and got her to dry her eyes and get some orange juice and she seemed to be better.
as i fixed breakfast, i was reminded of the first time i put my tooth under the pillow and woke to find that the toothfairy never came. i remember how sad that made me. and when i announced to my family in a voice that could barely contain the tears threatening to break through, that the tooth fairy didnt visit me last night and didnt leave me any money, i think my older sister laughed at me and was like,"dont you know it's mom and dad? the tooth fairy is made up!" and i dont know if that was supposed to make me feel better, but i remember just feeling even worse, because it's one thing if some strange fairy out there forgot me, but my own parents? sheesh. that was low.
so i felt terrible all morning as i fixed mimi an extra nice breakfast, and the whole time i'm saying in my head, dont forget that tooth! (such a bad mommy!) i tried to get rob to help me remember, and he's all like, get with it, set an alarm on yer iPhone! so i dont forget again tonight, i have my phone set to alert me. twice.
the next morning, mimi comes downstairs, sobbing her heart out. i hurry over to the stairs in alarm. "mimi, what's wrong?" "MOM! the tooth fairy never came! WAAAAAH!" she threw herself into me and buried her face into my arm and sobbed. she handed me the hippo case and opened it to reveal the tooth still sitting inside.
mentally i'm kicking myself. i hugged her and stroked her hair and soothed her crying and slowly and calmly said, "oh, mimi. i'm so sorry. i know you were really looking forward to it. but, you know, sometimes that happens. we'll just try again tonight. maybe the tooth fairy was super busy last night with lots of kids losing teeth?" i suggested. it sounded pretty lame even to me. and mimi didnt seem to buy it. so i went on, "OR, i know what probably happened! you had SO many pillows piled up over that tooth maybe she didnt know it was in there, or couldnt get to it. we'll put it on your nightstand tonight so it's easier for her to get to tonight. i just know she will come tonight! no worries, she'll come. sometimes she gets delayed too."
mimi seemed to think this explanation made sense. i distracted her by telling her what i planned for breakfast this morning and got her to dry her eyes and get some orange juice and she seemed to be better.
as i fixed breakfast, i was reminded of the first time i put my tooth under the pillow and woke to find that the toothfairy never came. i remember how sad that made me. and when i announced to my family in a voice that could barely contain the tears threatening to break through, that the tooth fairy didnt visit me last night and didnt leave me any money, i think my older sister laughed at me and was like,"dont you know it's mom and dad? the tooth fairy is made up!" and i dont know if that was supposed to make me feel better, but i remember just feeling even worse, because it's one thing if some strange fairy out there forgot me, but my own parents? sheesh. that was low.
so i felt terrible all morning as i fixed mimi an extra nice breakfast, and the whole time i'm saying in my head, dont forget that tooth! (such a bad mommy!) i tried to get rob to help me remember, and he's all like, get with it, set an alarm on yer iPhone! so i dont forget again tonight, i have my phone set to alert me. twice.
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