Open Letter #6

Dear 10 1/2 Year Old Child of Mine,

Please do not make a big freaking deal out of losing a tooth at dinner, complete with theatrics about blood in your mouth and how much the tooth was hurting beforehand, and then demand your Tooth Fairy money up front. Especially don't have a fit when you wake up the next morning and discover that the Tooth Fairy hasn't paid you yet for said tooth. Maybe the Tooth Fairy has been working really hard at her day job lately and was tired and went to bed right after you did and forgot about the tooth. Or maybe you were last on her list of stops and it is still technically the night because we get up at Dark Thirty every morning like your mom told you.

So when she actually DOES come after we leave for the day, the very least you could do is check and see if she ever showed up. Cause there is totally a dollar under your pillow. And the Tooth Fairy had to call in her helper, Mr. Tooth Fairy to get that dollar under there before you got home from school. And it's been 2 whole days now. And you still haven't found it.

Also, thank you for still being young and sweet enough to believe in the silly 'ol Tooth Fairy. Cause she still thinks you are an itty bitty baby who is never going to grow up and leave her one day. Even if your feet ARE bigger than hers now and your armpits are stinky.

Love,
Your Crazy Mom