ToothFairy FAIL
- July 23rd, 2008 10:43 pm
My daughter and I were outside today when she wandered off to a pile of rocks. She picked a large rock up, and ran it over to me with as if it held royal importance.
‘Mom! Mom! Can I keep this rock,’ she asked.
‘I suppose, but what are you going to do with it,’ I replied, slightly puzzled at the appeal of a rock to a girl normally enamored with barbies or anything that is pink and spewing loads of glitter.
‘I’m going to put the rock under my pillow, and then the Tooth Fairy will come and get it and bring me money,’ she replied with a 100 watt smile covering her face.
FAIL.
I laughed hysterically, because I loved her theory. I mean, maybe I should try that, putting some rocks under my pillow and hoping that the Tooth Fairy gives me money in exchange. But me thinks that that won’t work out. Her whole homemade ghetto Tooth Fairy theory did amuse me.
As a child, the Tooth Fairy was the only imaginative person I was ever permitted. My mother never told me there was a Santa Clause or an Easter Bunny. The denial of either wasn’t rooted with any deep religious belief. Mostly, this was because my hardworking single mother was not going to attribute any gifts I received to an imaginary fat man and his crew of child labored elves.
Truthfully, I can neither fathom nor justify why I was allowed the Tooth Fairy. Probably because the first time she tried to sneak money under my pillow I caught her. But still.
To me, it wasn’t a big deal. I didn’t know any different. Sure, I knew that other kids believed in these things, but I never felt like I was missing out on anything. If anything, I felt as if I was more knowledgeable and less fragile, because not once did I ever think someone broke into my house on Christmas Eve.
My husband thinks this lack of Santa Clause in my life was a crime. That it’s as if I missed out on some childhood rite of passage. In fact, the first Christmas we were married, after I went to sleep, he played Santa Clause. He wrapped my gifts, and even wrote they were from Santa. When I awoke the next morning, I found them all under the tree. It was oddly romantic.
He’s also pretty swept up with teaching Allie about Santa Clause. I’m not necessarily against it, but I guess since I never believed in him I don’t understand the benefit of the mystical fascination. She can have Santa Clause if she wants him. After all, she’s already invented her own version of the Tooth Fairy.
July 23rd, 2008 @ 10:47 pm
Definitely going outside right now and getting me some rocks!!
I had all of those as a child. And as I now reveal my insanity, I still believe in Santa Claus. Not the literal fat man but the spirit of it all.
We tell our kids about the Bunny and the big SC. We haven’t come close to the tooth fairy yet because our oldest is still too young to lose teeth. I’m very much about the spirit of giving with Santa. I mean we see the big fat man and all but it’s about the meaning, too.
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 10:49 pm
I’m so mad at you for telling me there’s no Santa Clause. I’m still a believer. How dare you.
But, yes, we do the whole “imaginary fairy and fat man” deal. It’s the ONLY fibs we tell. Believe me?
July 23rd, 2008 @ 10:52 pm
I’ve never lied to my kids. I may have to republish one of my MySpace blogs about the wickedness of Santa one day.
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 10:54 pm
I’m like the “Princess and the Pea”… if I put a tooth, much less a rock, under my pillow I’d never be able to fall asleep. I’d give up the money for a good night’s rest anyday.
July 23rd, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
Santa yes, Easter Bunny no, Tooth Fairy - yeah, but they never believed it - just played along to get the cash
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:04 pm
Well, L is only 1 - but, I like the whole “magic” behind it all. Of course, if she ever asks, we’ll explain it to her and all that. But, I remember how excited we used to get because we thought we could hear reindeer feet, or because the weather station showed santa on the radar in our area. We’d be at Ma and Pa (grandparents) house and we’d be soooo excited to get home bc we knew santa would have left gifts! Easter bunny, same thing. It was just really exciting. And, I love the “magic” of it all…the wonder, the excitement.
There will be no scamming of santa, easter bunny, of the tooth fairy though. lol. And, if she tries, we’ll say we don’t advise it but if she does it anyways, we’ll leave a note maybe. Haha. Like, because you summoned our fairies for a false cause, you now owe $1!! I dunno, I just made that up.
lol
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:08 pm
I don’t have to talk about any of those, yet. Isobel totally picked up the Santa fever at Xmas and it took til about two months ago for her to stop talking about him - but she doesn’t know that HE brings presents or anything. What she does know? A lot of homeless men could be him. What I know?
I will totally cheap out on her Xmas presents from me and give her the kick ass ones from the big SC, just so she believes for a little longer, cuz mom’s presents suck.
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:10 pm
We had everything when I was little - Santa, the Easter Bunny, Cupid, the Tooth Fairy, the Great Pumpkin and something having to do with Bastille Day - I think it might have been a torch-carrying mime.
I think it’s a part of childhood to have fun things to believe in and holidays to look forward to. You have the rest of your life to be miserable so why not enjoy it when you can? Why yes, I’m a bitter old pessimist, why do you ask?
I think I might put a pair of running shoes under my pillow tonight in hopes that the Ass Fairy will bring me a smaller derrière.
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:17 pm
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
I believed in Santa Claus so fervently that when I was in 5th grade I got into a huge brouhaha with another girl in the cafeteria; she said there was no Santa Claus. Principal called home. Imagine my embarrasment when my mom had to tell me that I was actually on the wrong side of the truth on this one.
July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:20 pm
First of all, I just finished reading your last eleven posts — I’ve been in a cruel land of cranky internet fairies for the last few weeks, but it was fun to catch up. I think my favorite part was when you politely invited your freaky troll stalker to fall into a vat of cooking oil… yeah, definitely the best moment.
Nice to have caught up with you.
Second, I believed in Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and quite possibly the Great Pumpkin. (I think it was a matter of some concern to my very conservative Baptist family that I preferred Halloween to all other holidays…)
I even remember leaving my new bunny earrings out for the Easter Bunny to see and being thrilled the next morning when I found the note telling me how much he liked them. (Probably a complete coincidence that those same earrings later gave me a massive infection that resulted in my not wearing earrings for 2 years…)
My husband’s family was NOT brought up with any imaginary friends. We’ve discussed the issue a bit as it relates to our hypothetical future children. He thinks it’s lying to let your children believe in SC, etc., but I’ve tried to explain that I never felt betrayed or misled by my parents, nor did I ever feel like I couldn’t trust them later.
It was fun to debate whether a red light in the sky on Christmas Eve was a plane or Rudolph’s nose. It was fun to have presents from Santa under the tree along with the ones from my parents and siblings. It was fun to try to stay awake till the Tooth Fairy arrived.
And then I simply outgrew the beliefs and didn’t need them anymore. No trauma or tears.
Honesty is a great thing. But so is imagination. And it’s possible to balance the two. Kids are just better at it than we are.
Dang, I talk too much.
July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
I don’t yet have any children but my husband and I have talked about it and we do think we will be telling our children about Santa Claus and the like. I think there is something important about believing in things you can not see. Sort of like believing in God and Jesus…but not. Oooo, maybe more like believing in Harry Potter? No? Oh well. you get what I’m saying.
July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:34 pm
I don’t exactly PROMOTE the idea of Santa Clause like a lot of parents do because I see myself in my kid. He’s a skeptic, like me. He’s going to ask me if I’m full of shit very soon and I am going to stand tall and tell him YES. (My parents tried to get me to believe in Santa, but I can’t remember ever truly believing)
So, while I do tell him that “The Easter Bunny” is coming, I’m pretty sure he’s thinking the same thing as I always did.
“Oh, sure mom. Yep, the Easter Bunny is coming. mmm hmmm. I’ll play along with your little fantasies because they are fun for you, m’kay?”
That said, I remember looking for rocks as a kid. I was certain I was going to find something that held a valuable mineral.
Never did. The best thing I found was a piece of concrete that looked like it had jade in it. Who knows what it really was. Probably plastic for all I know.
July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:43 pm
ooh you have hit a tender spot with me. My hubby and I DO NOT do Santa or Easter bunny. We tell our kids that Santa and the Easter Bunny are like Spongebob - fun to imagine and pretend about, but not real. We want them to know that Christmas is about something that IS real - Jesus. We have always told them the truth from day one. They are so energetic and fun and, like you said, I think they get a kick out of knowing the “truth”. It has not yet gotten them into any trouble at school. We have told them not to lie about it but be creative with their answers, when asked about Santa. Like, “well, my presents come from Mom and Dad” or “Lots of people believe different things about Santa” etc. That way they aren’t letting the cat out of the bag but not lying either. Also (just a personal thing) I like to believe I’m telling my kids the truth when I say I will never lie to them. I am perfectly comfortable telling them things like “I don’t want to tell you that answer right now. Maybe in a few years” or “You may not like the answer to this so if you ask, be prepared.” So they know that what we tell them will ALWAYS be the truth - whether it be Santa, or Jesus, or how babies are born (yes we’ve told them they come out of our privates) etc. We aren’t gross or graphic, just keep it simple and honest. Our kids (so far) really appreciate it and it helps them know they really CAN ask us anything and talk to us about anything.
Hope that wasn’t Too Much Information. WEll, I guess it was. But I”m kinda like that.
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:48 pm
I grew up with all those things, but early on realized that they weren’t real. Hubby and I decided that we weren’t going to do the whole imaginary gift/money bringers. It really stemmed from the fact that Giggles was terrified of Santa when she was 2. Everyone kept saying “Christmas is coming” So when we took her to see Santa she was sure that he did something to poor sweet Christmas and would have nothing to do with him. So we decided that we would just not do it. The kids have always been told of the Spirit of Christmas and such, but never the Santa. Which is nice because you get Chicken who talking to the Pastor on Christmas eve.
“So Chicken what is Santa going to bring you this year?”
Chicken not being allowed to tell little children that there is no Santa and plenty of little one around replies to the pastor “Santa is going to bring me the biggest plasma t.v. you ever saw”
“Really,” replied the Pastor “You think Santa will bring you that?!!?”
“Sir, if he shows up at my house and brings me a gift I would certainly think he would bring that!”
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:49 pm
I have to admit, I feel weird lying to my children around Santa and the tooth fairy. I think my oldest has probably figured it out by now, but doesn’t want to let the charade stop yet. Probably…
So, yes, we let them believe in these things but the more I think about it, the weirder it feels…
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July 23rd, 2008 @ 11:58 pm
I was surrounded by the magic of all of these characters as a kid. I look back with warm fuzzies to that time of my life. I carried on the tradition with my kids and realized how much fun my parents must have had doing it for us.
On a sidenote, I must admit that I was the worlds WORST tooth fairy… On more than one occasion, I actually forgot to “make the switch” before going to bed and had to say to each little disappointed face the next morning that sometimes the tooth fairy has too many houses to go to and they better just put it there again that night… What a LOSER I am!!!
Jackie
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July 24th, 2008 @ 3:39 am
When I was a kid, we had those characters. But I had insomnia (still do, hence why I’m commenting on your blog at 4.30 in the morning my time), so on Christmas night, I was awake and heard my parents bringing presents down to the tree. When I lost a tooth, I was awake when my dad exchanged it.
I cried both times.
But dude, seriously, if the tooth fairy is accepting ROCKS now, I am so in.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 5:06 am
I was the oldest of three. I had to finish raising my brother and sister. I also had all that crap worked out by first grade.
I’m 53, now I write papers to all my friends reminding them that Christmas never happened. Jesus wasn’t born on December 25th. In fact, the Bible is silent on that. December 25th is the birth of the mythological pagan god Mithras and also started Saturnalia, a festival of drunkenness and orgies. Santie is kinda mild by comparison. Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on that date because from that day forward the photo time gets longer and Jesus represents the coming of the light and the alternative of orgies is not very Kosher. Remember, back then there was no hair tricks, make-up or tooth brushes. The orgies were with a bunch of hag women and salami smelling old men.
Easter and the bunny rabbit is a recent invention somewhere around the ushering in of the TV. I think it happen because of some commercial. Regardless, I got a rooster once at school on Easter. We lived in the rural south. When it got big enough my grandma hit it in the head with a brick and fried it for lunch. I said, “grandma, where’ my rooster.” She looked over at the kitchen table at a bowl of fried chicken. That rooster tasted good. Rabbits got it too. No chocolate bunnies then. Only a 12 gauge and rabbit gumbo.
The tooth fairy? I think that might eventually lead to her believing the stories a young man will tell her later on about how great and wonderful he is and how he will take care of her when he really is a dead beat and then she’ll remember that mommy is the tooth fairy and will hit mommy up for a loan. Make sure she knows the tooth fairy only visits little girls under the age of X. After that, get a job.
Well, a little more than a sentence or two, but you asked.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 6:49 am
Yep…. believed in all of them…Santa was “real” for much longer than most people believe - you see, we went away every year to my grandparents house. When we piled into the car for the 4 hour trip there were no gifts and we left out a beer and some cookies (Santa got milk else where, he deserved a beer!) Every year we would start to drive out the lane and my mom would realize she left her curling iron on or forgot to turn off the stove - and then was gone a few secs…little did we know she was throwing the gifts under the tree, eating the cookies and slugging back the beer!!! Then on Christmas eve, when my dad was out walking the dog, Santa would call from our house to say he was there leaving gifts and if we went to bed promptly, he would arrive at our grandparents house to leave ONE gift…no matter how long we kept Santa on the phone, my dad never got home in time to talk to him!!!!! I am a believer!!!!
July 24th, 2008 @ 8:10 am
I had all of them. I will do all three with mine, but I am trying to keep Santa as St. Nicholas & will give Knute presents of his feast day just as a reminder of who Santa really is and why. The Bunny is a bit harder. I will do my best to tie it into Easter.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 8:38 am
We do believe in the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy over here. When my kids get a little older and ask questions, I will tell them the truth and explain why we do it. Childhood is too short and those things I hope they remember for their kids.
Growing up, my parents didn’t have extra money to buy me things during the year(besides school clothes and groceries), so Christmas was one time of the year I got what I wished for (within reason) and it always came from Santa.
July 24th, 2008 @ 8:42 am
I grew up with all of them.. and yep I am passing those delusions onto my boys. It is short lived and hey, why not? I love how excited my older one got this year when he though Santa had come to our house.. It was magical..
July 24th, 2008 @ 8:55 am
We’re all about Santa and the Tooth Fairy here. Although, for whatever reason, we don’t pretend we’re the Easter Bunny. Weird, no?
Oldest son knows we’re full of it and has told extended family he doesn’t believe - but plays as if he’s still in the dark for gool ol’ Mom and Dad. How cute is that!?
Gonna go get me some rocks now…
July 24th, 2008 @ 9:30 am
We believe in them ALL!
Let me know how that rock thing works out with the toothfairy. I’ve got a yard FULL of rocks and I could use the money.
July 24th, 2008 @ 9:33 am
Yeppers, I lie to the kids on a regular basis…although I have been outed as the Easter Bunny, because year before last we didn’t have extra $$ for Easter stuff so I had to tell Sam so he wouldn’t think he was forgotten. He hasn’t made the connection between Santa and the Tooth Fairy vs. Easter Bunny, though. I just like the idea of magic; it seems so real and so special to the kids, even the older ones who haven’t believed in forever; there is always the anticipation of seeing the gists under the tree and knowing that there will be a few more that are total surprises, and I truly do enjoy it. And so do they; the teens still conspire with me, and will do so even more as the baby starts to figure out what is going on.
July 24th, 2008 @ 9:38 am
We had Santa - and the Easter Bunny - and the Tooth Fairy. And all them creatures cost ME money.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 9:40 am
We do all of it. Santa plays a big part in our holidays. I don’t believe it’s lying when I tell my kids there is a Santa Claus. I feel it makes the whole season a bit more magical. Every year we read “Twas the Night Before Christmas” and “The Polar Express” and we make cookies and all that. To us, it’s an extra excuse to get more family time out of it. Seriously though….we need magic in our lives these days.
As for the toothfairy, we haven’t gotten that far, but maybe when Logan loses that tooth….
Easter Bunny is a cool guy who brings candy….they LOVE him. LOL
All in all, yeah we do share those imaginary things…but it’s fun!
PS….I can’t sleep with a rock under my pillow….it would drive me NUTS!!!
July 24th, 2008 @ 10:12 am
All my kids did have those things but by the time they were all around 8-10 they stopped thinking they were real. In our house though the tooth fairy does not pay out big time ,just 25 -50 cents for each.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 10:25 am
I also did not believe as a child. Not because of my parents…I just cuaght on and never bought in to it…and my parents never INSISTED there was. So I do the same with my kids. My Jack asked me at 4 about Santa and Easter Bunny. I told him there wasn’t. It was just a silly ‘game’…but now he was part of the secret. And my younger son- well he is 7 and he ACTS like he believes…but I think it is because he thinks the presents will stop if he says he doesn’t!
July 24th, 2008 @ 10:29 am
It’s just a FEW years - very few. Kids are smart and mine haven’t been especially devastated when they figured it all out. Let her have fun with the fantasy.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 10:56 am
I had those characters as a kid, and will teach them to my own children as well. But the tooth fairy will definitely not be handing out obscene amounts of money.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 10:59 am
My kids believe in it all - even that the characters at Disney World are really real… when we were there this summer I thought they were going to pass out when they got to visit with Cinderella and Buzz Lightyear. We haven’t had to introduce them to the Tooth Fairy yet, but she will visit our house too… My husband and I both believed in it all too when we were kids, and I don’t remember being totally devastated when we figured it all out (we grew up together, in the same small town).
The Easter Bunny, though, that one wasn’t hard to figure out. For some reason I just didn’t quite believe that an over-sized bunny hopped all over creation delivering baskets, but with my whole heart I believed in flying reindeer and an old guy in red who delivered presents to every. single. kid in the world, in one night.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 11:22 am
I’m not serious about many of my parenting choices, but allowing kids to be kids as long as they can is one thing I am a believer of. Yes, I still snuggle and cuddle my 3 year old every night before bed time. I tell her magical stories of far off lands, I let her cry if she needs to, etc. etc. Living in todays society- everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere- growing up included. I can only imagine what 6th graders are doing at the end of school yard fields- I want my daughter to be the 6th grade that says “what’s a blow job” when her friends are talking about it.
Yes we tell her about Santa, and the Easter Bunny. I think it is a right of passage and that there should be as much hope and faith in SOMETHING at such a young age. However- I am not a very religious person, we went to church ever ONCE in a while growing up. I have never gone to church or talked to her about God- so go figure.
July 24th, 2008 @ 12:04 pm
I will definitely tell me kids that there is a Santa and Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy. It’s fun, I don’t think it hurts anyone and it gives them something to dream about. I wish I still believed.
July 24th, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
We do some kind of mutated (not Freddy Krueger mutated…mutated theory of them) form of the Easter Bunny and Santa. It is completely unbelievable and I am embarrased that they fall for it. I am the Tooth Fairy in this house.
July 24th, 2008 @ 1:34 pm
Yeah, we were the whole ball of wax when I was a kiddo…Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy…You name it.
Now I’m off to gather rocks;)
July 24th, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
Trust me, if rocks brought money, I’d sleep in the flower bed.
Cute story - sounds like a kid with a fantastical imagination.
July 24th, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
She’s brilliant!!! Why haven’t I thought of that!!!?????!!! Great logic on her!!!
July 24th, 2008 @ 8:09 pm
I love that my children believe in Santa. I think it makes the holidays more exciting. Just watching their little faces when they come out of their rooms. Chatting with them about what Santa may bring. Logging on to the internet to track Santa and his elves.
I dread the day they stop believing.
PS. That tooth fairy logic is brilliant!!
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July 24th, 2008 @ 8:13 pm
We have the “streamer fairy” in our house that comes the eve of a family member’s birthday. It’s by far my favorite made up childhood character to be!
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July 24th, 2008 @ 9:03 pm
I had Santa, and everything else, and my daughter does, too. I get a real kick out of going to extra mile, and she still remembers a letter Santa left her when she was two. It said something like, “You should come work for me at the North Pole!”, and to this day she is thrilled just thinking of it. I figure, you’re only a kid once, and life kicks your ass soon enough - a little magic won’t hurt. Also, I never felt horrible once I found out Santa wasn’t real. Still - your daughter sounds adorable - and smart, too!!
Oh yeah - and what your husband did? So frigging cute!
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July 24th, 2008 @ 9:45 pm
Most of the rocks Peanut & The Champ bring in end up in the fish tank.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 10:08 pm
What a little entrpreneur! She’ll see oportunity in situations other people see nothing. What does she do with lemons?
July 24th, 2008 @ 10:08 pm
We’re finding both Santa and the Tooth Fairy to be a drag. The darned fairy never remembers to leave the goods, and when she does she doesn’t take the tooth. And the kids have been asking about Santa - some believe and others don’t and it causes animated arguments.
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July 24th, 2008 @ 10:12 pm
Oh my that is too funny! My four year old chipped part of his tooth off and wanted the tooth fairy to come but rocks that is pretty good.
July 24th, 2008 @ 10:18 pm
What your husband did for you is one of the sweetest things I’ve ever heard. Sigh.
Believing in Santa was magical for me as a child and I think it has helped make Christmas magic ever since. Seeing my kids’ pure bliss when they wake up and see gifts under the tree where there was nothing the night before seriously makes my heart soar.
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July 25th, 2008 @ 12:42 am
I think that no “Fairy God Mothers” & Santa’s is a good thing. I was one of those weird kids that believed EVERYTHING my Grandma told me was the undeniable truth, anyone that said other wise was a liar and deserved to get an ass kicking. When I was 8 a nice boy named Derek told me that my Grandma was wrong that there really wasn’t a Santa Clause and that only babies believe other wise! I showed him that only babies run to the teacher with a bloody nose because a girl just kicked his ass!
I’m going to try and avoid that scenario with my little girl!
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July 25th, 2008 @ 8:58 am
I think that fairy tales can be nice. Even though the older two know better, they play along with Santa because thier younger sister still believes. It is fun for all of us that way. But, to each thier own, I think it won’t hurt a kid one way or the other to believe in fairy tales.
Also, I wanted to share a tooth fairy story with you. When our 11 year old lost a tooth earlier this year, she lost it at her mom’s house and her mom threw it away. She was distraught because she wanted to leave it for the tooth fairy. We ended up making an pretend tooth and leaving a note for the tooth fairy when she got home. Our note said: “Sorry Ms. Tooth Fairy, we do not have a tooth, but I really lost it. Please accept our home made tooth, instead.”
July 25th, 2008 @ 11:41 am
when my older kids found out that santa was… “outsourcing,” they were really mad at me for “lying.” Not the thank you I was hoping for.
July 25th, 2008 @ 12:15 pm
I was a believer, but after I hallucinated a 6 foot bunny in my house while we were returning to it after dark and it scared the total crap out of me, I wish I wasn’t. The things 8 year olds imagine….
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July 26th, 2008 @ 8:57 am
I lost two teeth at once, and got the standard Tooth Fairy deposit amount. What a rip off.
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July 28th, 2008 @ 8:05 am
A good friend & I from work had a conversation before I had kids about Mr. Claus, and whether it was even healthy to essentially lie to a kid about some fictional person who, like you said, breaks into their homes and has creepy little men spying on them to see if they’re behaving or not.
I hear ya on the “keepin’ it real” and “nothing will be lacking from Xmas w/o Santa” but there’s something about the magic of a surprise that made me do the Santa bit for my boys last year. (It was the first time the 3yo even cared, let alone would remember.) But we keep it simple. They got a shared bigger gift and each got 2-3 smaller gifts (books & small toys). The thought of Xmas that really bothers me is the CRAZY way toys & gifts get so out of control!
Cute story! My son originally cried when I told him his teeth would fall out and someone would come take them from under his pillow.
August 4th, 2008 @ 8:15 am
I always read your blog in high spirits. Thanks
September 2nd, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
You sound like the coolest Mom! I hope my kids think I’m half as cool as you seem to be! lol You come up with awesome answers, and I love your thinking!