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We have this friend…we’ll call her Do-You-La-La because that’s her name on the Internet (well, Doulala, but whatever)…and we were paying her a little visit on Thursday to eat her yummy cookies and swim in her glorious pool.  Do-You-La-La is a wonderful doula for birthing women and just as caring to a 6 and nearly three-quarter year old with a tooth loose for over a month.  That’s like being around a first time mama being told she’s 2-3 cm dilated–could be today & could be a month from now. 

Do-You-La-La talked calmly to my loose toothed daughter and asked to see it the tooth.  Asked to touch the tooth.  Gained trust by promising not to pull it without permission.  And then there was a whisper.  A grin.  A pull.  And a "Here it is…" and a small little tooth was handed to me that had previously been wiggly jiggly in my kid’s mouth. 

Then I heard my daughter say, "So, when are you painting my toenails?"  Ah-ha!  So that was what the whispering was.  A little deal was being brokered.  A tooth pull for a mani-pedi!  And before you get all, "How could you let all those interventions occur?" remember that this tooth would not have come out if it wasn’t really ready!  

That night we found the very lovely tooth pocket made by a very lovely friend (another doula…funny, huh?) and put the tooth ever so gently inside and tucked it way under the big fluffy pink pillow under the now one less toothed daughter and her sister (who was trying really hard not to be very jealous).

At 6am I could hear excited noises coming from the girls’ room.  There had been a visit from a fairy!  And the proof was the fairy dust sprinkled all around.  If you ask the girl who was the reason for the visit she will tell you that the fairy dust had made patterns on her arm of butterflies and other way cool stuff.  And there was fairy dust under the pillow and around and inside the now toothless tooth pocket.  Inside of the pocket was a whole bunch of change including a Sacagawea dollar!  How cool!  How exciting!  How not all that happened!

We received a phone call a little later from The Husband who, sadly, had been out of town for the last 2 weeks.  And guess what?  He woke up and found something under his pillow too!  A brown paper bag with a note that said: 

Please give this

to The Girl

the next time

you see her. 

Thanks,

T. Fairy

Well, that nearly drove this kid crazier than waiting for the tooth to "fall" out.  She was sure she could wait up a few days later when her daddy was expected home.  And if not wait up, then wake up as soon as he arrived.  But no.  Too tired. 

This morning the proud girl with one less baby tooth asked for the bag she was told about.  Inside of the bag was a box wrapped in some glittery paper with tulle ribbon that also had the same exact kind of fairy dust that had been around after the tooth fairy had been here as well!  And inside of this box was a very lovely bracelet with a fairy charm and a charm made out of something that could only be a polished tooth!  I don’t know how the tooth fairy could have known that it would be nice to include The Husband on this first ever tooth loosing occasion for our lovely daughter, but it was extra special that she was able to find him somewhere in Colorado like that.  If anyone runs into her let her know we appreciate her thoughtfulness.  Also let her know that she can leave the card to our friend, Do-You-La-La, to other slightly impatient children and their wildly impatient mothers.

Click on the pix to see them more clearly…

Tooth Money:

The Bag Found in Colorado:

The bracelet with fairy and tooth charms:

All the Loot From Just One Tooth:

*Oh, guess who has her second loose tooth ever?