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The Tooth Fairy came last night

Posted on Tuesday 1 May 2007 by Greg @ 8:39 am
Filed under: Home Sweet Home

Okay, okay, I know that the tooth fairy doesn’t exist. But I couldn’t resist telling Jeremy about the tooth-for-money fairy compensation program (they must have unionized or something) when he lost his first tooth ever last night.

In my mind he needed the fable to calm him after mom and daddy pulled and twisted, wiggled and jiggled the poor bicuspid until it "fell" out. Between the tears and the blood (just a little), the laughter and the cheers I comforted my little boy with the thought of getting money from the little fairy that loves teeth (come to think of it that’s a little weird. I’ve heard of stamp collectors but tooth collectors? He/she must be a cat lover…see my last post for more info on that)

For those of you who think it’s wrong to talk to kids about fables and fairys and such, please cut me a break. Let me give you a few reasons to give a little slack to the Stier man:

  1. I believed in the tooth fairy as a kid and it didn’t affect me negatively on any level (on second thought….)
  2. Jeremy’s "theology" is pretty solid for a six year old anyway. He’s knows the real meaning of Christmas, Easter, etc. He knows that Santa isn’t real (although he chooses to pretend like he believes in Santa for tradition’s sake and so that he won’t crush daddy!)
  3. He told me this morning that he didn’t believe in the tooth fairy anyway. He told me that he/she (?) doesn’t exist and that it was an angel that left the money. I asked him if was it "the tooth angel"? He said, "No dad. Just a regular angel."

I love being a daddy. I love telling you these stories. Thanks for reading my kooky blog. Gotta go…my tooth kind of hurts.

Signed, Greg Stier

11 Comments for 'The Tooth Fairy came last night'

  1. On May 1, 2007 @ 12:11 pm Stephanie said:

    • Glad you love telling them.  I love reading them.  Fables are ok in my book.  We still believe in the tooth fairy in our house and no one has been adversely affected.  I love "No dad.  Just a regular angel."  They’re so sure, aren’t they?   And tooth collecting has nothing to do with cat-loving…  :)

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  2. On May 1, 2007 @ 1:02 pm Homeboy said:

    • i’d say tooth collecting definitely DOES have a connection to cat loving…….all things considered, they are both CRAZY!

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  3. On May 1, 2007 @ 3:40 pm Will Bratina said:

    • My boys know him as "The Tooth-inatuh", ala Arnold.

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  4. On May 1, 2007 @ 3:58 pm leah said:

    • Correlation between cat lovers and collecting teeth? nope, but love dogs and teeth? yes. lol this blog made me laugh. thanks i needed it! :^D

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  5. On May 1, 2007 @ 5:56 pm Becky said:

    • An angel who collects teeth.Very nice job I think I’ll use that later on. I am currrently reading a case for faith by Lee Storbel.Its pretty interesting.~Becky~

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  6. On May 3, 2007 @ 10:29 am chris said:

    • I think it’s great that you let your kids believe and carry out traditions.  I think it’s fine especially when they have a good sense (age appropriate) of who they are in Christ and that it’s just a tradition…not a real person.  Thanks for all you do Gregg.

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  7. On May 6, 2007 @ 6:30 pm new creature said:

    • Why are fables any different than lies?

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  8. On May 6, 2007 @ 10:44 pm Ashley Buckner said:

    • Why are kids so cute? The tooth "falling out" thing sounds so familier! My fam likes to have the whole fable thing too. Hopefully my sibs won’t see this I am the only one who knows the "truth". You must admit though, sometimes you really do want there to be a Santa (or a tooth fairy) don’t ya? Signing off, Ashley

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  9. On May 7, 2007 @ 5:14 pm taylor said:

    • That is so cute! I think fairy tales are fine as long as they don’t obsess over them or still believe in them after the age of seven.

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  10. On May 13, 2007 @ 10:52 pm Rachel said:

    • Aww, that is so cute. And it is so great that he so solid in his theology at the age of 6. I don’t think it is wrong for you to try to play out the types of things with him. Especially when he doesn’t believe it anyways.

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  11. On March 6, 2008 @ 5:32 pm BigFatPonyDancer84 said:

    • That’s cute!!! I used to believe in the tooth fairy until like I don’t know maybe 4th grade when I lost a tooth and my mom gave me a frog..It wasn’t real it was a stuffed animal dude. Then I didn’t believe in it anymore because everyone knows that the tooth fairy gives money. Mistakenly my mom gave me a 10 instead of a 1..haha:P

      ~*~Elenore~*~

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