Our baby lost her first tooth today. Her daddy held her hand and I cried as she sat in my lap. Mrs. Niedrach (the real tooth fairy) pulled the tooth. Chloe didn't even flinch. The tooth fairy has a lot of experience with this and it showed! She's pulled around 350 teeth! She told Chloe the going rate is $10 for the first tooth. She also told her she would have to be in bed by 8pm. Nana got to be there too because she had come to the class party. I even saw a tear roll down her cheek.
Of course, we had no problem getting her to comply with the early bedtime set by the tooth fairy. She was in bed by 8pm and anticipating the big bucks.
Chloe left a note with the little wooden tooth shaped box the tooth fairy gave us to put the tooth in. She tucked the little box with the tooth and a note deep inside her pillow. The note read: "This is the pillow it is in." It was cute because the tooth fairy, I'm sure, found the note after finding the box. Nonetheless, the box and note were found....
We awoke the next morning and discovered the tooth fairy had left quite the mess. Pretty glitter had been left all over the floor. Chloe was so thrilled about the glitter. I think she liked it more than the $10!
The next evening we visited the Tooth Fairy's home where we got to see her wings! They were beautifully displayed on her wall. She only takes them down for her nightly flights!
It was definitely a special day. Sweet for me because all these milestones are gentle reminders of the gift I have in her. Special for her daddy because this was the first time in three daughters he was part of the first tooth losing experience. I love seeing him get to enjoy the thrill of fatherhood!
