I DO have to say that she eventually lost it ON THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL, WHEN they were reading a book about tooth-losing traditions from children around the world. It could NOT have been a better day. She came home with a cute little tooth treasure box, about the size of your pinky, and was so excited to leave her tooth for the fairy.
The next morning, Joshy came into my bathroom right at wake-up time to deliver "some sad news." The tooth fairy had forgotten to come, and Gracie was so sad!!! Well I, too, felt extremely saddened by this news. I immediately texted Daddy to see what he thought happened. He suggested we look behind the dresser in case the Tooth Fairy left a dollar bill and maybe the fan blew it off the dresser in the middle of the night. Although that didn't explain why the tooth was still there, Gracie went to look and DID, in fact, find a dollar bill peeking out from behind the dresser. When we questioned the presence of the tooth, Daddy told Gracie about the "Lucky #7" tooth. Apparently when kids lose their 7th tooth, the Tooth Fairy visits them for SEVEN NIGHTS IN A ROW (many times leaving little monetary gifts) until he/she takes the tooth after the 7th night's visit. Well, this was news to all of us! Josh, with all of his baby teeth still holding on strong, couldn't help being a little jealous about this attention. But once he learned that Tooth Fairy dust left in the room helped loosen teeth, he started sucking that bedroom air in, and sure enough, his teeth seemed a little more wiggly after that.
It was a very memorable experience at the Lochhead house. Lucky Tooth #7 will be remembered for a LONG TIME...
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