i am a little heartbroken
Posted in mi vida loca on 24. Jul, 2008
this morning … i told my soon to be 10 year old son .. there is no tooth fairy.
why did I let the secret out? because, I forgot to the leave the money under his pillow last night for the big hunk of molar that fell out of his mouth yesterday…and come to find out, we forgot to leave money for the tooth that fell out about a month ago.
he ran to his room this morning, and said “oh yeah! my tooth!” i thought to myself.. oh crap! THE TOOTH! he came back out and made it known that it was STILL there! with his other tooth! Mr. Knitpho has been saying for a while now for us to tell him the truth, he’s going into 5th grade for pete’s sake! This morning, I pulled him aside. I said to him. “miles, you need to know something” I was holding back tears because when I look at him, I don’t see a 5foot boy with blue eyes and deep dimples, I see a 9lb baby with blue eyes and dimples. I asked him, “do you really want to know what I am about to tell you?” He had a brave face and said “tell me”. I said to him ” about the tooth fairy…” his reply? “let me guess, you and dad leave me the money?” Sigh. I asked him if he was sad to find this out, and without missing a beat.. he said “nope, just give me my money!”
However.. I did make it clear DO NOT TELL YOUR SISTER! I get to do it all over again.
Aw! It’s hard to see them grow up like that huh! What a cute kid though. Have fun on the second time around!
Oh my. Aron is beginning to doubt. I feel this will be his year to find out a HEAP of truths about teeth, Santa, and babies. Yikes!!!!
Oh sweetie – you were very brave! I hope you paid up – for both teeth!!
A kid after my own heart… “Just give me the money!”
You shouldn’t feel badly…after all he only cares about the money…too funny
For my 3rd one toward the end..we’d slip up too. Can’t remember the excuses we told him, but we managed to pull it off until the last tooth fell out. We were getting too old and the boys just go to bed too late by the time the last tooth fell out.
Lucky for you you get to do it all over again