Just the other day, Chloe swallowed her teeny weeny bit of leftover tooth from her broken cap in school and she had wrote to the tooth fairy that it was ok if the tooth fairy didn’t give her any money coz’ it was a tiny one and she had swallowed it in school. So she had no tooth to exchange for money with the tooth fairy. The first night we had forgotten all about the note and didn’t do nothing about it and the second night came and we forgotten about that too. Came the third night I reprimanded PB for Chloe’s lazy tooth fairy and of course, that night the tooth fairy came and took her note and left her a dollar.
When Chloe found the $1, the next day, she patted us on the back and said it was alright to let her know that it was us who left her the $1 and not the tooth fairy. It was such a funny, funny expression when she patted us on the back, like a matter -of – factly manner but we insisted that it wasn’t us. So she went on her day happily that day and told everyone that the tooth fairy finally came and gave her $1. We didn’t have the heart to tell her otherwise and not let her continue to have a magical childhood. Afterall, they are only this young once, even though she is already 10.
Now having said all the above, I’m not about to spend $1000 on gifts each year on Chloe’s Christmas or birthday, so parents out there don’t feel bad if you didn’t give your child a theme party for his/her birthday to make their childhood magical. A magical childhood need not be all about money and glamor, PB and I feel that a balance of magic and common sense is just as important.