A bit of background, Z Man’s tooth became loose about three weeks ago while I was on the east coast. He has been wiggling it like a fool lately to get it to come out. He thinks the Tooth Fairy is going to make him one of the wealthiest boys on earth, like Bill Gates Jr. or something. He thought $2 was a sweet loot until I reminded him it cost $55 for a Wii game – he did the math and figured out maybe he needed to lose a lot of teeth. Sooooo finally last night after they had gone to bed he comes out all excited with this icky little piece of enamel in his hand and proudly forks it over before I can grab a tissue or something to put it in. There I stand with his tooth and he is so proud, into a plastic baggie (with the promise of double – some deal his dad made with him and the the tooth fairy if he didn’t cry when his tooth came out) and under his pillow it went.

Then he fell asleep and so did I, as did his dad, we totally get an F here. Hence how Z Man got totally jacked by the “tooth fairy”. First thing my crust-filled eyes saw this morning was a very sad little boy who said “the tooth fairy forgot me”. His dad being quick witted realized we must have not “unlocked” the window for the tooth fairy to get in. First a look of creepiness came over Z Man’s face which eventually faded to some relief. How much does the tooth fairy leave when feeling guilty for ruining a 5 year olds first lost tooth???

He’ll be rich soon enough though, he other front bottom tooth is also a bit wiggly and I am sure it isn’t far behind it’s mate. No one ever told me teeth carried such a high “gross out” factor!

For a British slang lesson go here….