Brody lost a tooth two days ago. Now he is missing 3 of his 4 front teeth (one has already been replaced by an adult tooth). Just two months ago the dentist told me he needed those teeth out. They are now all out and it didn't cost me a dime.
The Tooth Fairy on the other hand has been busy visiting our house often. She brought $0.25 for tooth #1 and #2 and $1.25 for #3??
See the tooth fairy at our house is cheep. You only get $0.25 per tooth. That's it. The Tooth Fairy is not paying for work which will inevitably happen despite the effort you put in. Therefore, $0.25 is more than fair. On tooth #3, the tooth fairy left a quarter as usual.
The morning following the loss of his 3rd tooth, I was awaken to screams of delight as Brody found $1.25 next to his bed. I then overheard him explain to his sisters it must have fallen on the floor in the middle of the night.
I later explained to Brooks, as he was looking at me very curiously with eyes that said "WHY ON EARTH did the Tooth Fairy give him a WHOLE DOLLAR and a quarter?!?," the Tooth Fairy in fact did NOT give him a whole dollar. The dollar was on the floor next to the bed the night before when he went to sleep. He had received it earlier that day and had not put it in his piggy bank. The Tooth Fairy was receiving credit for being SUPER kind and giving!
YEAH Tooth Fairy!
Except now, tooth #4 has come out, and there is an expectation of $1.25 for the tooth.
So, yesterday morning when Brody awoke he found a note in addition to his quarter. I guess the Tooth Fairy wanted to make sure the expectations would remain the same for future teeth.
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