The Tooth Fairy's Very First Visit...

Presleigh is now the proud owner of a permanent tooth and a slight lisp. That super wiggly, front and center bottom tooth finally came out....Thanks to Mimi! We all know I wasn't about to pull it out and neither was Presleigh. So after dinner one Sunday evening, Mimi wrapped the little tooth in a napkin and popped it right out before Presleigh even knew what had happened. Presleigh was sooooo brave and very excited and naturally we had to get home ASAP, so that she could get ready for the Tooth Fairy's arrival.

I asked Presleigh how much money she thought that the Tooth Fairy should provide and she replied with a modest $15.00. I found that to be reasonable considering it was her first tooth, but do hope I didnt set the expectation of receiving that for all 26 teeth, a grand total of $390 once all of her teeth have fallen out.

Once home and in our pj's, Presleigh pulls out her little tooth box and tooth fairy pillow and places her teeny, tiny little tooth inside. Here a few pictures I snapped of her right before bedtime.

You can see by the pictures she was very excited, so much so that she woke up 2x before 11pm to see if the Tooth Fairy had arrived. This proved to be a very late night for the Tooth Fairy, as a matter of fact, she was up until well after midnight. In the Tooth Fairy's sleepy haze, she realized that we didn't have $15 in cash at home, and rather than waving her magic wand at the ATM, she decided that a portion of that $15, seven to be exact, would be in change-so out of desperation she decided to pull a robbery on Dad's piggy bank.
When Presleigh awoke that morning, she found a nice, heavy package full of coins & dollar bills under her pillow, sprinkled with lots fairy dust. The Tooth Fairy had left her a sweet little note, congratulating her on the loss of her first tooth and reminding her to take good care of her teeth by brushing the sugar bugs away every day!

Although the experience of losing a first tooth had started off somewhat tramautic in the weeks prior, it ended on a much more calm and positive note. I can remember the day that little baby tooth made its arrival 4 years ago and celebrating with just as much excitement about it as we did the day it left!