The Tooth Fairy

Abby lost a tooth at school the other day. She was super excited about it and this spawned a great conversation about what would happen if you lost a tooth on Christmas Eve. Abby's opinion was that The Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus would fight if they found themselves at the same house at the same time. She wasn't sure who would win the fight, though.

As she got ready for bed, Abby was playing with the little tooth necklace they gave her at school to carry her tooth home. She tried to open the plastic tooth box, it came open suddenly and her tooth went flying. We looked everywhere for the missing tooth and Abby's eyes started to well up with tears.

My suggestion was to write the tooth fairy a note and explain what happened. She didn't think it would work but did it anyways. Her note was very cute and basically told the tooth fairy she was sorry for losing the tooth and that she had looked everywhere for it.

In the morning, she was pleasantly surprised to find the tooth fairy had left her a note in return:

Dear Abby,

Thank you for telling the truth. I have left you a dollar for the tooth you lost. If you find the missing tooth, please mail it to me.

Love, The Tooth Fairy

My clever little girl could tell the letter was composed on a computer. So we had a lengthy discussion in which we decided that the TF has a laptop, with spreadsheets, that she uses to keep track of all those teeth. We also think that WCES has a computer system that messages the TF when a student loses a tooth. Wow - 6 really is a magically age. :)

1/365 Challenge

I stole this from another blog but I am claiming it as my own! ;)

Starting January 1st, 2011, I am challenging myself to take one photo everyday. The goal is to take a photo of a subject that is unique to that day. It doesn't have to be anything crazy - it can be a picture of someone new that you meet or some new place you went.

Now, I am not naive enough to think that I will end up 365 photos by the end of the year but, I am going to try to be diligent and get as many days as possible. I think it will be a great way to look back at the year when it is done. Hmm... maybe the photos could even be compiled in to a book at the end of the year.

This is a challenge that anyone can do (as long as you have a camera, of course). You don't have to have an expensive camera or be a professional photogragher. Just set your camera to record the date and start clicking!