Before I became a parent there is no way I would have understood what I found myself doing on Monday night. Despite being rather sleep deprived, thanks to that nasty thing called Daylight-Savings Time, I still made a mad dash to Hobby Lobby to buy glitter. You see my oldest daughter, who turns five next week, lost her first tooth. The tooth fairy wasn't quite prepared for that.
About a week ago, we discovered her loose tooth. I promptly searched for and found a book I remembered from my loose-teeth days. I ordered it in the hopes that it would arrive before she actually lost the tooth. It did and so did the tooth fairy pillow I also ordered. However, I had forgotten that my daughter had mentioned that, according to her friend, the tooth fairy also leaves pixie dust.
That dust was the first thing my daughter mentioned after she bravely pulled out her tooth. The next thing she said was, " I believe in the tooth fairy." For some reason, in that moment I saw just how fleeting childhood really is and just how quickly she would find things such as the tooth fairy ridiculous. I realized I was going to have to get my hands on some glitter!
That is how I found myself wondering around Hobby Lobby less than a half an hour before closing time. I had to laugh at myself as I shopped. Five years ago I would have said "just dig a quarter out of your wallet, put it under her pillow and call it a day." Of course that was before I saw the sweetest pair of brown eyes look at me with complete trust. It's funny what we'll do for our kids, isn't it?
I knew it was worth it when my daughter came running in at four forty-five this morning to show me what the tooth fairy had left for her. I somehow managed to act excited and then promptly told her to go back to bed. After all, even a parent who is willing to go glitter shopping has her limits.
What have you found yourself doing that you never would have imagined before your children entered your life? Does anything special happen when your children lose teeth?