Friday, February 25, 2011

So, remember how I mentioned that Emma had lost a couple teeth? Well, the first time around our tooth fairy behaved like a respectable little tooth fairy should, bringing her gift on the actual night that the tooth was lost. The second time around, however, she totally choked - not once, but twice. Both mornings Emma was disappointed, and I guess she wanted to make sure that she wasn't forgotten again, because when I finally stealthily reached under her regular pillow to grab her tooth pillow on the third night, I found it laying on top of this sweet little note:I wrote a sloppy reply, trying to disguise my handwriting, and I guess she fell for it, because she seemed to have forgiven the tooth fairy by the next morning. Hopefully the tooth fairy can get it together before any more teeth are lost!

Tonight we are having a sleepover at our house with two other little girls from Emma's class. I think they've been having a great time so far, but now they've been in bed for about an hour and I can still hear very loud whispering coming from the room. I am tired and would like to be in bed, but I can't really go to sleep while they are all still awake...hence the blog update! Steve said he would keep an eye on them for the rest of the night, but he is watching a movie with his headphones in the living room, which means he is essentially deaf to whatever is going on in Emma's bedroom. Also, being engrossed in the movie, he is completely oblivious to the little girls who are getting out of bed to go to the bathroom (again) or get a drink (again) or just to tell us they can't sleep.

Now that I think of it, I'm pretty sure that there was never very much actual sleep going on at the sleepovers when I was a kid. Maybe I'm being naive to think these girls are actually going to go to sleep? Do the parents really have to stay up as long as the kids are awake? Hmmm... I might have to give this some more thought before agreeing to any more sleepovers in the future! In the mean time, I suppose I better go find something to do to keep me awake for as long as I'm forced to stay up. Yawn.

7 comments:

Chick in the Czech said...

Aw that is so cute of Emma to write that little note!

Kathy said...

This reminds me of when Peter would have his high school friends over and I felt like I had to stay up until everybody left to be the chaperon! I hope the girls had fun and were nice to Noah and Allie and aren't tired and fussy today!

I love the saying, "Toothless Girl"!

Nicki said...

Why do you think we were limited in our sleepover numbers?

Katie said...

i remember you and i having some very late nights when we had our sleepovers... i think i even cleaned your room during one of them! strange child...maybe you will luck out & one of emma's friends can do some cleaning for you! lol...

Mom said...

Even more than cleaning, I think I remember that either Nicki or Katie helped you paint your bedroom, and remove the closet doors!

Laura said...

How cute that E was so forgiving of the tooth fairy's forgetfulness. I hope the sleepover went well!

Allison said...

I think it's sweet she wrote a note to the tooth fairy! Our tooth fairy has forgotten a few times too.