The Tooth Fairy

People, we have been talking about when the Tooth Fairy will visit for a long time.  Kate has been super excited about the potential visit and FINALLY, the day after we came back from vacation, her first very loose tooth came out!  (I panicked slightly on vacation thinking it would come out there and had a really fun backup plan, but I was saved by one day!)

However, this one day happened to a.) be when our hardwood floors are still being worked on, b.) when the painters came to start painting, and c.) while our house was still not even close to being put back together from being out of town for 9 days and for having major housework done.  So my grand plans to make this first fairy visit really spectacular were slightly modified to just a wonderful visit. ;)

We read that if you leave a little glass of milk out the tooth fairy would dip her wings in and you could see what color she is.  So, last night, we left a glass of milk out and went to sleep.  Kate, Maya and I all slept in Maya's room.  Maya was a teensy bit scared of the tooth fairy coming in the middle of the night.  She asked me several times if she would wake her up and then said, "No, my like tooth fairy".  I reassured her that she wouldn't be bothered!

First tooth in the books!

Loot from the first tooth!  $5 bucks and a really sweet note
from the tooth fairy!

And Kate's fairy is purple! Exactly what she predicted!

The visit from the tooth fairy was a success!  Kate enjoyed it and is already counting down the days for tooth #2 which is currently a tiny bit wiggly!

(Now...what do I do with this tooth?!)