Nina shook me awake at 3:45 am this morning, to tell me that she had rolled over and the tooth she had lost that day had been knocked from it's porcelain box and was somewhere in her bed. "Go back to bed, Nina..." I grumbled in half stupor. "But the fairy won't find it!" She insisted. And then it dawned on me. I had forgotten to take the tooth and leave the loot and the disturbance of my sleep was actually a blessing in disguise!
So in we go to her bedroom, lights turned on full beam, were she found the tooth in the sheets within 30 seconds. (Which was good considering my eyes were still barely slits) I got her settled back in with kisses and well wishes for sweet dreams.
But now I had to wait for her to go back to sleep, then wake up before her to do the deed. This also had to be orchestrated before little brother awoke, who, with his built-in-sonar, would undoubtedly hear the jingle of change being plopped in the tooth fairy box.
In the end, all worked out beautifully. I actually heard my watch alarm go off this time (my beckoning call for the gym) , snuck in her room, retrieved the tooth and filled the box with spare change without causing her so much as a stir. Even MJ stayed in slumber! Another near-miss on Fairy Duty thwarted!
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