The Tooth Fairy is Flighty

The tooth fairy forgot to come last night.

In defense of the tooth fairy, this was an unexpected trip. There was no loose tooth build up. Instead Marek pulled out a tooth while using his mouth as a Lego pry bar. He filed the tooth away under his pillow with dreams of extra loot due to the painful nature of its extraction. Instead he woke up and found - his tooth.

I knew instantly what had happened when Marek actually got out of bed on his own this morning. I didn't have to cajole and bodily pull all 55 pounds of him out of the top bunk. Instead he sadly walked out of his room carrying his tooth.

I said to Marek, "I guess the tooth fairy was really busy last night." (LAME!)
"Do you think he might visit during the day?"

"The night," was Marek's disappointed reply.

"Well put it back under your pillow, and maybe he'll come tonight."

Geoff says to tell him the tooth fairy couldn't get through because I-70 is closed due to a landslide. The landslide is keeping Geoff from getting where he needs to go today.

I think the tooth fairy will need to leave a note of apology tonight and perhaps an extra reward for his/her thoughtlessness.

This is when I am glad that such things as the tooth fairy exist. I won't take the blame for this one for a while. Perhaps this is why they were invented?