Janae vs. The Tooth Fairy

You might recall that last spring our daughter Janae lost her first tooth, and then her second, all in one day. 

 

The Tooth Fairy was pretty impressed, and Janae woke up to a $10 bill.

 

 

A couple of months ago, Janae lost a third tooth--one of her top front ones.  When I asked if she was going to put the tooth under her pillow that night, she said no.  Instead, she put it in a little jewelry box for safe keeping.

 

I asked Janae why, and she had a couple of answers.  First, she said she was going to save it until her other front tooth came out, then wrap both teeth up for herself and put them under the Christmas tree so she could have her "two front teeth" for Christmas.

 

I thought that was pretty creative!

 

Her next idea was that she would wait until she had TWO teeth instead of one to leave for the Tooth Fairy--so she could get $10 instead of the measly loonie or toonie she'd seen her brother Ben get for a single tooth.

 

Janae had learned that two teeth together = $10, and she didn't want less.

 

On Friday Janae lost the second of her two front teeth at school.  She came out of class with the biggest gappy smile--bursting with excitement about having lost her tooth.

 

 

That night she put her plan into action--sealing both teeth into an envelope that was clearly labeled for the Tooth Fairy.

 

The next morning she woke up to a pile of change . . . but when we counted it, it was exactly $10.  Of course the first thing Janae did was run into Ben's room to wake him up and show him :)

 

Janae vs. the Tooth Fairy?

 

Janae wins!