Fairy Party

My daughter lost a tooth on Saturday. Very big stuff when you're seven. But she prefers to keep her teeth, rather than giving them over to the tooth fairy. This is also very big stuff when you're seven. It takes a lot of soul searching to reach this decision. My husband and I helped out by offering to give her a dollar out of our own pockets. We even offered to slip it under her pillow, the way the tooth fairy would have. Although she found it hilarious to try to imagine us trying to pretend to be the tooth fairy, she accepted our offer.

But there is another problem. She doesn't want to hurt the tooth fairy's feelings. So instead of leaving the tooth, she thought maybe she could leave a present for the tooth fairy, maybe a necklace or a bracelet. One thing led do another, and she ended up planning an entire party for the tooth fairy and all of her friends.

So we dragged a little pink and yellow doll house into the living room last night. She set up an array of Polly Pocket ball gowns and shoes for dancing. She set out some troll clothes she thought might be suitable as soccer uniforms, and made a soccer ball out of modeling clay. She set out some small boxes of raisins for refreshments, and filled the little plastic doll house refrigerator with diced up bits of Twizzlers. She made a trampoline out of a plastic bag, and made a sign cautioning that no more than 19 fairies should be on it at a time, for safety's sake. She even set out a little white plastic bin, and marked it as the "potty." She figured that would be especially important if any of the fairies brought children to the party.

This morning she was dazzled to see evidence that the fairies came to her party. Dresses and shoes and soccer uniforms were all moved, apparently discarded where the fairies had left them. The Twizzlers were mostly gone, and a box of raisins had been opened. She checked the potty, but there was no fairy waste, so she's not sure what to make of that. But we were all relieved not to have to clean up any fairy poop.

Naturally, the party isn't over. She has written a sign, letting the fairies know they can come back all week. This time she specifically invited children, and drew their attention to the potty. She is making some fairy-sized dishes, so she can leave some juice for them tonight. So, if you know any fairies, let them know the party is at our house!