Shirley A Richardson-McCourt

Valerie said:

> ps Our tooth fairy gives a silver dollar for the first tooth lost, and a
> quarter after that. :)
>
> Shirley says:

How can I get your tooth fairy to work my neighborhood. The going price here
is a dollar a tooth!!(Arrrgh!) My dad told my kids that if they were in his
neighborhood, thry'd get $5 a tooth. I suggested that they spend the night
with Grandpa each time they lost a tooth!! (Sheesh-

Valerie

Valerie said:

> ps Our tooth fairy gives a silver dollar for the first tooth lost, and a
> quarter after that. :)
>
> Shirley says:

How can I get your tooth fairy to work my neighborhood. The going price here
is a dollar a tooth!!(Arrrgh!) My dad told my kids that if they were in his
neighborhood, thry'd get $5 a tooth. I suggested that they spend the night
with Grandpa each time they lost a tooth!! (Sheesh-

Valerie says:

Sheesh is right. I think this should go beyond the suggesting
stage....arrange a sleep-over when at least two of your children have loose
teeth, preferably two teeth each. Don't let them come home without cash. So,
when you were little, did the "tooth fairy" leave _you_ large amounts of
money, or is this one of those "We couldn't do for you, but we'll do for the
grandchildren" situations?

Shirley A Richardson-McCourt

> Shirley said:
>
> My dad told my kids that if they were in his
> neighborhood, thry'd get $5 a tooth. I suggested that they spend the night
> with Grandpa each time they lost a tooth!! (Sheesh-
>
> Valerie says:
>
> Sheesh is right. I think this should go beyond the suggesting
> stage....arrange a sleep-over when at least two of your children have
loose
> teeth, preferably two teeth each. Don't let them come home without cash.
So,
> when you were little, did the "tooth fairy" leave _you_ large amounts of
> money, or is this one of those "We couldn't do for you, but we'll do for
the
> grandchildren" situations?
>
Shirley responds:

Actually, I think this is my dad's idea of humor!! (Sigh!) The worst part
is, he probably WOULD give them $5 a tooth. They all have areally intense
mutual admiration party going on that shows no signs of ending. It's kinda
fun watching my ex-boxer dad melt into a big gooey puddle for his
grandkids!!

And no, he would no more have given us folding money for tooth loss than he
would have tried to fly to heaven on his own two wings!! $.25 was the norm.
'Course, I'm 48 now and a quarter DID go a lot farther in the days when a
candy bar cost a nickel!! (And dinosaurs roamed the earth!!)
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Valerie

I think this is my dad's idea of humor!! (Sigh!) The worst part
is, he probably WOULD give them $5 a tooth. They all have areally intense
mutual admiration party going on that shows no signs of ending. It's kinda
fun watching my ex-boxer dad melt into a big gooey puddle for his
grandkids!!

Shirley, it is gratifying, isn't it? My own dad is "Papa" to all the kidlets
and is known for his unbridled generosity. Drives me nuts....I say, "Just
one" and he says "Oh, they can all have one....I'll pay for it". (Dad,
you're missing the point, here....) But there's nothing like watching a
full-grown man turn to liquid jello holding a little one. I said that aloud
when my husband was holding our youngest daughter, and she piped up, "Mmmmm.
Jell-oo!"

---Valerie