Tooth Fairy

Soon as I entered the house last night, I was welcomed by my daughter's bursting about her Kuya having a loose tooth.  My daughter, mindless of my wet clothes and umbrella dripping on the floor, pulled me near her Kuya to check on the tooth. My son, looking so anxious, was nodding his head sideways, not wanting to show me his tooth so soon, afraid I might decide to pull his tooth off right there and then.

Anyway, after changing to my dry clothes, I was ready for my Dr. Quack role...I got a piece of thread, tied a knot on my son's loose tooth, and without much effort, pulled the tooth off.

Then, the excitement in the house once again began...my daughter, who had been so eager the moment she learned that Kuya has a loose tooth, was clapping cheerfully, "Yehey, magkakatoothfairy si Kuya!"  The cheer replaced Kuya's pained expression to a grin.  He looked for his tooth, coated it in a cotton ball, and hid it under his pillow.  And said, "Mommy, di ba ako ang nakakita sa iniwan ng tooth fairy na 20pesos noon kay Rain?  Pero mas maliit ang ngipin nya, mas malaki ang ngipin ko ngayon. Magkano kaya ang ibibigay ng tooth fairy...."  And my kids went on with their past experience of Rain's tooth gone under the pillow and found money instead, of how magical tooth fairy can come and leave money without them noticing it...blah...blah. They even asked me, if I've ever seen tooth fairy come, to which I answered no, hiding a smile on my face.

Well, not known to my kids, "I" saw Tooth Fairy early this morning when "I" woke up at 5am.  And "I" actually saw Tooth Fairy took the tooth under the pillow and replaced it with a 20 peso bill. But "I" wouldn't tell...bwahahaha!

Why the Tooth Fairy belief?  I guess, like any other Mom, I'd like my kids to believe in something fun, exciting and magical while they are still KIDS.  "Minsan lang sila maging bata", goes a line, and I want them to have it.  It is not, for me, creating a delusion. Instead, it is creating a happy childhood experience.  Santa Claus makes them happy every Christmas even if they don't see him leave gifts in their socks at 12midnight.  And that's the same feeling Tooth Fairy gives them whenever they loose a tooth and hide it under their pillow. I wouldn't deprive my kids that simple childhood joy.