Credit Crunch.... affecting everyone

Riley had been lamenting all year long about the fact that she still had all her teeth while her cousin and friends at school all started losing theirs. She would make us feel them every other day trying to talk us into telling here that they are lose.Then, all at once she had not one, not two but four loose teeth. The front four.

Last Saturday morning her dad asked to feel them and the next moment he had pulled both of the bottom ones. After a couple of tears over the blood she was totally thrilled about it. Every phone call or person who we saw or spoke to had to be informed of the loss and she would show her gap off with pride. She was a bit disappointed when she realized that she was no longer able to bite her finger nails (something I'm thrilled about).Come night time we put the teeth in her slippers, one in each for the Tooth Fairy to find and reward her for.

Fast Forward to Sunday morning................

A very excited Riley came running down the stairs waving her money in the air,

"Look look what the Tooth Fairy left me, all this money." and then

"This money smells like The Bok"I was starting to think that she might have woken up when her dad came home from work and put the money in her slippers.

"All money stinks, cause so many people touch it." " Anyway do you think daddy is the Tooth Fairy?" I asked her.

" No" was her reply still frowning.

"Well how do you think it is that the money smells like The Bok then, maybe it's just other money"

"No I know that money is out of daddy's wallet, I saw it in there, the one has a little mark on it." "What do you think happened then?"

" I think the Tooth Fairy didn't have enough money so she had to get some out of daddy's wallet"

It seems even Riley is aware of the credit crunch, damn kids of today, can't keep anything from them for longAnd that was it, she had solved the mystery of the Tooth Fairy's money smelling like The Bok all by herself.....

Long live the legend of the Tooth Fairy. Now we just have to wait and see if she'll recognize her dad this year when he makes his annual appearance as Santa.