It's finally happened. After forgetting to be the tooth fairy for 3 or 4 times in a row, Eldon stopped believing our excuses for the fairy's failure and bluntly asked if we were the tooth fairy. I couldn't lie to him, and I knew that he was close to the age of figuring it out anyway. We almost lost it last Christmas when he started to question, but when Christmas day arrived and he saw the presents, he declared excitedly that Santa Claus was real. But as soon as the tooth fairy's identity was declared, the secret identities of the others were quickly figured out. It's a bit sad to lose the magic, but now the real difficulty begins: trying to keep Eldon from telling his sisters the news!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Losing the magic
It's finally happened. After forgetting to be the tooth fairy for 3 or 4 times in a row, Eldon stopped believing our excuses for the fairy's failure and bluntly asked if we were the tooth fairy. I couldn't lie to him, and I knew that he was close to the age of figuring it out anyway. We almost lost it last Christmas when he started to question, but when Christmas day arrived and he saw the presents, he declared excitedly that Santa Claus was real. But as soon as the tooth fairy's identity was declared, the secret identities of the others were quickly figured out. It's a bit sad to lose the magic, but now the real difficulty begins: trying to keep Eldon from telling his sisters the news!
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Yes it's kinda sad when the magic goes. For you it was our oversight of leaving a Walmart price tag on the bottom of a gift from Santa. When you saw it, you asked, "Are you guys Santa Claus?". As much as we hated to tell you the truth, we did - and it was on Christmas Day, too! Just like Eldon, you were a 3rd grader.
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