My 8 year old monkey is the king of “get rich quick” ideas. He tries to sell rocks from the backyard for $20 each, garage sale old toys for $90 each, and once convinced a classmate to buy an old and forgotten transformer for $20 (we made him return the money). His latest scheme? Con the Tooth Fairy.
The Tooth Fairy has a bad track record at our house. After the fairy forgot three nights in a row to remember a lost tooth, I consoled my oldest monkey by telling him that for each night the Tooth Fairy forgot he got an extra dollar. The next morning he had several dollars under his pillow and Michael took note. Hmmmm …
On December 1st Michael lost a tooth at school and was very upset when his brother spilled the news. I (surprise surprise) promptly forgot about it anyway and Michael hid the tooth, hoping to rack up big bucks from the tooth fairy. Last week we were at the toy store when Michael confessed his tooth had been hidden for 17 days which meant he had $17 to spend on a new Lego set. Oh man. Seriously? Dr. Dan and I consulted the Tooth Fairy who let us know that she maxes out at $5 and does not reward sneaky boys and girls. Michael was bitterly disappointed. No worries though – he’s already moved on to his next plan. He made hot dogs for his brothers yesterday, wrote out an itemized receipt, and charged them each $2.75 for his services.
Here is the crazy monkey during a “15 minutes of fame” session with Dena.
What am I going to do with him?
xoxo,
Reb
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