Today’s bad parenting award…

…goes to Mr & Mrs Side of Pork for allowing a lost tooth to go unrewarded. Needless to say, the tender early morning silence was broken with cries of “The Tooth Fairy didn’t come!” Drama.

Leaving the tooth underneath the pillow used to be standard practice. Nowadays we have a special tooth pillow and also a tooth bear with pockets in the front. The Tooth Fairy obviously was confused, couldn’t find the tooth among the many hiding spots, and decided she was not responsible for compensation without proof of liability. Either that or she fell asleep on the couch after watching ‘30 Rock.’ I suppose she’ll have to bring double the loot tonite.

UPDATE: The Tooth Fairy was merely delayed. According to the note left with the tooth, tornadoes in the South prevented the Tooth Fairy from arriving in the middle of the night. Instead, she showed up while the kid was at school. This was all very helpfully written out on an index card and stuffed in the tooth pillow. The kicker? It was signed “The tooth ferry.” I guess spelling was never her forte.

~ by Porky on May 9, 2008.