"What do you mean?" I asked, trying to play innocent and hoping he didn't really mean what I thought he meant.
"When I put the tooth under my pillow tonight, what if I'm having a bad dream so I open my eyes and then see YOUR hand under my pillow?"
"But why would you even think that, why would you think it would be my hand under your pillow?"
"Because maybe YOU are collecting teeth!"
"Me!? Do you THINK I am?"
"I don't know. Sometimes I think you and dad are the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus."
Oh no, I thought. Here it comes. Does he not believe anymore?
"Why do you think we're the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus?"
"I don't know. Sometimes I just do. Sometimes I think it's YOU writing "Santa" on the presents. How did the Tooth Fairy have time to buy me that book?" (He lost a tooth the night before his 7th birthday and the Tooth Fairy left him a birthday book.)
Uh oh.
"What would you do if it was us?"
Shrug of shoulders followed by "I don't know."
"How would it make you feel if you found out we were the Tooth Fairy and Santa?"
Shrug of shoulders again. "I don't know. I guess I would ask you why didn't you tell me Santa isn't real? I have a plan of something to do to find out if Santa is real."
"What is your plan?"
"I'm not going to tell you! I want to see if he's real by my plan."
It seems as if the last of those magical childhood years are quickly fading. Why do we parents do this to ourselves? Put ourselves in this position of building up these fake personas only to have our children realize we've LIED to them all those years?! Oh what a tangled web we weave when we deceive and all that, right?
Tonight he's got a tooth under his pillow and hopefully I can sneak it out while leaving a dollar in it's place - all without him waking up from a bad dream and catching me.
Maybe we can have one more magical night of believing.
4 comments:
oh that is sad that the magic of childhood is "fading". michelle, all these magical moments
have been passed down thru generations. It is fun to see the delight of excitement in our child's eyes on Christmas day or finding something under your pillow after placing a "lost tooth" under the pillow night before. Because we remember our childhood. :} it will be interesting to see what "pan" Lucas has for finding out if santa is real. or if lucas's bad dream was real. :} love grandma
Go behind the myth,
Progress is bittersweet
More bitter or sweet?
Oh no! It does seem that the end of that magic is near. (I'm very curious about his plan though!) :)
My 6-year-old is determined to find out if the true story of teeth is the Tooth Fairy or Top Secret.
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