Monday, March 06, 2006
The race to grace
As we sat down for dinner the other day, the kids were being great little helpers. They had helped set the table and bring the food in from the kitchen.
Mackenzie took the lead and said we should say grace.
She asked her little brother Parker if he would like to say grace.
“Sure!” was his reply. “On your marks….get set….GO!!” he exclaimed.
“No Parker, no!” Mackenzie shot back. “Grace, not race!”
Parker had his first tooth fairy appearance this week. Mommy used her patented “Hey look at that!” distraction move and yanked out his really loose tooth.
My wife likes to add some special touches (on top of the yank) to moments like these. The kids write a note and leave a glass of water for the late night visit. To make the visit that more magical, the “tooth fairy” mysteriously turns the water blue after her visit.
This makes for a great surprise for the kids in the morning. But smiling mommy’s proud moment came to a quick end when Parker came running from his room with a glass full of blue dyed water in hand, and proceeded to spill it all over our carpet.
Mackenzie took the lead and said we should say grace.
She asked her little brother Parker if he would like to say grace.
“Sure!” was his reply. “On your marks….get set….GO!!” he exclaimed.
“No Parker, no!” Mackenzie shot back. “Grace, not race!”
Parker had his first tooth fairy appearance this week. Mommy used her patented “Hey look at that!” distraction move and yanked out his really loose tooth.
My wife likes to add some special touches (on top of the yank) to moments like these. The kids write a note and leave a glass of water for the late night visit. To make the visit that more magical, the “tooth fairy” mysteriously turns the water blue after her visit.
This makes for a great surprise for the kids in the morning. But smiling mommy’s proud moment came to a quick end when Parker came running from his room with a glass full of blue dyed water in hand, and proceeded to spill it all over our carpet.
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Rob
Had to leave a comment to this story because I could totally relate to the Tooth Fairy experiences. I would like to share with your wife that I left a little fairy dust with the money (baby powder or body powder works fine). Our daughter loved that touch and still to this day, at the age of 14, talks about it. No more blue carpet this way.
Judy Lucht
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Had to leave a comment to this story because I could totally relate to the Tooth Fairy experiences. I would like to share with your wife that I left a little fairy dust with the money (baby powder or body powder works fine). Our daughter loved that touch and still to this day, at the age of 14, talks about it. No more blue carpet this way.
Judy Lucht
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