Kelly Roy Photography

Nothing fancy for photos, just a snapshot in the dark, using a small flashlight to expose my subject.  I’m sure I’ve done it before…but I don’t recall!!  The toothfairy adventures were always tackled by hubs….he had a softer touch and didn’t get the giggles quite as easily as I do!

Really, four kids and I can’t recall??!! 

Tonight while getting ready for bed, I remembered the tooth fairy had not yet visited my youngest…..who carefully secured her tooth in a ziplock bag so there was no possible way “she” (the tooth fairy) could miss it.  I crept into her room, snuck the bag from under her pillow and gently placed the compensation for a job well done.  As I was leaving, I remembered my first post on facebook this morning:  “Today I will notice the little things”….I turned back at her, my sleeping six year old and realized, this may be the only time I’ll be able to document my venture as it seems all the other times have slipped my mind.  I was taking them for granted!!   Hubs had all the excitement of trying not to wake them and protecting the image we’d so carefully created of this creature of the night.  This time was exciting and bitter sweet at the same time.  As I snuck back downstairs, I wondered how many teeth have we lost in this house so far?  What a terrible mother I am that I can’t remember each one!!!!   I removed the tooth from the bag, placed the bag in the trash and held the tooth thinking, okay, now what do I do with it?  I cannot just throw it away….its a part of her…a tiny piece of her six year old life!  I walked into my closet and placed it in my jewelry box…for now.  

Its funny how your mind wanders when left alone with your thoughts….Where were all the other teeth?   Did hubs really just throw them away and go to bed?  Now I’m getting sentimental over lost teeth?   Its late, I’m tired but I know I’m not crazy…other moms must have saved teeth too…..I’ll text my mom and ask her how long she held onto mine…its silly.

So today I did take the time to notice the little things…..like how Marleigh says “so” eight times after “I love you” and before “much” each night at bedtime.  And my sweet Kenna girl tells me she loves me “to the moon and back and wherever I go”…and my Cameron rests his head on my shoulder at least once every day in the most gentle and loving way any mom could ask for…..and how conversations with my Branden make me realize he’s growing up so fast it makes me cry just typing it out.    I do clearly recall the day I took a photo of  him playing with matchbox cars on the windowsill at our old house, just because I knew I wanted that memory forever. 

Tonight could be my last night as the Tooth fairy forever….but now I’ll never forget it!

~kel~