Sarah is 9... (& a 1/2 as she would correct me!). She recently had her soon to be new cousin sleep over. She lost one of her molars and apparently when discussing this with her cousin, this cousin advised her that there is no such thing as a tooth fairy. That is all Sarah needed to hear. She questioned me about it over and over...in front of her little brothers and sisters, so of course I told her it is real, although I was sure some people did not believe, maybe this cousin and her family did not. The next evening, she googled it, after carefully inspecting the note the tooth fairy had left to see if any of the handwriting matched Dave's or my mine. She went to ASK.com and there she found all sorts of question and answers, all basically saying that it is not real, and that the Easter Bunny, Leprechauns and Santa are also not real.
Today, we sat down to have the conversation about all these magical characters. I was not prepared & completely afraid of saying something wrong. I am so super lucky that she is super smart & super mature to have completely understood the entire explanation.
We ended the conversation with her realizing that Mommy & Daddy were the ones who really did give the big gift each year at Christmas and the ones who hide all the eggs, and stuff them...and that it's pretty awesome of us!!! :)
