Conversations with Kaylin

Tonight in the car, Kaylin and I had a conversation that I knew I had to write down somewhere. I completely soaked every bit of this up, because I know this is short lived, and she’ll only believe this stuff for the next year, or maybe 2, if I’m lucky.

I’ll start with the back story and why this conversation started…she lost her other front tooth yesterday at school. She brought it home in a cute little treasure chest called a “tooth saver.” She placed the tooth under her pillow, for The Tooth Fairy….and then The Tooth Fairy didn’t come last night. Yeah. Parenting FAIL. I felt bad, she was upset, and crying, so I told her we’d go out for a treat after Daddy got home from work, just us girls. She picked Yogurt Story.

So, on the way home from Yogurt Story we’re talking about the Tooth Fairy…
Kaylin: She probably lives in a tooth shaped house

Me: Wouldn’t that give her identity away though? I mean, her neighbors would obviously know someone living in a tooth shaped house is the tooth fairy. So, where does the Easter Bunny live then?

Kaylin: In a meadow and yeah the bugs, birds, and rodents know he’s the Easter Bunny. And Santa lives in The North Pole…

Me: And the penguins and polar bears know he’s Santa?

Kaylin: The penguins, yeah, but polar bears live in a different arctic. They would eat the penguins if they lived together.
 
So, she knows that polar bears eat penguins, but apparently, when it comes to where Santa lives. Everyone lives happily every after and Santa makes special food chain related living arrangements. Which, shouldn’t surprise me. I mean, he IS Santa!