The Tooth Fairy Lives!!!
Lisa was HILARIOUS as the tooth fairy. It wouldn't be fair to take credit for the idea, as everyone assumed it was. In California we first saw this done by Sister Darlene Robinson in the La Canada II ward. Although our version lacked the magic wand and happy, twilkle-twinkle music/sound effects (not to mention the free toothpaste), Lisa gave toothbrushes with each treat. The BEST part was the Lisa was SO sweet to the children that some of them actually seemed to believe that she WAS the toothfairy. She had ME half-way there as the hour got later.
SEE! SEE what I mean? She was twinkly! She made this outfit in no less than 20 minutes, and yet she BECAME the tooth fairy! She had me decorate the trunk with a red fleece (for the inside of the mouth) and red pillow for the tongue. The teeth were made without much thought, so please don't look too closely. Lisa's outfit came from an earlier Wilma (Flintstones) outfit, and some wings made from two hangers wrapped in white trash bags. I thought they would look like, well, trash bags, but they were GREAT! Leave it to my sweetheart to be the life of the party by totally getting into her part for the kids. I was boring, and played the part of the dad who was content to show up as the photojournalist.
My boys traded their Star Wars outfits in, and went as a robot (Scott), Pikachu (Thomas), and an Alien without it's mask (Parker). I haven't confiscated all the dum-dums, Tootsie-pops, and other terrible candy this year like I usually do. They've been brushing for up to 4 minutes with the new toothbrush they have now: it shows their progress on a wireless digital screen on the mirror that turns happy when they are done, then SUPER happy when they brush even longer. It's losing it's effect, but was going strong last week when their teeth got the most candy. Ok, so I'm part tooth fairy too. I do the undercover work.

