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National Tooth Fairy Day Is Upon Us!!

August 21, 2015 By Esc & Company

Tomorrow is National Tooth Fairy Day.  Who knew?  But now that I have been made privy to this fact, I feel the need to honor the holiday.  In thinking about it, I don’t know that I ever had any real idea of what I believed the tooth fairy looked like when I was a kid.  I mean, I knew that when I lost a tooth, I would put it in the special tooth pillow, place it under my pillow at night, and in the morning I would have a bright shiny new quarter!  (This may be an indication as to how old I am…apparently the average going rate for a baby tooth these days is $3.70!).  But I digress.  The point is, I have no idea what the Tooth Fairy actually looks like!  I have seen depictions here and there in cartoons and books and movies, my favorite being the Tooth Fairy in The Santa Claus 2 (if you haven’t seen it, I recommend it…he is kind of hysterical!).

So I decided to do a little research.  Who is the Tooth Fairy?  Where did she (or he) come from?  Why in the world does she sneak into your room at night and trade you money for your useless old baby teeth?

I found an interesting article on the Website “Mental Floss” (http://mentalfloss.com/.  If you  have never visited the site, check it out.  I just discovered it yesterday and it is a smorgasbord of interesting facts and useless information).

Apparently, the Tooth Fairy is not just an American thing…countries all over the world have a tradition of some sort of character who comes along collecting the lost teeth of young children:

In Spain, and other Hispanic cultures, it is a mouse named Perez, who collects teeth from under children’s pillow in exchange for a small gift, which the child discovers the next morning.  The French also have a mouse, La Bonne Petite Souris, who leaves either money or sweets (I would imagine that most dentists are not a fan!).

In South Africa, instead of putting the tooth under the pillow, children leave it in their slipper (this is probably easier for parents, who don’t have to worry about waking their kiddo as they dig under their pillow to find a tiny tooth!).

A number of countries have a tradition of throwing the teeth, which I found quite interesting.  In the Middle East, children are encourage to throw their teeth up in the air, toward the sky.  In some Asian countries, children throw teeth lost from the bottom of the jaw onto the roof, and teeth from the upper part of the jaw onto the floor.  Sounds like a good time, if you aren’t the one sweeping up lost teeth from the floor.

My favorite, however, is Mongolia, where children wrap their teeth in fat and feed it to the dog, in hopes that the new incoming tooth will be as strong as the dog’s.  Now I have five dogs at home, and although I am sure they would appreciate the treat, I am not willing to allow the neighborhood children to come around feeding them their lost teeth!

So regardless of where you are from, take some time tomorrow and celebrate that lovely little fairy.  He (or she, or it!) deserves it…collecting the teeth of children around the world must be a thankless and tiring job for sure!

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Lori Mitchell, National Tooth Fairy Day, Tooth Fairy

It’s back to school time…that means fall is on its way!!!

August 20, 2015 By Esc & Company

It is hard to believe that it is already time for kids to start going back to school.  It seems like it is getting earlier and earlier every year!!  I have to say, though, the fact that it is back to school time means that fall is right around the corner!  I am trying to wait until after Labor Day to start decorating for fall…my husband LOVES summer and keeps telling me that I am trying to push it away too quickly 🙂

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Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of great things about summer.  But by the time August rolls around, I have just had enough.  It starts to get really hot and humid (at least here in Ohio!) and the novelty just sort of starts to wear off!

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On the other hand, I love everything about fall!  The colors. The smells.  Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING!  Boots. Football.  The list goes on and on!  Every year I look forward to that first college football Saturday when it is just cool enough to justify making chili and hot apple cider!  There is nothing better than those smells permeating the house.  It just makes everything feel so…homey!

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And then there are the holidays!  Halloween is just so much fun.  Getting out all the orange and black and decorating the house with all the fun, creepy things that you would never think to put out otherwise!  And I love trolling Pinterest for all the cool foods and creepy preparations for the perfect Halloween party!  People can be so creative! Trick or Treat is one of my favorite days of the year!  Bundling up, with a mug of apple cider, and sitting on the driveway, waiting for the kids to come up in their costumes.  I have to admit, nothing makes me feel older than on trick-0r-treat night, when kids come up dressed as characters that I have never seen or heard of before!  Now in my defense, I don’t have kids, so I am not up on all that is cool and trendy out there right now!  But the reactions from some of those kids when I let them know that I have absolutely no idea who they are supposed to be is priceless!

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And then you can’t forget Thanksgiving!  This was always one of my favorites.  Just a day to eat and spend time with family and friends….it doesn’t get any better than that!  It is the perfect way to wrap up my favorite of all seasons!

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What are you looking forward to most about fall??

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Autumn, back to school, Fall, Fall is coming, football, Halloween, pumpkin spice, Thanksgiving

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