Politics, Rick Perry, The Barbarian, The Tooth Fairy, and the Lost Coin

[muck_a_luck]

OK. Now, I know that it is possible that a Republican will win the next election. If so, please, GOD, do not let it be Michelle Bachmann. I cannot listen to her whiney, smug accent for 4 years. I will have to turn NPR off entirely. Except Car Talk and Wait, Wait...

This morning, Mr. Perry was on NPR - an excerpt from teh Waterloo event talking about jobs.

The Barbarian said, "Who was that man?" So I explained who he was - this included explaining:

1. What Texas is.
2. What a Governor is.
3. What Democrats and Republicans are.
4. How a primary works.

In all that BLAH BLAH, I failed to ask her what made her care about that particularly person talking on the radio. Anyway, his voice or message must have some appeal to five-year-olds.

Also, I now have the cutest snaggletooth in the UNIVERSE living in my house.

And there was a mixup. When she came downstairs on Sunday morning, she said, very calmly, "Mommy, it's OK that the tooth fairy didn't visit."

I was like, bwuh? Because I personally was quite certain that the tooth fairy definitely did visit.

The confusion was quickly resolved. Though she placed her tooth in the tooth pillow for pickup, she didn't look there for her cash, only under her big pillow!

Also, despite the fact that SOME crazy tooth fairy brought her friend A BARBIE for her tooth, my snaggletooth was charmingly delighted with her Sacagawea dollar, which she carried around with her all day til the very end when she mislaid it and had a tiny pre-bedtime meltdown.

The coin is still missing.

UPDATE: Oh, also, when she heard that the election is over a year away, she said, referring to the campaigning, "ALREADY?!" and she started laughing. So. Even a five-year-old notices.

Comments

[willful_zephyr]

We call him Governor Good-Hair around here.

He's been riding his ability to look and sound the part for years. We don't want our governor to actually do much in Texas. Even as a liberal, I didn't mind W as governor since he was happy to hang around not doing anything. Once he starting posturing for President, he started DOING things and causing all sorts of issues.

Most of the initiative Perry has started have failed. He has been moderately successful in getting out of the way and looking good on TV.

[willful_zephyr]

Ah the Tooth Fairy. That was the one that stretched our little one's belief. With the movie, "Tooth Fairy," led her to start asking the questions that eventually led to the Santa question.

[muck_a_luck]

The Barbarian has seen Hogfather AND was regaling me about how The Tooth Fairy married "the strongest fairy in Fairyland" on Fairly Odd Parents, so she's had plenty of pop-culture exposure to the tooth fairy. And yet, she seems very accepting of the concept. So. The fateful revelations remain in the future, I think. :)

[willful_zephyr]

We made it to almost 11 years old before she asked about it. She'd heard a lot of discussion at school, so she wasn't surprised or anything at the answer.

I read her the concepts of belief from Hogfather, and let her know that in some ways, I still believe in Santa. So, our deal is that as long as we keep Santa in our hearts, and invite him him, he'll be bringing presents.

[green_grrl]

D'aw, toofless Barbarian! Tell her the people who live in her computer say congratulations! (And that she's right, long election seasons are stupid. :-)