Tooth Fairy Declares a Snow Emergency

So last weekend in Minnesota we had a full on blizzard.  There was so much snow in the cities that the school districts closed both Monday and Tuesday- even though the snow came through on Saturday.  That is unheard of and I do believe that school officials got us confused with somewhere like Kansas for a while.  But I must admit it was fun.  And in the middle of it Eli bit down on some candy and popped out a tooth.  This one came out whole, unlike the half tooth he spat out a week earlier, and he quickly tucked it into an envelope and stashed it under his pillow.  Where he found it the next morning.  And the morning after that....  It took 3 whole days for the tooth fairy to get here and claim it.  Seems as if she too declared a snow emergency that weekend.  And then there must have been an awful backlog of teeth to collect because it sure took her awhile to get over here.  Theo did thoughtfully point out that our windows were frozen shut after that blizzard, which he happens to know about because we tried to open one so we could jump out of it and into a gigantic drift during the storm, and maybe that was holding up the poor fairy.  Whatever the case, it seems that she is back on schedule now and probably ready for any other teeth that might go missing over the holiday break.  Whew.