Wednesday, October 19, 2011

whooo hooo for the Paci Fairy!!!!!

WHOOOO HOOO! We had a surprise visit from the Paci Fairy last night and it was a fabulous success! After more than 3.5 years Matney Rose is paci free! Her jaw/mouth is so thankful!
We have tried before to take M's paci and it was MISERABLE. I've been dreading trying again but knew we wanted to do it before the holidays. Long story short - a good idea by MoMo and a great bribe later Matney left this note for the paci fairy last night. You should know that Matney's bestest friend is a little girl named Madigan and she is turning 4, having a party this weekend and Matney is also in love with La La Loopsy dolls like the one she got Madigan.

So....here is how we went to bed last night.
It says: Dear Paci Fairy,
I like LaLaLoopsy. I am too big for a paci now, my friend Madigan is turning 4 and she doesn't have a paci either. We want to play LaLaLoopsy together. Please take my pacis to babies who need them. Love, Matney

And on the back she wrote her name. Granted, the letters are all over the place but you can pretty much recognize each letter. Jared thought I did connect the dots with her but I did not, she was just using a market that left dots anytime she held it still. I know it isn't great but I was really proud of her! (and yes, there are two Ms, not sure why!)

The problem with this is that it was after 8pm and seriously raining outside, and there are 30 La La Loopsies to choose from, and this was not planned. The Paci Fairy was a little perplexed about how to solve this issue with less than 12 dark hours notice. In the end creativity worked! Here is what Matney woke up to find.


Ah! Are those notes on the bed? Pink and Purple, her two favorite color, notes? And what is that reflecting light? Might it be glitter???

Matney followed the glitter and decided that the Paci Fairy must have come in through the window.


Unfortunately, the Paci Fairy couldn't see well in the dark of Matney's room and had no idea how much glitter was falling from her glitter bottle wand. It was a lot. A whole pain-in-the-behind-lot to get cleaned up. But, Matney loved it!

What do those notes say?


Dear Matney, I am so excited you are getting so big. I am also very proud of you for sleeping without your paci! I want to make sure you get the perfect La La Loopsy doll so here is a ticket for any doll you want and a trip to the toy store today. Have fun! Love, the P.F.

Anytime Matney wants something she heads to the playroom and her crayons. She makes a "ticket" for whatever it is and brings it to you, positive it is going to get her what she is after. The Paci Fairy decided to take a chance that Matney would be ok with a glitter ticket and a trip to the toy store instead of waking up to a  La La Loopsy.


After she read her notes Matney also announced that she was so excited because she knew the PF left her candy downstairs. The Paci Fairy was not prepared for that so it may have taken some quick thinking...and MORE GLITTER....to make sure there was a treat for M downstairs. Thank goodness for hidden candy!

Matney with ticket and new La La Loopsy doll, Suzette la Sweet. We looked at every.single.doll. in Toys R Us and this pink one with a pink puppy was what she decided to get. She was one happy girl!

Here is Suzette and her pink puppy ready for bed tonight.

Poor Monica has been tossed to the end of the bed. I have a feeling that Cabbage Patch Kids and La La Loopsies will get along just find after a few days.



My big girl with NO PACI! She went to sleep again tonight with no issues. Thank the LORD! I have been so avoiding this and expecting it to be awful again. Now I have learned that a good friend, a good bribe and some glitter can accomplish miraculous things!

Here is the last note to the PF. Matney found some pacis that the PF forgot to take. Ooops. Matney was too distracted by her La La Loopsy to pay much attention to this note so I wrote it for her and left the pacis on top. It says, Dear Paci Fairy, Please take to babies, you forgot these. You must be getting old. Love Matney.
The PF did come pick them up, requiring MORE GLITTER, and left a note for M - Dear M, I am old. Thanks! Love, PF
After a night of running around playing with glitter in the dark and looking at every single thing in Toys R Us I think the PF was a tad cranky!


Jared and I are soooooo excited that the last 24 hours went so well. Matney is a happy girl and we have a big "to do" crossed off the list! And as soon as I get all the glitter cleaned up I'll be a happy Mommy!

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