Francisco and the Tooth Fairy

I know that I have talked about Francisco before in the past... He is the boy who is about 10 years old and is as pationate about food as I am. He is adorable and is always the first one to greet me with a morning hug and always the last one to hug me before bed. He lost a tooth on Thursday and mentioned this to another Tia. He woke up the next morning with no money. He then came and told me he hadn´t received any money from the tooth fairy (ada madrina). So we wrote a note to her so that she wouldn´t forget! The note that he wrote read: Dear Tooth Fairy, I want you to bring me money please. Because I do not want to have my tooth. Because I will lose my tooth. And I do not want to lose my tooth. My bed is the one with the colors on it. My bed is in the corner. I love you, Francisco.

Every time he write a card to the Ada Madrina or a volunteer leaving I want to cry because they and he are so cute! So I set my alarm for 3 am so that I could put his money (10 lemps=50 cents) under his pillow. I woke up and went into the boys room and he was laying there wide awake and asked me what I was doing! I said I was doing my shift and we each took shifts during the night to check on the kids... I stayed awake until 4 am to check again and he was still awake! So I went to bed and woke up the next morning to him pounding on my door wanting me to call the tooth fairies boss. I told him I made the call and that over a thousand kids had lost their teeth that week and that she was really busy but would get to it this weekend. I was in town ALL DAY yesterday until about 9:30pm Christmas shopping (another post) and when I got back the boys had all just gone to bed. I snuck in his room and made the exchange. While I was brushing my teeth today at 7 am he came pounding on the bathroom door to show me his money and ask me if I could guard it. He is adorable and the kid that I think I will for sure miss the most. He loves to sing and dance and is so curious. He was sweeping the kitchen when I left yesterday but he ran with his broom in hand to follow me to the gate to ask me, where I was going, when I would be back, what I was going to eat, if I was going to go swimming, and more.