Our property has no front fences between it and the neighbours on each side. Consequently we are all able to enter one another's property, chat between them, etc. Both neighbours, to our left and right, are single women with grown children. I have a very cordial relationship with one, and we will stop and chat if we are both in our front gardens. I find the other one more difficult, just because I think she's nosy and a gossip, but there is no enmity, I just tend to keep a distance. None of us actually ever come into each others garden, although it is possible to do so its not our norm.
DD1 is four, and will happily talk the ear off either of them.
Yesterday DD1 went into her little playhouse, which sits on our front deck, and came back excited that fairies had left her a present. A fairy book, and a sparkly little purse. So she took them with her - we were on our way out - and we talked about leaving the fairies a thank you note. She got home late and tired, so we tabled it to today.
This morning she gets up, checks the cubbyhouse, there's a fairy figurine. We go out again. On our return two hours later there's another little purse, filled with beads and kids jewelry.
I don't like this at all. I think its nosy neighbour, and I think its way out of line to be coming onto my property, setting up expectations in my kid without checking with me or DH,and she is obviously monitoring our movements since she knew we were out this morning (we do have to drive past her window, to be fair). DH thinks its sweet, I want it to stop.
AIBU?
Creepy trespassing magical fucking fairies
Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 16/06/2013 07:02
Leave it for now, let DD enjoy it, see how it goes.
If the neighbour was nice it wouldn't bother me, if I didn't like the neighbour I'd probably be a bit annoyed... which just goes to show it's not the act itself that is annoying - just my perception 
Your neighbour doesn't happen to live in a gingerbread house, does she, OP? If so, I'd watch out for the individual gifts turning into a trail of fairy tat leading to her oven.
You could try hiding in your house, armed with a pump-action water gun. Works to keep the cats out of my friend's garden, at any rate. Ditto black-pointy-hatted witches.
I'd do that 
though I'd probably ask if it was ok.Don't take away the magig.I'd let dd leave a card and include a note with it saying: Dear Friendly Fairy,
Thank you for bringing a little magic into the playhouse but we'd be grateful if it wasn't too frequent as dd will be disappointed if you stop [maybe give us a quick call to let us know so we can avoid too may treats at once].
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