I'll admit I am a bit wishy-washy on the whole Santa thing. It's fun to believe, but although I have a three-year-old, I haven't yet decided whether to really hype up the Santa thing or just kind of let it be. Thus far, I suppose I have just let it be. David is always trying to tell Sarah that he isn't real but just pretend. She is having none of it. She is certain that he is real and wants him to bring her all sorts of princess paraphernalia. Lucky me, eh?!It was probably a bit of a stretch, but with D week last week we went crazy with reindeer. We made reindeer cookies, a soda can reindeer ornament, a popsicle stick reindeer ornament, and a footprint/handprint reindeer. Sarah loved it. We have quite the Rudolph fan on our hands. I wonder if they're putting that cute Rudolph animated show on this year...
Finally, as it is E week, in a moment of genius yesterday, I decided that we needed a Christmas elf and that Sarah was going to be it. I got her excited about drawing little pictures and getting little treats to give to her dad from the secret Christmas elf. We planned on hiding them in the pocket of his coat, in his slippers, on his pillow, in his bag for work, etc. We talked about how it was going to be a big secret and that daddy would never guess who the Christmas elf was. It went really well-until David got home from work. Sarah ran to the door and yelled out, "We made something for you from the Christmas elf, and it's right here (taking it from the hiding place and giving it to him)! There is another one in your---!" And that's where I cut her off. Maybe we'll have better luck with secrets next year.
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We've had similar lack of success with Kate and secret keeping. We tried to teach her the hot and cold game - she's a great little seeker, but a terrible coach.
Why don't you live up the Santa secret while you can it makes it so much funner when they believe in him. Don't you think it was funner when you believed!
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