Saturday, December 8, 2012

Do You Still Believe?

Luke, being 3, still believes in Santa. Of course, this year is the first year that he really has taken notice of the fat man in the red suit that says, "HO! HO! HO!" Aidan, who just turned 7, STILL has the belief that Santa exists among tiny little people who are called Elves who lives in the North Pole. We often have debated on whether to shatter this image, but he stands his ground that Santa exists. I guess the Spirit of Christmas still exists in his heart and he will always hear the bell from Santa's sleigh.

A few weeks ago, Ted dug a hole in the ground and built a fire pit. (PSST! Next summer is gonna be awesome) It seemed only fitting that the first fire in the pit was the one that we sent the boys' Christmas Wish Lists for Santa in it.

We tried the whole, mail the letter to Santa, or go to a special post office to send it. We've even tried the email thing, but the burning of the LIST has stuck so therefore, we do it.

This year, Aidan only had 1 toy. He went back and forth between 2, but finally decided on only sending one toy. This way, he said, he would be sure to get exactly what he wanted. See, in our house, Santa only brings ONE toy (plus a few stocking stuffers). The idea is so that we the parents have an idea on what to get and put Santa's name on the tag on only 1. This year, our work was cut out for us as we had to FIGURE out the rest of Aidan's gifts. Luke, on the other hand, went ALL OUT. He wanted EVERYTHING! From girl toys to boy toys. We finally had to put our foot down when he wanted a baby doll complete with dresses and bottles.

Luke was pretty sad when he had to walk away from the burning list, but after he realized that having the toy itself was better than having a picture of the toy, he was alright.

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