summer

[may22]

Wooba, I love that story. I agree with DnJ-- take his lead.

My eldest pieced it all together (including Santa) this year from the tooth fairy... she found something (I can't remember what it was now) that led her to believe that her most recent tooth fairy note had been written in the office-- something in the garbage, or a pen, or something. I pointed out that the tooth fairy could have sat down and written the note at the desk, and she said, also the tooth fairy has Daddy's handwriting (which is a bummer since he always tries to write in this formal script for the TF). So she asked if the TF was real or if Mom and Dad did the swap. I told her the truth, we talked about it for awhile. She asked about the Easter Bunny and same thing. She did NOT ask about Santa. She went and had the same conversation with H.

A few hours later, she came up to me and sat down next to me, and asked about Santa. It was so sweet and sad that Santa was a big enough different deal that she didn't want to ask right away, even though she knew the answer. We talked a lot about Santa and how Santa is like the Christmas spirit, and we do things to show each other how much we love each other in a special way around Christmastime because of the spirit of Santa. That once her dad had stood in line outside of ToysRus to buy this giant stupid LOL doll thing (don't ask) that he did not approve of, but it was totally his idea to get it as a surprise for them and he did it because he knew how much they would love it. She brightened up and said YES, that is right, Santa is real in a way, because Daddy never would have done that otherwise. (True.) We talked about some other special things that we'd done in the spirit of Santa and it was a really sweet and special conversation. And that is where we are.

I think she kind of knew for a pretty long time, but didn't want to ask and know for sure until she was ready. I'm really glad we did it that way. So I guess i'd recommend the same... let him ask you but be ready to go wherever he takes you with it.

Glad to hear so many things are going well!

xx May