Here are some of the questions I had to answer today:
How does Santa fit down the chimney?
How does he get the screen off the fireplace?
How does he get back up the chimney?
Reindeer don’t really fly, do they?
What if I wake up to use the potty christmas night and I see Santa?
I think this year will be the last year Aedan believes. I really do hate to tell her lies even though I know its part of the fun. She’s much too smart to believe another year. The reasons I don’t tell her the truth this year is A) It’s so fun to play santa and she really does still believe and B) I’m afraid she would tell all her school friends that her mom told her Santa wasn’t real and I would have 16 phone calls from some angry parents! 
I took the kids to sit on Santa’s lap. Silas didn’t cry this year (a first). Aedan said “I want a scooter and an ipod and I’m afraid that’s all!” One more year to leave out milk and cookies, to sneak presents under the tree in the middle of the night, and to sit on Santa’s lap – wait a minute, maybe I can keep Silas in the dark a little longer.
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