Christmas Eve is here. We had a nice dinner and all curled up on the couch to watch Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July, a movie that both David and I watched as children. In the end Rudolph gets his bright nose back and frosty comes back to life after melting - thanks to jack frost. And Santa and Mrs Claus ride off into the sunset with their reindeer. Max and Olin crawled into bed after setting out a plate of mini cupcakes and cookies for santa and a cup full of salad and carrots for his reindeer. Olin wouldn't go to sleep because he was afraid of Santa coming into our house. I had to reassure him that Santa wouldn't go into his room. I say reassure because he has been worrying about this for sometime. That and the fact that our fireplace is sealed off and Santa wouldn't be able to get in. I told him we'd leave the door unlocked for him, to which he replied with "how about we just get a new house with a chim-a-ney that works?"
FINALLY asleep... and we got to enjoy one of my favorite parts of being a parent, playing Santa. I just LOVE it. We set out Max's new bike and Olin's bouncie trampoline in the office covered in bows, brought out all the presents and arranged them under the tree and overstuffed the stockings. And the best part, I got to eat Santa's cookies and cupcakes. I want my kids to believe in Santa forever, however now that Max is in school with 39 little boys, many of whom have older siblings, I figure we have maybe one more year. I hope this isn't our last. Leading up to Christmas he really believed that Santa was watching him (it worked wonders for his behavior -- Olin? not so much). Every time I told Olin that Santa was watching, he would say "Mom, Santa lives in the North Pole, there's no way he can see that far."
We kissed the boys goodnight, went through our best and worst and as I was walking out the door, Max said "Mommy the real question is....Is Santa Real?" Sh**T, I thought, we really have to step up our Santa game tonight. I hope they feel the magic when they wake up.
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