Sorry i missed last week but i was traveling for work. When work sends me to “work in the field” they mean it very literally. I am not near computers until late at night and then all I want to do is crawl into bed.
Now on to what you all came here for, That’s What She Said: Santa Edition. We have a rule in our house, no Christmas, Santa, or Elf talk until Halloween is over. Halloween is my favorite holiday but my wife is super crazy about Christmas. Growing up I think they had like 9-10 trees in their house. At last count we have two up in our house. Chelsea, the wife, goes all out for Halloween to make it special for me. So I let her have whatever she wants for Christmas. Danni, our daughter, has caught the Christmas bug too.
Danni had figured out Santa brings toys!!! She started out wanting 1 Barbie. You would ask her what Santa was going to bring her. “Um how about 1 Barbie” and hold up 1 finger.” One day she figured out that we were excited that she could hold up two fingers like a peace sign and say two that she changed her answer to 2 Barbies.
I had read that to help kids not be afraid of Santa that to tell them that they are going to visit Santa again. You would ask them questions like “Do you remember sitting on Santa’s lap last year?” or “We are going to go see Santa again just like last year.” We did that and Danni is about to come out of her skin in excitement.
Ever since my wife’s car broke down, we have all had to pile into my Ford Ranger pickup truck. This means I drive, Danni sits in the front seat in her seat, and Chelsea is in the jump seat. Danni loves it because she can see everything. She’ll point out Christmas lights, horses (Memphis has Shelby Farms. It’s a huge metro park that has everything…horseback riding, fishing, off-leash parks, buffalo, kayaking, and tons of agriculture. The city grows corn, cotton, soybeans, etc….all to feed the multitude of animals that call the park home.) and now Santas.
We’ll be driving down the street and Danni will scream, “I see CHRISTMAS! Look Daddy! Oh! I see SANTA!” People in our neighborhoods have those inflatable Santas. As we approach the lawn that has the Santa in it, she will stop talking to me and start talking to the window. “Um, Santa, okay, I want two…” and that is all she’ll get out because we’ll pass it. She’ll whip her head around and scream towards the back window “BARBIES!!!”
My wife is having hearing problems lately.
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