While preparing supper tonight ( a gourmet meal of summer sausage sandwiches-I was in Hebron today and got some fresh baked buns-so, so, good for summer sausage sandwiches), I overheard a conversation with the boys that sounded a little like this:
Eric: I think Mom and Dad buy our toys and just say they are from Santa
Jonathan: I don't. I think Santa brings them.
Eric: Oh yeah?, well on Christmas Eve I saw Mom and Dad unpacking a Halo mega block set just like Santa gave me.
Okay. We got busted. Big Time. We gathered the boys together and told them the truth. Eric just smiled. He was thrilled to be right. Jonathan did look a bit stunned, then pretended he knew all along. Don threw in that the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny are fake, too. Jonathan's eyes did get a bit wider at this point. "What happens to our teeth if the tooth fairy doesn't turn them into stars?". I pointed to my nightstand drawer. Eric opened it up and pulled out the ziploc baggie with all of their teeth. (Which, by the way, I think I will throw once I get them back from the boys-it's a little gross to keep them. I'm not that sentimental.)
One more rite of passage under our belt.
2 comments:
That makes me sad that they learned so young...
Angela :-)
We believe if they are man enough to eat 4 tacos at a time, they are man enough to handle the truth.
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