Well, we've entered another "stage" in life.
Tristan (who is 9 and 3/4 now :)) asked me about Santa yesterday. I tried to evade answering him when he asked "do you bring the presents" but he persisted and he was muttering about "lies and lying" under his breath. So, I sucked it up and answered him. He burst out crying but calmed down. I am still not sure if he was crying because he was really upset or if it was that he thought he wouldn't get presents any more. I took him to our favorite bagel shop and we sat and talked about it. He asked me "What about the Easter Bunny?" and I just looked at him. He said "OH God! Not that too!!" I didn't know whether to laugh or cry on that one.
Later he told me that he felt like he had entered a new stage.
Stage five, he said.
I asked him what that meant. He said "Now I'm a man."
I told him I didn't think so...
not yet...
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Hugs
Tammie
But WHAAAAAAAAAAAA I want my little boy who was ok until 2:45 yesterday back! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
You had him fooled for a LOOOOONG time... Gabriel asked, and I couldn't tell him less than the truth, somewhere around first grade... but we still "pretend"... he plays along... I think it makes them all the more grateful to know that it's coming from you and not some mystical being. As Gabriel likes to say... he'll "get over it after lots of psychological counseling that *you'll* be paying for"... :)
Hugs,
Adriane
He's getting over it but still talking about it ;)