Kate, the 30-month old talking flow chart, on the topic of Santa Claus.
“Where’s Santa Claus?”
“He’s at the North Pole.”
“Why?”
“It’s where he lives.”
“He’s in his house.”
“Yes, he’s in his house.”
“He’s not in my house.”
“No, he’s not in our house.”
“He’s not in my bed.” *
“No, he’s not in your bed.”
“He’s not in my closet.” **
“No, he’s not in your closet.”
“He’s at his house.”
“Yes, at his house, at the North Pole.”
“At the North Pole.”
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* I wonder if us singing “You Better Watch Out” and the whole thing about ‘he sees you when you’re sleeping’ helped develop this line of possibility?
** This also has been brought up in our household before. When we first told Will about Santa, he used to cry out at night because Santa was in his closet.
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Here is more from Kate on the subject of Santa, speaking during dinner (Shepherd’s Pie and Tomato & Edamame Salad*) last night.
Kate discusses Santa Claus from Cold Spaghetti on Vimeo.
* It feels important to say this only to explain the colorful mass of mush sitting on the plate in front of her.
kitty | 10-Dec-08 at 11:45 pm | Permalink
That photo in you blog header is the perfect image for what parenthood is all about.
I had to spill the beans about the tooth fairy to my daughter years ago because she panicked when I told her why she needed to leave her tooth under the pillow.
She could not believe I allowed such a thing, strangers coming in our house at night.
Stacy Owings | 11-Dec-08 at 8:00 am | Permalink
My kids get very serious when that song comes on the radio. It is the song about “The Rules”.
A | 11-Dec-08 at 7:46 pm | Permalink
That made me laugh out loud, as I had to have a similar conversation with my three-year-old and assure her that Santa wasn’t some weirdo hanging out under her bed.
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admin | 11-Dec-08 at 8:33 pm | Permalink
Kitty: that is hilarious! What a smart girl, to hear the whole toothfairy thing and go, whoa, you expect me to believe that?!
Stacy: I love that they look for The Rules to follow — does this attention to rules have anything to do with Mommy being an attorney??
A: You know, it is really creepy when you think about it. Sees you when you’re sleeping? Ugh, it’d creep me out to know some guy wants to check up on me like that.