"Mom I want to know if Santa is real and I don't want you to tell me yes, I want you to tell me the truth. I'm just too curious and I need to know... There's no way he could really fit up anyone's chimney and how could he possibly get a key that would unlock every door. I don't think he would really live in the north pole; it's too cold." Well, what do you say to all that? It's just a little sad having no children around who believe in Santa. They let go of the make believe, and I have to let go of a piece of their childhood. Isn't it amazing how the brain is able to process logic at exactly 8 years of age- like a magic transition? Seems like 8 would be a really good age to make an important decision of some kind =). And with the letting go of the childhood comes enjoying the progression into maturity. Wednesdays I spend the morning in Kelsey's class. Yesterday I was working with a group of kids. One girl talked about her coach losing his job because of the economy. This is too funny. Each child chimed in about the economy being bad- although I'm not sure any of them knew what that meant. Then the best part came. One sweet little guy said, "Yeah, the economy is really bad. It's because of global warming." I love it!
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LOL! :) My 4 year old niece is convinced that their empty light socket is where Santa sneaks into their house. Gotta love imagination! My mom told us that Santa has a tiny elf that climbs through the locks and unlocks the door for Santa to come in if there isn't a chimney. We were so concerned because our chimney went into the wood burning stove and we didn't know how Santa could get out of there without getting burned up!
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