Questions..questions..questions...

Christmas is a wonderful time of year.
I have decided that Christmas as a parent is way better than Christmas as a child.
To relive the magic of Christmas through your children is like nothing else.

Sydney is our believer all the way!! I mean, what three year old kid doesn't believe in Santa?
Well, I can't say for sure whether Parker believes or doesn't believe but what I can say for sure is that he questions EVERYTHING about it? Parker is a big, seeing is believing kind of guy.

One night driving home, Parker tells me reindeer can't fly because they don't have wings. I explained that the reindeer don't have tio have wings to fly because they have the magic of Christmas. The only time that reindeer can fly is on Christmas Eve. Later that week, we were reading a book about Reindeer Flight School. After the story was over, Sydney looks at Parker and says, "See, Parker, I told you that reindeer could fly!"

We went the the Polar Express experience at Sea World during the holiday season. The kids had a chance to meet Santa Claus there. A couple days after that, out of no where it seems, Parker asks, "Will the Santa Claus from Sea World come to our house?" I kind of dodged that one by saying, "Well, Santa has a lot of helpers out there while he is working hard at the North Pole." Another question, "The elves at Sea World aren't real are they Mommy? They are just people dressed up like elves". No response.

I am not sure if you remember our elf from last year, Fitzy. Quick recap, he is our "Elf on the Shelf". He comes to visit after Thanksgiving and helps Santa by keeping an eye on boys and girls. Every night after everyone is asleep, he heads back to the North Pole to report back to Santa on how the kids are doing. Then he returns before we wake and appears in a different part of the house and we have to go find him. Well, last year, yes that would be when they were still 2. Parker told us that Fitzy was not real because he had a tag on his back. I told him that everyone has tags on their clothes.

Fast forward to Christmas 2010...Fitzy arrives and Parker clearly states that Fitzy is not real because he doesn't talk. I remind him that Fitzy as strict orders from Santa and is only allowed to watch and listen, not talk. Parker may have not believed that Fitzy was real but he sure enjoyed waking up every morning leading up until Christmas and going to find Fitzy in the house.