Dolls or cars - Sally likes everything equally sowe encourage both!
When she saw her gifts she just wanted to hug themfor a while instead of opening them.
Keepin' it real with underwear as a stocking stuffer...My girl was not thrilled with that gift.
She got this nightgown for one of her gifts and put it on right away! So cute!Here we are - Christmas morning 2009. This is the beginning of the many fun years to come - from here on out Mary is fully aware of the true meaning of Christmas: PRESENTS!! ha, ha.
We had a "Happy Birthday" banner up and she knows that the true meaning of Christmas is Jesus... but for now she is 4 years old and was really excited to see what was going to be in her stocking this year from Santa.
Unfortunately Mommy kind of forgot (due to lack of experience) to talk up the whole Santa Clause tradition and I just threw some presents under the tree and said "Wow! Merry Christmas!!"
Fast forward two days later...
Mary: Why didn't Santa bring us any gifts Mom?
Me: What??!! You got lots of nice gifts this year!
Mary: Those gifts are from you Mom. I know this because you used the same wrapping paper that you used for Daddy's gifts. When is Santa coming?
Long story short - I proceed to tell her that Santa did come and that he brought us nice gifts. She continues to ask about Santa and Jason skips ahead about 4 years and tells her that he is not real.
Can you picture the red face with steam coming out of my ears???
Fortunately within hours she let it go and the next day and days to come we were back to talking about how much fun Santa is and how he will come again next year and that he lives in our hearts and it is really fun, fun, fun.
