He burst into our bedroom this morning, accidentally jumping on my ankle - almost spraining it in the process - and practically BEGGED me to get him out of it. He said he is too shy to do it and that everyone will laugh at him. I sighed...one of those pesky parenting conundrums: get him out of it like a superstar cool mum, or teach him to be strong and do things that he's scared of so he can become a better, stronger person.
I of course went with the latter, but have planned a sneaky escape for him if things go pear-shaped and he really is miserable. One crocodile tear and I'll have no choice but to save my little Egg from social suicide...we'll see.
On another note, in what was either enlightened genius and pure good luck OR crazy pregnant woman hormones, I impulsively bought our Christmas tree while out shopping this morning. It was there, all 6 ft of it, plump and gorgeous and it just felt like it had to be ours. I emptied my wallet on the spot and am taking delivery of it later today, but am now suffering the first pangs of buyers remorse and wondering whether it's going to be greeted by disdain by the husband - who is prone to splash out on obscenely priced and way too tall trees in a rather Griswold manner. Hmmmm....
And so life continues on...I have approximately 9 more weeks in this fat suit before a screaming, squalling bundle of joy arrives to join our shambolic crew. Can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone, but hey I'm not complaining. I'd be lying if I didn't confess to being mildly petrified about the logistics of labour at a hospital a good 20-30 minutes away in traffic - especially considering Dumpie came so fast that he was born in the bathroom.
And of course, having no car somewhat livens up the scenario a tad.
On the plus side, being the hyper-organised, multi-tasking freak that I am, I pretty much have Christmas sorted: posh Christmas crackers (with silver-plated pressies inside no less - check me out), a rough menu planned out for indulgent stuffing of our respective tummies (though how much room is left in mine for food at that point remains questionable), and all the presents pretty much bought.
Sadly there is one problem I don't quite know how to undo: in a fit of 'man-shed-rearranging' a few weekends ago, the husband unearthed my obviously 'not hidden well enough' box of xmas presents, left it in the hallway, and was as surprised as I when a short while later the monsters came upon it and started pulling things out exclaiming excitedly.
So do I gloss over the whole thing and possibly dispel their belief in Santa Claus forever when they discover 'He' left them the exact same presents that they came upon that fateful day? Or do I defy the recession, go out and buy them a load more presents, thereby ensuring we are buried - avalanche style - in a mountain of remote-controlled plastic come Boxing Day?
Off to mull over this conundrum by way of orgasmic pomegranate inhalation....adios
I found all my christmas presents way before christmas when i was about 4. it was very early in the morning, they were in a room my mom would usually keep locked. i thought that santa had come early and proceeded to try and wake up my 10 year old brother, telling him this santa fact.
ReplyDeletewith no luck i moved on to my mom, by this time i was in a cow boy outfit. she undressed me from the cowboy getup, put me back to bed and told me it was a dream... it worked, and and i got up that morning thinking it was so.... i remembered this 15 years later ware the memory came flooding back , it was then confermed by my mom.
i might add that my school head mistress told me santa wasn't real when i was 6 or 7 . i was bragging on the bus to classmates that i didn't believe in him ( copping my brother as i did really ) i was called to her office and she sed " you and i both know that farther christmas isn't real but there are children that do and i shouldn't spoil it for them ". i was gutted and have never got over it .... what a bitch!
Go out and buy one special gift from Santa only. The other gifts can be from you and your husband. That way they get something they haven't seen yet and can understand the gifts they found were from you and their dad.
ReplyDeleteYep, go buy santa presents, or to save money could you return a few of the presents they saw and use that cash to buy new pressies?
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ReplyDeleteI'd be tempted to distribute as many as possible of the outed presents amongst relatives, as they would presumably buy for your children anyway? Your relatives will then probably/hopefully ask you how much they owe you, and then you get your money back, or you could even make a profit ... sorry, don't know what came over me then ... how morally abhorrent and odious of me ..x.