You never know the last time that your child might do something cute. Especially if you have multiple kids. The first time a child walks, talks, or has a milestone, we tend to take a lot of time and energy ogling over the experience. The more kids you have, sometimes the less we remember to capture those moments, but you never know the last time you will witness their childlike glee in things that they enjoy.
I have 4 boys ranging from the ages of 17 to 7. This year my son started to question me about the real Santa Claus. I saw a post on facebook on how a family shared the news with their children about Santa Claus and it sounded like an awesome tradition and way to share the news with them in a fun way. I tried to explain to him one day that Santa wasn’t real and after our experience it didn’t work. He said, are we going to see the real santa now.
The evening of x-mas was absolutely amazing. I saw the excitement on his face as we gathered the carrots for the reindeer and put out the milk and cookies for Santa. It all had to be perfectly placed. I could see his eyes beaming from ear to ear. Then the following morning I got to see him run down the stairs and look at the tree. He was so excited. His expression was priceless as I basked in the glow of witnessing and remembering this experience forever
Then the worst of all things happened. Andy’s present decided to not arrive in the mail. So I had to scramble and find a new gift for him When he opened his gift he did not seem excited. He also made a comment about seeing some of the wrapping paper in my office for one of the gifts. He was very quiet that day.
A couple weeks later he whispered to me. My shoes weren’t from Santa you know., they were from you and Danny. I don’t think there really is a Santa. My heart broke. I tried to have the conversation with him so that he wouldn’t find out and be disappointed like he was. However, there is a part of me that is glad that I was able to witness his childlike joy and curiosity one last time. If he knew Santa wasn’t real then I would not have this last experience of his childlike wonder.
You never know the last time you might experience a special moment with someone, so treasure every moment to its fullest.
