It all started like this...
Davis came downstairs one night and said, "Mom, I know..."
Me: "Know what?"
Davis: "The truth about the Tooth Fairy."
Me: "What do you mean?"
Davis: "I know it's you."
Me: "Why do you think that?"
Davis: "Because my tooth's been under my pillow for four days." (oops)
Me: "Okay, you're right."
(Davis smiles real big and you could tell he was deep in thought)
Davis: "Does that mean you're Santa too?"
Me: "What do you think?"
Davis: "I think you are."
Me: "Yep, you're right."
Davis: "I KNEW IT! Because Santa's writing looked like Dad's."......"Does that mean that the Fingernal Fairy is you too?"
Me: "Yes."
(Davis is still smiling)
Davis: "I figured it out all by myself!!!" (I'm thinking it only took you almost 12 years)
Me: "Good job Davis! You know you have to keep this secret from your brothers. We don't want to ruin the 'magic' for them."
Davis: "Okay. I'll even say things like 'Thanks Santa!' to make them think I still believe."
Me: "You know what else? Now that you know you can be Santa's Helper."
Davis: "OKAY! I can write on the presents because my brother's won't recognize my handwriting."
Me: "We'll see... You're not disappointed knowing the truth?"
Davis: "No. I was pretty smart to figure it out."
Me: "Yep, you were."
THE NEXT MORNING...
Davis: "Are you the Easter Bunny too?"
Me: "Yes, Davis."
Davis: "I knew it!" (smiling)
Me: wondering if there's anybody else we forgot...
I don't know about any of you, but I have been dreading the day my kids find out the "truth" thinking it would CRUSH them. I kept going back and forth wondering if I should break the news to Davis since he's in 6th grade this year or let him keep believing. My mom and others would tell me they were sure he knows the truth but doesn't want to admit it yet - but I knew he was still a true believer. He's one of those innocent kids that wouldn't doubt anything someone told them to be true. He even told me he doesn't let any of his friends know that he still believes because most of them don't anymore and he KNOWS Santa's real because we met the real one. And that he was afraid that if he said he didn't believe in Santa anymore, Santa would be mad and not give him any presents.
Well...Finally the pressure of whether
to believe or not to believe
is off and he knows the truth...and is HAPPY about it! I'm thrilled! :)
It all started like this...
8 comments:
I can't believe he was able to make it all the way through elementary school! As a mom that's great! Since you know he doesn't listen to what others are telling him cause he knows the "truth" you have it set for the teen years! "Hey Davis...skipping class is like so much fun!"
"Whatever dude, my mom says the cops will take me away if I skip class"
:)
Jodi, I love this! My five year old is already beginning to suspect stuff, but we're not real good at lying either. I hope he keeps that innocence forever. Oh, and what the heck is the Fingernail Fairy...?
I'm with Shayla, what the crap is the fingernail fairy?
I love that he was so thrilled with himself! He had cracked the code! Did you know he had a tooth under his pillow? I can't believe he waited 4 days to ask, that is forever in kid time!
LOL Amy!!!
Okay Shayla and Rachael, Jake lost his whole fingernail a couple of years ago and was SO upset that Mick told him to put it under his pillow and see what happens. Thus, the fingernail fair was created. Thank goodness she hasn't needed to make a reappearance at our house. And yes Rachael, I knew he had a tooth under his pillow -- just totally spaced it every night. I'm lame...
Jodi! That was adorable! And so is your blog by the way, I LOVE the background. We spaced a tooth of Spencer's two nights in a row, so on the third night the tooth fairy drop off a little gift to go along with the quarters in attempt to apologize!
That's a great story. I'm glad he had such a good attitude! I need to write down more of my kids conversations like you do because they are so fun to read.
Oh Jodi, this made me laugh hysterically. What a cutie. And now he's got no CURLS???? Oh, the agony - he's growing up too fast!
LOL that you totally forgot his tooth for 4 days. When we forgot for a night or two we always told Macy the tooth fairy is soooo busy.
The fingernail fairy would have been good to know about two years ago when Payson lost his!!
And I did the EXACT same thing with Macy. I absolutely dreaded her finding out the truth, I thought it was going to be a nightmare, and she laughed when she found out. She thought it was hysterical that it was really me and Bill pretending. And she LOVED being in on the secret.
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