He hadn't asked me anything yet.
He just quietly believes in Santa Claus.
But I decided I needed to prepare myself for questions like:
How does he fit down the chimney?
How does he get around the world in one night?
Why can't I be awake and see him?
You get more point.
Christmas came and Henry received yet another gift from my sister, remember the stop sign from the previous year:
He's added to his collection this year:
With all the possible questions Henry might have had regarding Christmas, I wasn't quiet ready when Henry kept asking "why are all the grown ups laughing?". I was completely not prepared (or willing to within the next 12 years or so) to explain that one.
All I kept saying was "some adults think 69 is a funny number."
Ugh.
Compared to this, I'm so ready to handle Santa Claus stuff next year.
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(FYI - my sister works for a transportation department, apparently Mile 69 (for some strange reason) repeatedly gets stolen. This is a duplicate recovered. I was not involved in any smuggling of any Mile 69 signs, thankyouverymuch.)
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my blogging friends. I know I've been out for a while, thanks for visiting. I promise to do same soon.
13 comments:
I love the sign, but that's not something I'd be prepared to explain to a kid either!
My oldest is 9 and still believes. She said a few things this year that made me question that, but in general I think she's still holding onto believing in Santa.
haha...I this is great! I used to have some construction cones...however, they were NOT from the transportation department! :)
That is too funny, and I'm glad you got away without explaining why it's funny!
Oooh that's a challenge and a half, isn't it? And when he finds out, what will he have to say?
My twins had it all figured out by 5, yes 5. The Easter Bunny, Santa, the Toothy Fairy, the whole 9 yards.
Picked up the latest copy of Inspire(d) last week!
I'm still not totally for sure we're going to push the Santa-thing with Eli. I had so many friends who were either completely devastated or disgusted with their parents when they found out the truth - I don't know if I want to go through that.
But I would way rather deal with Santa issues than explain 69...What a nightmare.
We were at Bingo with Boo Boo La La on Saturday in Pequot Lakes. When the caller yelled O 69 all the patrons HOOTED AND HOLLERED and WHOOPED! Yeah, I hate explaining that 69 is just funny. :P
hubs and i can't stop laughing.
poor henry.
i can only imagine the giggles that will be heard when this picture is revisited at a later date...
Love it!
Our college exit was on Exit 69. I suspect it got stolen a lot too.
Just tonight remembered that I live off exit 69 on I35! Bet I know where she got the sign.
Oh man, yeah. Santa will be easy peasy after that one, LOL.
Lol! Yeah that will be much harder. Lucas was starting to ask questions until he watched the Santa Claus, it answered the questions for him.
When he's older and figures it out, he'll be mortified remembering the family discussions occurring around him.
There is an interstate 69 in Texas. I've seen a couple of those signs "lost."
Favorite that somebody I know has in their house "Saddlebred" as a street name.
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