Illusions

Wm has no more holiday illusions.  He was very suspicious that there was no Easter Bunny and has continued to tell me he thinks the Easter Bunny isn't real.  This morning, he goes, "tell me the TRUTH - is there an Easter Bunny?" so I said, "No, buddy...he is pretend."  Wm thought on that for a second and then goes, "Hmmmm...tell me THE TRUTH.  REALLY.  THE TRUTH.  Is there a Santa?" I go, "No, he is pretend too."  Wm was quiet for a minute and then goes, "Yeah...I don't really care as long as the presents still show up."  HAHAHA!!  Then he goes, "Wait - do you steal my teeth from under my pillow and leave me money?  Why do you do that?"  All the dots were connected.  We had a long talk with him about not ruining the "magic" for other kids and he needs to be sure to keep these things to himself.  A friend's 9 year old daughter had a friend that told her there was no Santa and she cried for days.  So I told Wm some kids would be crushed to hear that there's no Santa.  Luckily, Wm is a mercenary little bugger and didn't care at all where the presents came from...as long as they kept coming.  He's also too sharp by half - who figures this out on his own at 6 years old?

I talked Wm into going jogging with me today.  He was not sure at all about this plan, but I got him all suited up in his gear and off we went.  We jogged down the ravine and Wm LOVED it!!  We saw ducks, a cardinal, cute bridges Wm ran across, a babbling brook, and and flowers blooming.  In all, we jogged for about 2 miles.  We raced up a really big hill - Wm beat me by a mile!  Then we stopped at the playground and played.  Thank god for a spring-like day!  And Wm says he wants to go jogging with me every day that it's nice!  I told him we should run a 5K together and he is all excited.  Yay!!  Steve hates walking and/or jogging, so I finally have a partner!

Monday morning, Wm will have his first girl cousin!  We are all excited to see Evvie's face and know that she is here and she is healthy and well!!  Mimi came over today to deliver her Easter basket for Wm and she flies out to Denver tomorrow.  Congrats Drew, Jess, and Griffin!!!