Driving to daycare/work with the kids this morning, Nate was in a chatty mood. I was listening absentmindedly over the competing chatter from the radio, when the conversation took this turn.
"Mom, do you know what?"
"No, Nate. What?"
"There is no Easter bunny. He's just a man dressed up in a bunny costume."
"Sorry, what did you say, hon?" What?! What?!!!
"Yeah. There's no Easter bunny. It's just a guy."
"But Nate, the Easter bunny came to our house and brought you Easter eggs. We hunted for them."
"No mom."
"Well, Nate honey, sometimes people dress in costumes, but that doesn't mean that there's still not an Easter bunny. Mommy believes in the Easter bunny..."
At this point we were idling at a red light. I glanced back to see Nate contentedly picking his nose and staring out the window, completely unconcerned that his mother's world was crumbling around her ears.
Turning to look me squarely in the eyes, Nate gave a half-pitying smile, "Sorry mom. It's just a guy in a costume."
The light turned green and I bit my lower lip just a little as I accelerated through the intersection.
I knew the end of the innocence would come. I just didn't think it would be at four years, two months and twenty days.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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7 Heard through the grapevine:
On second thought, maybe I don't want your kids to meet mine... ;)
Aaah, the loss of innocence.
Christmas should be very interesting at your house this year!
SFD -- Yeah. I can understand your point.
JJ -- Kids do everything faster these days.
FADKOG -- No kidding. He's already asked me a million times how Santa gets down the chimney.
Oh, yeah! My 4yo told me the night before Easter that "if Daddy's going to be the Easter Bunny this year, he should start hiding the eggs tonight." LOL where did she learn this?! We were so careful. :)
I'm waiting for this conversation any day now. I already have had the 'Mummy you just don't GET IT' look from him.
It's sad isn't it!??!
So, not leaving a link or anything b/c it just feels like an ad & not a comment, but I posted about this at Easter - On Magic @ the YummyMummyClub blog. I wrote it b/c I know the feeling you are talking about. But also b/c I really truly passionately believe that we have a responsibility to keep wonder alive in our kids. Even when they pull back the curtain & find the little man at the controls instead of a Wizard. Even when the Easter bunny is just a guy in a bunny suit.
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