We didn’t realize we’d be so crazed by 12/23, so we bought tickets for the Holiday Lights train. We filled up our thermos with hot green tea for the grown-ups and soy hot chocolate for the kiddos and headed to Neptune’s Kingdom to board the train.
When they announced that Santa was coming, Dylan looked very, very skeptical. He eyed the guy up and down. After he left, he said, “that wasn’t the real Santa.” And then had a fairly lengthy explanation on his reasoning. For one, he only gave out candy canes. And another thing, he didn’t look like the guy at my company holiday party (and that guy looks the same every year — as, indeed, the brilliant ladies at work have the hook up with the Real Santa and that same guy comes every year…along with Gideon the balloon guy and the chef who makes us special vegan stuff!!).
I just love this kid. I hope the magic lasts forever even though I know it won’t….
