It hasn't been all tough with Sam lately.
Since she's 3 and a half, she was really able to start grasping the idea of Christmas. When we put up the tree and turned on the lights, she gasped. "Wow, Mommy and Daddy, our tree is BEAUTIFUL!" she said. And then the little drama queen walked over and hugged us.
She also kept saying, "On Christmas, Santa will come home and get presents."
OK, she's still learning exactly how to word things, but I figured she was getting the idea.
We were contemplating taking her to see a mall Santa this year (though she screamed in terror last year), and so I was trying to prep her. "What do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas?"
Sam: "Presents."
Me: "What kind of presents?"
Sam: "With bows."
All right, not quite what I was expecting, but at least she didn't name something that costs, like, $600.
And then I realized just before Christmas that she really wasn't getting the idea.
As I was wrapping presents -- and Sam was helping, of course -- she said, "Santa's gonna LOVE my Christmas tree."
Me (trying to get tape unstuck from my finger): "I'm sure he is."
Sam: "And Santa's gonna LOVE all the presents for him under our tree."
Yeah. She spent three weeks thinking that all the stuff we were buying and wrapping -- and putting bows on -- was for Santa.
What has your child misunderstood that you found funny?
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