Santa 2011

Kids got to spend the night with Nana going into Seattle and visiting Santa. This will be good for Blake maybe. We have always had the approach of explaining who Santa came from (St. Nicholas) and up until this year Blake has been ok with it. Something about this year though he is searching for something more. He's been very curious as to weather Santa is real or not. We don't want to push the children to believe either way. We don't think that forcing will help in any way inlife. So this year he seems to need to have the proof of if Santa is real or not. He feels that since he hasn't seen him that he can't be real but at the same time he wants proof. So at first he wanted to set a trape to catch him, but I convinced him that wasn't a good idea. So then he came up with the idea that he wants to set out cookies and milk and see if in the morning they are gone. If they are gone he says he will believe that there must be a santa but if not then he knows he's not real. I am at a real dilema on if I need to help him believe or not. We want him to learn that seeing isn't believing and that there is a greater purpose for Christmas than Santa and the presents, but at the same time he seems to want to believe. Not sure what to do...but on a side note...kids look so cute with Santa this year and wanted to share with you their picture.