Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

In order to “think” away the bedtime fright, I encouraged Mya to think about something more positive, like Santa Claus! Well, not being old enough to comprehend time, Mya automatically assumed Santa would be here soon! And, he’s going to bring her, Alyssa and Makenna an umbrella, a lollipop (with purple dots and sparklies), and a sucker. Apparently, the encouragement to think of something else worked, the next morning Mya jumped up out of bed and immediately said, “Where’s Santa Claus!?! Maybe he’s downstairs! Let’s go see if he brought the lollipop with the purple dots and sparklies!”. Mya was very disappointed when I explained to her that it would be a while before Santa would come. Next time I will have to tell her think about something that’s not so far out in the future.