Father Christmas

As you know from previous posts, Mama-Dirtyfoot and Madeline are having fun browsing the Christmas displays that are popping up everywhere. We get to point out Santa and Mama gets to see the wonder in Madeline's eyes as I talk about Santa., The other day, the Toys R Us Big Book catalog came in the mail and we enjoyed browsing the catalog and picking out things that we would like to ask Santa to bring. Madeline is so interested in the magic this Santa dude can preform and Mama-Dirtyfoot is having fun seeing this excitement.

Fast forward to today. The "Dirtyfoot family" went to church. Madeline was very well behaved in church today (not always the case). At the end off Mass, the priest proceeds to the exit of the church as greets people as they leave. As we pass the priest, David directs Madeline to say bye-bye to the priest. She looks up at him with that innocent wonder in her eye and exclaims, "Santa Clause!" Sigh....I think I'll need to work on my "Jesus is the reason for the season" lesson.