The first time it happened, Ben was 4. He loved Thomas trains, and that’s all he wanted for Christmas. All the relatives asked for gift ideas, and each was told a different Thomas train: Henry, Diesel 10, Mavis, etc.
Word on the street was that Santa was also bringing Ben lots of trains and track pieces.
Then a week before Christmas, Ben discovered Super Heroes. He just had to have a Spiderman costume. And a Batman costume. Also Superman, Blue Power Ranger, and while we’re at it a Police uniform, and army camo…
And when Christmas arrived, he was happy to get the trains, but disappointed that Santa only brought one (hastily bought and wrapped) costume. And as those relative presents came trickling in, his disappointment really started to show.
He had to wait until August for all those costumes.
Here are Maddie, cousin Nick, and Ben modeling the long awaited Super Hero costumes during Ben’s birthday at the beach.
It happened again a few times, most notably last year, when all he wanted were those doggone Bakugan balls that were ridiculously hard to find. Again, Santa was bringing a lot of those and not much of anything else, as were the relatives. And a week before Christmas vacation started, his school principal banned them from the school grounds for causing disturbances on buses and on the playground.
And what’s the point of having something he can’t take to school to trade and play with friends? He decided he wanted other things.
Which he mostly didn’t get.
But I am getting smarter.
His entire list this year was Lego kits . I asked him-- How about some DS games? A kickball to replace the one that burst a few weeks ago? A dock for your iPod? You seriously can’t think of anything else for Santa to bring you?
And now, December 18, he’s written up a whole new list to send Santa (which include the items I mentioned above) and a few other things that would have been good to know a few weeks ago.
And which I mostly got.
Score one for mom.
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