Christmas Separation Anxiety

Samantha has it bad.  She walks around like a lost puppy and asking at least 3 times a day, Christmas coming back? Christmas coming soon?  I go sleep and Santa Claus come?

Kind of breaks my heart just a little. Last Friday, I had her help me de-decorate the tree thinking that might give her a role in the whole process.  She did great - brought me ornaments put the wrapped up ornaments in the box.  We talked about how Christmas comes once a year and how Bonnie (elf) had went back with Santa Claus, etc. etc.  I turn my back for mere seconds and the tree has on ornaments and some ribbon and there is Samee with the Christmas tree star and a frown.  No, Momma.  Christmas time.    --- yikes.

This week has been a little better but before she goes to bed, she normally asks if Santa will come when she sleeps.  It's not the gifts and the opening b/c she really didn't have the motivation to unwrap all of her presents at the multiple Christmas's we had.  She just LOVES the idea of Christmas.  We talk about Baby Jesus and Santa Claus and oh my, all the lights.  The little girls face just lights up with talk about ANYTHING Christmas.

When she would ask about Christmas I kept telling her the it wasn't coming for awhile.  I felt like I was running into a brick wall, over and over and over again.  Finally I told her "Samee, you have to wait 11 months".  She looked at me, cocked her head to the side, mulled it over and said "oh, ok." I guess she needed a time frame! =)  We then talked about how in January it's Nana's birthday and in February it's Valentine's Day and Grandma Keach's birthday and I went through the months naming 1 or 2 things for each of them.  This seems to have put the anxiety a little at bay.

How is Ben doing? you might be thinking.  He just wants to eat the paper.  =)