Nothing like a major holiday to add one 
more thing to the parenting plate!
Already we are moms or dads, chauffeurs, chefs, economists, stylists and personal assistants. Bless those single parents who juggle dual roles as mother and father.
Sure there’s the stress of shopping and cooking, but holidays such as Christmas take our parental duties to the next level - one filled with imagination and magic!
My third-grade daughter asked the other day whether Santa Claus was real. The stock answer my husband and I give to inquiries such as these is: “If you believe it, it’s real.” But when your child tells you all her classmates think the bearded one is a fake, you have to work a little harder.
We have tried to make holidays and losing one’s teeth special ever since our kids have been old enough to appreciate morning surprises such as full stockings, overflowing baskets and a shiny new coin. We eat the cookies and drink the milk, put green food coloring in the toilet (those naughty leprechauns!), toss a trail of plastic grass and sprinkle fairy dust. This is the fun part of being a parent!
Each year it seems my husband and I have done something different to step it up. One Christmas morning, our daughter woke up to colorful lights adorning her vanity mirror. Another year, our kids found dozens of stuffed animals circled around the tree. And now they look forward to decorating the tiny trees they found in their room upon waking one holiday morning.
I was delighted when I ran into my friend Viv at the neighborhood grocery store, who told me about and later forwarded me the link to this free website portablenorthpole.tv/home. Parents simply send a photo and some information to the site and, in turn, get a very realistic and personalized message to their child directly from Santa. The results are amazing and we can’t wait to try it for ourselves!
more thing to the parenting plate!Already we are moms or dads, chauffeurs, chefs, economists, stylists and personal assistants. Bless those single parents who juggle dual roles as mother and father.
Sure there’s the stress of shopping and cooking, but holidays such as Christmas take our parental duties to the next level - one filled with imagination and magic!
My third-grade daughter asked the other day whether Santa Claus was real. The stock answer my husband and I give to inquiries such as these is: “If you believe it, it’s real.” But when your child tells you all her classmates think the bearded one is a fake, you have to work a little harder.
We have tried to make holidays and losing one’s teeth special ever since our kids have been old enough to appreciate morning surprises such as full stockings, overflowing baskets and a shiny new coin. We eat the cookies and drink the milk, put green food coloring in the toilet (those naughty leprechauns!), toss a trail of plastic grass and sprinkle fairy dust. This is the fun part of being a parent!
Each year it seems my husband and I have done something different to step it up. One Christmas morning, our daughter woke up to colorful lights adorning her vanity mirror. Another year, our kids found dozens of stuffed animals circled around the tree. And now they look forward to decorating the tiny trees they found in their room upon waking one holiday morning.
I was delighted when I ran into my friend Viv at the neighborhood grocery store, who told me about and later forwarded me the link to this free website portablenorthpole.tv/home. Parents simply send a photo and some information to the site and, in turn, get a very realistic and personalized message to their child directly from Santa. The results are amazing and we can’t wait to try it for ourselves!
Ho ho ho.
Ho ho ho.
We are Santa’s elves.
written for http://blog.sacramentoparent.com 
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