<p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">It's all a blur.  
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">How I went from "Well, you should ask Santa" after she expressed interested in a product to impatiently asking "When are you going to write your Christmas list?"
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">But before I knew it, I was pressing my five year old to write.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">Oh yea, that's why. 
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">Because I look for any reason to get her to sit down and do a project of some sort with me. That's right; I'm all for bonding over crayons.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">As I offered up the number five, I knew years from now I would be kicking myself.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">I told her because she's five and a half; she gets to ask Santa for five things.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">But … yes, I did go there…. if she doesn't behave, Santa doesn't have to bring any of the five things.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">And I explained it's only a wish list so Santa doesn't have to get anything from the list.
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">(I covered myself in case her wish list was ridiculous and I couldn't fathom purchasing any of it.)
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">Then she asked if Luke gets to ask for three things and Harrison gets to ask for one.  
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">I told her Santa allows Harrison to ask for two because he's closer to two than one.  Ah, these rules I make up. ;) 
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">So far she's written three things on her list –
</span></p><ol><li><div><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">A bean bag (it's a specific one she saw at a friend's house. I was hoping it would be at Land of Nod but its not. drat.)
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 </p></li><li><div><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">A watch (good, because I don't want to have to ask strangers for the time anymore or dig through my bag for my cell phone even though it have a dedicated cell phone pocket)
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 </p></li><li><div><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">Black and grey crayons (wha?! She explained she didn't want to have to shade things in with her pencil anymore and wanted more black and grey crayons)
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 </p></li></ol><p><span style="font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">I'm surprised.  I might be getting off easy this year and then realize why on her 16<sup>th</sup> birthday. For now, I'll just enjoy.
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 </p><p><span style="color:#1f497d; font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt">Anyone else surprised by their child's holiday wish list this year?</span></p>