Well, we've entered another "stage" in life.
Tristan (who is 9 and 3/4 now :)) asked me about Santa yesterday. I tried to evade answering him when he asked "do you bring the presents" but he persisted and he was muttering about "lies and lying" under his breath. So, I sucked it up and answered him. He burst out crying but calmed down. I am still not sure if he was crying because he was really upset or if it was that he thought he wouldn't get presents any more. I took him to our favorite bagel shop and we sat and talked about it. He asked me "What about the Easter Bunny?" and I just looked at him. He said "OH God! Not that too!!" I didn't know whether to laugh or cry on that one.
Later he told me that he felt like he had entered a new stage.
Stage five, he said.
I asked him what that meant. He said "Now I'm a man."
I told him I didn't think so...
not yet...