Who Outed Santa?!

Noah and Jonah's school was hosting their annual Boo Bash celebrating Halloween. Noah wanted to be The Dark Knight and after searching with no luck in the costume aisle of Target we conned him into being Spider-man (a good runner up if you ask me). So the night after the wonderful event he and I were chatting about super heroes and he commented that Spider-man lived in New York but were was Gotham City located. Him being seven and all, I gently told him that super heroes didn't exist and even though Spider-man lives in NYC he's a made up character. With a no-brainer look on his face he replays "OK, is there anyone else that doesn't exist?" I kinda gave him that puzzled look, as in are you sure you want to know. He continued with a "come on, I can handle it" (Jack Nicholson would be so proud). So I thought to myself, Yes! he's ready to know the truth about the big guy and so I proceeded with a "well, Santa isn't real" he opened his eyes, but still giving me that poker face said "so the Easter Bunny isn't real?" and I said no.  He continued, cool as a cucumber and asked what else wasn't real and so I showed him his baby teeth (yes, I still have 'em) and that  my friends was the straw that broke the camels back "YOU'RE THE TOOTH FAIRY?!!!" and with teary eyes he ran away saying "thanks a lot mom". So, I did it, I broke my sons heart (insert sad face here) I have never felt more crummier as a mom in my whole seven years being a mother.

So a couple of days later we picked him up from school, he hands me his classwork, winks and says "we're writing persuasive letters to Santa". Guess who's not feeling so crummy anymore? (insert half smile here).