"A Little Part of Me Died This Morning"

On the way to school...
Ashton: Mom is Santa Real?
Me: Uh...No
A: He's not!
Me: No, I'm sorry!
A: (sad face)
Me: The excitement of Christmas morning will still be there!
A: I kinda had a feeling when I saw Sierra come out of her room with stockings on Christmas Eve. (She filled mine and Jake's stockings and apparently buddy boy wasn't asleep yet, oops!)
Who eats the cookies?
Me: (I raised my hand)
A: That's why you said "maybe we should put out cucumbers so Santa can have something healthy to eat".
Me: haha, now Ashton you have a special job. You have to keep the secret and help others to still believe, especially those who are younger than you.
A: ok, especially the kindergardners.
Me: :)