Ellie Gives The Game Away
If you’ve got young children, as we have, I would like to give you a word of warning.
When it comes to Christmas time and you are buying a present for your wife, don’t let the kids see….
On Saturday, the present that I had ordered arrived in the post. Ellie was with me and wanted to know what was in the package. I explained that it was a present for Mummy, and that I needed to send it to Father Christmas so that he could deliver it. But first I needed to check that it was ok.
So after opening the package, Ellie wanted to see it. I showed her the present and she commented that Mummy had broken her previous necklace. (Gemma knows what it is so there’s no point trying to hide the fact of what it is!) So I said to Ellie that we can’t tell Mummy about it, it’s a surprise, we’ve got to keep it a secret. Ellie nodded her head and agreed.
I didn’t think anything of it again until last night.
We were all sat around the dinner table having our dinner, and I can’t remember what started it off, but Ellie then started to talk about Gemma’s broken necklace.
Mummy’s broke her necklace, she said.
“Yes, she has.” I replied.
Can we give her the necklace? she asked
“Pardon?” I asked.
The new one, off Father Christmas
“Ellie,” I said, putting my finger to my mouth. “Don’t tell Mummy! It’s a secret!”
Bless her, she looked all sheepish and went quiet. I told her that it didn’t matter, but we couldn’t give the necklace to Mummy as I’d sent it to Father Christmas.
Even though Ellie had given the element of surprise away, it was really heart-warming to think that she’d been thinking of her Mum and remembered that there was a new necklace waiting for Gemma. This was really sweet of her.
Themocracy
HaHa. That’s a cute story. Sounds like something one of my little neices would do. Kids can be caring and cute that way. I don’t have kids of my own and that’s most likely one of the things I would have missed the most about having one of my own…. the fact that they say and do things the way they do.
I keep telling my wife I got her a mars bar. Now I have to remember to buy a mars bar to wrap up!
@Kelly : Ellie was really cute, and just so innocent when she said about the necklace, it took me a couple of seconds to realise what she had said. Bless her!
@Sy : I hope that’s not all you’re going to give your wife this Christmas…