The Household COO

Last night, the hubby and I were visiting PL and JV. Hubby is the god father of their baby girl, Emilie, so we often go over to visit. We joke that the only reason we see them so often is because of Emilie, but come to think of it, it’s probably half true. The same goes with god daughter Rachel - we’re never over there to see the parents, we’re always there for Rachel. I suppose the same thing will happen to me when Gavin is born. Gavin will be the one having all the visitors and I’ll just happen to be there because I’m his mother. Digressing…

Back to the point of this post… With Christmas approaching around the corner, PL has been playing Christmas songs on their old player. Keeping in mind that hubby has never grown up with the concept of Christmas or Santa Claus, he made a remark last night that sent us all roaring with laughter. When the song “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” came on, hubby exclaimed what a whore the mother was to be kissing Santa Claus and what a bastard Santa Claus was to be taking advantage of the situation.

Of course he wasn’t really aware that traditionally it is Daddy who dresses up as Santa Claus and the kid in the song was really watching Mommy kiss Daddy who’s wearing the Santa oufit. Being a child who still believes in Santa Claus, she wouldn’t know that the Santa she was looking at was really her Dad.

With Christmas around the corner, I was checking out some toys and cute clothes at The Curve yesterday and I thought of what the hubby should be getting for his god daughters. When I called the hubby, he said that he didn’t celebrate Christmas so he wasn’t going to buy presents. I suppose that is his perogative but it got me thinking about Gavin and how we’re going to raise him.

Just as the hubby’s family have their own traditions and festivals that I have agreed Gavin will be a part of, Christmas is one of my traditions and festivals. I want Gavin to know about the story of Christmas and all the fun things related to Christmas. Perhaps it’s time for hubby and I to have another discussion about Gavin’s upbringing…