Something very very unexpected arrived in the post today. 

 

It was a letter for Henry. From Santa. 

Now I might be the last one in on this. Maybe everyone knows that if you write to Santa he writes back. 

I sure didn't.

Henry wrote a letter last week:

 

 

He wrote it completely unassisted (i.e. without me neurotically correcting spelling.) 

He started with his name because he wanted to, and added  two k's for good measure. No, I don't know why either. 

Translation:

Dear Santa

for Christmas I would like

    zoo zoo pet

    ben 10 toy

    go go crazy bones

Love Henry

 

We put it in an envelope and he wrote on the front:

"Santa Claus,

North Pole"

We put a stamp on it and he posted it.

Then he gets this, from here.

 

I think I was about as excited as he was.

 

 

It was quite a long letter, warbling on about how much Santa loved Australia, please leave out a sausage for him on Christmas Eve etc. All pretty cute. 

One six-year-old here is beside himself with excitement about Christmas. 

And it's only December 2nd.

xxx