So I am in the bathroom and I realize too late that there is no toilet paper. I knew Henry was putting his pj's on so I called him.
I said, "Henry, can you get me some toilet paper out of the closet with all the towels and washrags? You know, the linen closet?" He said, "Oh, the one with the little door?" "Yes Henry, can you go get me some?"
I wait and wait, when I think he must have forgotten about me, I called him. He came running with an excited look, "Mommy, Santa doesn't need to bring us any Planet Heroes because we already have some!!!"
I quickly think of possible senarios and come up with only one. Henry proceeds to show me a secret place that I know all to well!
He had gone into my closet, moved some clothes on the rack and threw some down, yanked open a "little door" and saw all the Christmas presents. I had purchased them a month ago to make sure they would not be sold out. Henry then has to run down the stairs to tell Max, who wants to see the stash!
I nixed that and thought Max would not have done that because he doesn't like dark places. The next day Max asked me where the light was for the "little door"!
Now, Aunt Maryann said I needed to find a better hiding place, why would I need to do that when that was the "perfect" hiding place??!! Why did't I make sure there was toilet paper before I went into the bathroom, isn't that a rule or something?
Too funny...or as Homer Simpson would say, "Doh!" What did you use for your cover story? You could always say something like "Santa ran out of room at the North Pole and asked us to store your presents there." OR Play dumb and tell them that you didn't even know that those were in there. At any rate, I bet you'll always keep the bathroom stocked with toilet paper :c).
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Jen
I told him it was a surprise for Christmas. When Sophie found her presents one year, I told her we were storing them because Santa couldn't go to everyones house on one night. Pretty much that was the beginning of the end for Sophie. She does a great job keeping Santa alive for the boys though.
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