Bad mom

So, I totally was a bad mom today. I didn't see myself ever saying anything like this, but I did. We had a ton of errands to run, Christmas cards and packages to mail and plus, it was raining outside. The boys were being pretty good, except for Michael crying for candy at the store. But, the post office is always where I loose control. For some reason it is so hard to take kids to the post office. I had to mail a package to Brazil and that takes like twice as long as anything else. Anyway, the kids were not at their best and all of the sudden I heard myself saying, "Christopher and Michael, if you aren't good Santa isn't going to bring you any Christmas presents." What??? Did I really say that??I kind of laughed after I said it. We don't really push the whole Santa thing in our house because we want to emphasize celebrating the life of Jesus Christ and we know that even if we don't talk about it a lot they are going to pick up the idea of Santa Claus anyway, which they have. Not that I"m against Santa or anything...I think it's a really fun part of Christmas. Anyway, I just felt a little bad that I made them feel like Santa wouldn't like them if they weren't perfect all the time. Looking back on it now, it probably wasn't a big deal...but it totally felt like a silly, trite thing to say when I said it. Hahaha. And by the way, I don't think they believed me anyway, since there are a bunch of wrapped presents in the closet that they have seen...another hard part of living in such a small apartment. :)