Uh Oh

Last night, on the way home from school, I asked Ben about his day....the conversation went like this....

M: What did you do at school today?
B: We had to write a letter to Santa
M: What did you write?
B: I wrote a list of things I wanted
M: What did you ask for?
B: A blue cat
M: You already have a blue kitty that you sleep with every night
B: [duh] I know, but I want another one
[OK - so far so good, fingers crossed I'll be able to find a blue toy cat]
M: What else did you ask for?
B: I asked for lots of things for Jonathan
M: Really, like what?
B: Just lots of stuff [fingers crossed, when Christmas morning arrives Ben will have forgotten about asking for "stuff" for Jonathan]
M: Did you ask for anything else for yourself
B: Yes, just one more thing, a black bat
M: A black bat - what kind of bat?
B: You know, a black one
M: A bat that flies in the sky? [Now I'm thinking cheap rubber halloween bat]
B: [insert giggle] no way Mom, a bat
M: Bat as in bat and ball?
B: Mo-Om [insert giggle again] - no - a black bat, a giant one, like this big [opens arms as wide as they'll go]
M: So, is this a big baseball bat?
B: nope
M: Oh, is it an inflatable bat?
B: No, you know, Jason has one, except his is Spiderman and I want a black one [we've never been to Jason's house; therefore, never seen said Spiderman bat].
M: Ben, I really don't know what the bat is.
B: That's OK Mom, you'll know what it's like when Santa brings it
[crap!]
M: Errrrrrr, well, Ben, if I don't know what it is, maybe Santa doesn't either
B: [insert eye roll] oh yes he does, remember, Santa knows everything.
M: [trying to think as fast as possible] errrrr, but Ben, remember, you wrote a letter to Santa last weekend, and like I told you, you can only ask Santa for 3 things, and your list already had 3 things on it, a soccer ball, a nerf gun and I think you'd asked for Star Wars Star Fighters, remember, those really cool toys that you really want, so, now you've got to decide, do you want cool Star Fighters or a bat?
B: Hmmmmmm, maybe Star Fighters

YES!!!!!