Santa is going to disappoint my kids

[ridingsixwhitehorses]

My kids, aged 6 and 4, were each allowed to ask santa for three things. In their three both kids asked santa for a skateboard. DH and I are keen not to get them a skateboard - they have scooters and bikes and we have tumbles a plenty but we are not ready to let them on skateboards yet especially as in the park we are looking after their toddler brother rather than running alongside. We don't wrap them in cotton wool - far from it - but skateboard just a bit too... wobbly, for us at this stage.

They are both getting the other two things on their lists.

Should santa send them a note saying that he and the elves decided skateboards are for over 7s? Or just ignore it and hope they don't remember/care? Can't get for their birthdays as they are both in Dec too.

Agree equally if you just can't be arsed with it,don't worry, just manage their expectations.

My kids don't make a list. Santa listens carefully all year and then surprises them!

Mine didn't and were never going to until they started school makeitpink. School use it as one of their literacy activities. Every. Bloody. Year.

Yy sitsonfence we didn't do it either until he brought home a letter from school in which he had painstakingly spelled out a toy he wanted, when I thought I was finished. They put so much emphasis on FC at school it's ridiculous. They've done his footprints, made food for the reindeer, written and posted letters... now wtf am I going to do in the holidays

I picked up two tiny little skateboards in Home Bargains for about £5 earlier op. My boys are the same age and like yours have bikes and scooters but one asked for a skateboard. I don't think he'll be overly interested / able to do it either but I was just going to put them out with their stockings.