IHOP, Santa, beer, and me

We all know that some crazy things can come out of our kids' mouths.  What they say is sometimes the funniest, most embarrassing, most honest things we have ever heard.  And sometimes, they say things that make us wonder what the heck they are learning from us.  Okay, so here's what happened tonight at IHOP: my husband and I were trying to get the boys to settle down and stop bothering each other.  So of course, the topic lately has been Christmas and what they need to do and how they need to behave if they want Santa to bring them toys.  So basically, Santa = leverage, at least for me.  The conversation went like this:  "Hey boys...it's getting cold outside.  Guess what cold weather means?  (blank stares from all, including husband) It's getting closer to SOMEONE coming to visit...and guess what that SOMEONE brings????"  Well, Callen opened his mouth and said, "beer".  I do not know what I am doing that would make my son think that Santa will be bringing beer for Christmas.  And did he mean for him or hubs and I????  I decided not to ask and I knew by the look on my husbands face that he wanted to let it go too.  It was kind of funny and I did laugh a bit, but seriously, it does make me wonder if I'm keeping the family train on the tracks or if I, at some point, built the track wrong which will eventually derail the whole train.  I'm not sure but I do know that it was not my most proud moment as a parent.  Oh, and Callen also farted quite loud several times while at the table which his plastic booster seat amplified.  So yeah, it was an interesting night but at least IHOP has free kids meals from 4-7pm every night.