Our Elf Part 1

A few years ago shortly after Thanksgiving we received a knock on the door. I was busy so we had the boys get it. On the door step was a funny looking elf in a sleigh and an envelop with their names on it. They brought everything inside and read the letter. The letter was from Santa explaining that this was one of his elves and that he would be staying with us until Christmas. His name - Winky Tippietoes. Apparently he got in trouble in the toy shop and got assigned to kid duty. That year he wasn't very much trouble, occasionally he would get into things like taking off the couch cushions and such but it wasn't that bad and the boys enjoyed having an elf around. He promptly went home on Christmas eve. 

The following year right after Thanksgiving he was back and so was the mischief. Last year the boys started asking about him even before Thanksgiving. The days after Thanksgiving came and went and he was no where to be found. (Literally, I looked everywhere and couldn't find him.) So a few days late on our door step they found an elf with a note. This elf was Winky's Cousin Wonky who was sent because apparently Winky never checked in and was MIA. The letter that came with Wonky said that he would stay with us until Winky was found. Winky never did show up that year and Wonky was a lot more troublesome that Winky ever was.

This year Winky has returned. The weekend after Thanksgiving on the way home Lucas heard a thud. When he got home he found Winky the elf on the front windshield. The boys were very excited to see Winky again. Winky however is not the timid elf he was the first few times he visited. He apparently has been taking lessons on how to cause trouble and can't seem to stay out of it this year. The first thing the boys do when they wake up is find the elf. How long is it till Christmas when I can ship him back to the North Pole?

The first morning the boys found Winky on the couch sippy cup in hand watching Grey's Anatomy. Silly elf. Then Nathanial kept coming up with ideas for the elf to do. I told him not to talk in front of the elf so what does he do? He cover's Winky's ears and keeps spouting ideas. Well apparently Winky's ears were not covered well enough and over the last week or so we have seen him do some of the things Nathanial came up with. Have I told you I am ready to ship him back to the North Pole already.

Snow Angel? nah, Flour Elf. 

Hanging with the Bunny

Winky got stuck in the Stocking. Photo by Nate

 Winky decided to try and be helpful. I had been trying to get the boys to pick up which they didn't do. In the morning there was a pile of trash in front of the fireplace and Winky had picked up all the non trash. The boys didn't think it was funny that he had thrown their toys away. I did find it funny and Winky did earn brownie points that day.

Photo by Nate

Plugging in the Christmas Tree

My doll Cabinet. Photo by Nate.

Nathanial has had a blast, he has shown an interest in photography so I have been teaching him how to use my camera. He was very excited to see his bi-line.