Elf Delivery!

Santa sent us an elf. Yes, an elf.

Yesterday when Grace came home from a friends house there was a box addressed to Thomas, Grace and Mandy on the front porch. We opened the letter first and it said:

Dear Thomas, Grace and Mandy,

I am very excited to tell the three of you that you have been chosen to be part of a new Elf Reporting Program we’re starting here at the North Pole.

I have sent a Magic Elf to you by the name of Jingle and between the two of us, he’s quite a handful. I chose you to be assigned to him because I know you’ll able to keep things under control. You should see the pictures the day he wrecked my sleigh. It took Elf Max in the Sleigh Workshop weeks to get it in the air again!

Jingle will spend the next few weeks at your house on XXXX Blvd. He will be watching and reporting to let me know if you are naughty or nice. When I come to visit on Christmas Eve he will present his report and head back to the Workshop with me, so be sure you bring him along to Branson with you!

Be very wary! Jingle has been known to get into a bit of Elf Mischief…he will be inspecting your house from top to bottom and sometimes these Elves just can’t stay out of trouble. I am sending him to you in his bed, each night before you go to sleep please put him to bed by the fireplace and sprinkle a pinch of Magic Snow over him. You will find that Elves can not move on their own while you are awake, but come to life once you’re asleep at night! Don’t be fooled though, Jingle can still see and hear everything you do when you’re awake….so be good for goodness sake! If he gets into too much trouble or breaks anything while he is there please leave me a note on Christmas Eve to let me know. Thank you for being part of the new Elf Reporting Program and I will be “seeing” you before you know it!

Ho Ho Ho,Santa

Mass hysteria ensued after they read the letter. Thomas and Grace immediately ran full throttle upstairs to clean their rooms. Mandy was a little confused though. She thought the elf had come to clean her room for her!

At bedtime we sprinkled him with the Magic Snow...

Then, this morning when we got up for school...his bed was empty! We couldn't find him at first, but when we went to the kitchen for breakfast this is what we saw...He'd pigged out on Milky Way's, M&M's, cookies and brownies and finished off an entire Coke Zero! No wonder he was passed out in the candy bowl clutching his tummy! The kids found this so hysterical and exciting they could hardly eat breakfast.

I guess the North Pole is pretty up on it's technology cuz not only did he leave a huge mess in the kitchen, but he managed to hack my blogger account and set himself up a blog...
http://jinglesvisit.blogspot.com/

We were all gone most of the day, and I guess he got bored because this is what we found when we all came home after school...

He's quite mischevious and a bit naughty! But, he's certainly keeping us entertained while we wait for Christmas to get here!

Blessings,

Leslie