Sunday, December 15, 2013

Oh Chip! The Things You Get Into...

Our little Elf is mischievous like most.  
Here is a little peek at what he has been up to since his arrival from the North Pole. 

Night #1 - Bubble bath after a long trip from the North Pole.
Night #2 - Catchin' a ride on the dinosaurs
Night #3 - Sugar snow angels
Night #4 - Candy cane swinging
Night #5 - Hummm...He may have gotten into some trouble with the small army.
Night #6 - Shop work with Buzz & Woody
Night #7 - Zip line in the living room.
Night #8 - Enjoying our newly decorated tree.
Night #9 - Apparently every tree should be decorated.

Night #10 - Ride down the stairs...??
Night #11 - Self Portrait
He did a good job if I do say so myself. ;)

Night #12 - Turned the milk green


Night #13 - The kids had a sleep over at Mimi & Grandpa's so Chip hide in Mommy's coffee mug
Night #14 - Chip wanted to hold a baby just like Mary with Baby Jesus

  
Night #15 - Ice skating on his own personal ice rink
Night #16 - Up a 'tree' with a monkey

Night #17 - Sick day...poor Chip
Night #18 - Taking a ride on Payton's new pony - Giddy Up!

Night #19 - Baked some cookies for the kids to decorate
Night #20 - All wrapped up.
*Ok so we missed three nights along the way...not sure what nights they were but...whatev. :) 
Night #24 - Christmas Eve Chip took pics with the kids so they could remember him through the whole year.




Sunday, December 1, 2013

Our Elf Chip

After hearing a small knock on the door our kids raced to see 'who' could be there. What did they find? A small box wrapped in red & white and a white envelop with all three of their names written on the front. 
 What could this be? Who could it be from? Nothing like this has ever shown up on our door step before...
Upon further inspection it was clear this was a gift from Santa!
 With much excitement they listened as I read them the letter. (I stole the idea from this blog:)
They opened the box to find our new little friend. 
Santa also left another gift. A book. This was our new friend's way of letting us know a little more about why he was here and what we needed to do. 
First thing...we needed to name him. 
C's first suggestion, Chip. Done! 
The book explained how Chip will report back to Santa each night and in the morning the kids had to find him. 
For now he sits on our windowsill by the stockings. 
I wonder where he will be in the morning...?? :) 

Bryan & I might be more excited about this then they are at this point but they are going to love it. I know it.