Eddie the Elf

Meet Eddie. Eddie the Elf!

On the evening of December 1st, there was a knock at our door. We opened it to find a present addressed to Kinzie and Cayden! After we convinced Kinzie it was okay to open it (we had drilled into her mind that we don't open presents til Christmas, so she really wanted to just put it under the tree), she opened it to find this Elf with a note from Santa saying he had sent us this Elf named Eddie and explaining why/what to do with him. 

Kinzie was ecstatic! The note said we were not allowed to touch the Elf or he would lose his magical powers. Kinzie understood this way more than I thought she would. We set him on the shelf and she never touched him. I thought for sure she would see him as just another stuffed animal to play with, but she did so good the whole month. If anyone asked if they could hold or touch Eddie, she would inform them "No, can't touch him or he'll lose his magic powers"! 

Every morning Eddie the Elf was in a new location, so Kinzie had fun searching for him every day! Some days he was just chilling, other days he brought us fun stuff, and a few days he was just plain silly! The following are a few of his endeavors:

Eddie brought us play-doh!

He was hiding in our Halloween Candy and eating a sucker!

This was one of my favorites--in the nativity scene holding Baby Jesus! (When I asked Kinzie why Elf would be holding baby Jesus, she told me "maybe Baby Jesus was crying during the night". I love her!)

Silly Eddie toilet paper'd our tree and got all wrapped/tangled up in toilet paper. Kinzie was not very happy with Elf this day.

We found him playing with Kinzie's kitchen. We think he was making some yummy food:)

In our wrapping paper!

Just chilling on the potty chair!

In our utensil bucket!

Yay! Thanks to Eddie the Elf, we got to make Christmas Cookies;) yum!

This was a fun one! Kinzie's reaction to this was so cute and so priceless! Eddie had poured himself a bowl of different cereals and was eating breakfast!

Guess he felt he needed a shower...

On Christmas Eve, he brought us a Good-bye note and magic towels! 

I am so glad we had Eddie visit us this year! Kinzie loved it and was super sad to see him go. A few days before Christmas Eve, I was "preparing" her and reminding her that Eddie was going to have to leave in a few days...and a few minutes later, she says in her sad voice, "Mommy, I'm going to miss Eddie the Elf" (whimper, whimper). Broke my heart. But I reassured her he'd be back....next year:)