They're Here!

Elfie & Bedford arrived two nights ago and boy do we have some excitement around our house! As many of you know, Elfie is our magical elf that has been with Samuel every Christmas since his very first. He arrives when we put our Christmas tree up and leaves on Christmas Eve with Santa. Bedford joined us last year a couple of days before Christmas due to a letter sent to Santa from Samuel on John Michael's behalf. They have been up to their usual tricks already! This is one of our favorite traditions! We have such good memories of all the things our elves have gotten into and Samuel can't wait every year for the arrival. He loves it and John Michael will too, I'm sure, as he catches on to the whole idea. Sometimes there is quite a mess to clean up when these little guys are finished with one of their tricks. They love to get into the toilet paper, pop popcorn for themselves, watch movies during the night, climb the Christmas tree, get into the refrigerator, even bake cookies, play video games, anything you can imagine. Last year they went to McDonalds during the night and the next morning we found the jeep parked all crooked in the garage with Happy Meal boxes and french fries all over the place and Christmas music blaring loud! Another morning Samuel couldn't find Elfie anywhere. When he got to school he found him hidden away in his backpack. And the best part? His teacher's kids have elves also so she played along and Elfie did tricks in his classroom! How great was that? Another of our favorites was Joseph's idea. Again, we couldn't find Elfie one morning. He had gone to work with Joseph and came home with a Coral Industries official picture ID badge and a paycheck and everything. That was great. Samuel still talks about all of these tricks from one year to the next. It has been something we will all remember for years to come. How many more years does Samuel have still believing? I don't know, but I do know that we will all be sad when it ends for him. But the fun part will be him helping play tricks for John Michael. I will keep you posted on some of the latest tricks!