Christmas Traditions!

We have several Christmas Traditions, some that are carried on from when I was growing up, and some we have started new with our family. If you look carefully next to Blakely's elbow, you will spy a little elf...one of our newer traditions. His name is Elfie...named by Blakely when he arrived in 2007. Every night he flies to the North Pole to report to Santa and deliver any messages Blakely might want to share with him during the day. Then every morning he returns and is hiding in a new spot! He comes to our house after Thanksgiving, and then leaves for the season on Christmas Eve. Blakely really enjoyed finding the "tricky" spots Elfie chose now that she is 4. There was no time for going to the bathroom and brushing her teeth...her first mission of the morning was always to find Elfie! She took great pleasure in showing everyone where he was if they came to our house. We love Elfie!