Bye Tinsel...we will miss you!

One of our most FAVORITE things this year was Tinsel!!! He is one of our new traditions!! He was delivered to our house, sent by Santa himself on December 1st. He is our special little elf, whom we named Tinsel. He watches the girls every day and at night he goes to the north pole and reports to the big man whether they have been naughty or nice. Then when he comes back he hides in a different place. So every morning that was the first thing the girls would do....is look for Tinsel. Some days he was easy to find...and other days not so much. The first little girl to spot Tinsel would show each of their sisters when they woke up in the morning. When Tinsel came to us he was sent with a book that we read which stated there was only one rule they had to follow. That rule was he was not suppose to be touched or his powers would go away. Because we have a mischievous 2 year old in our house, Tinsel always hid in high places far away from chubby little hands. But there was no need for that...one day my mom came to visit and give the girls their gifts. The first thing Karli wanted to do was show Tinsel to gama sinny. They walked over to where he was hiding and she said, "No touch gama sinny" and Grama said "Why?" and she said "His powers go bye bye". Today being the 24th of December the girls all said their goodbyes to Tinsel because he was going back to the North Pole with Santa. We are definitely doing this next year !!! So much fun!

The other fun thing was after we sent our letters to Santa this year he sent them a message. Their own PNP. The message was personalized for each child with their name, year in school, and included pictures of what they did this year. Imagine the excitement they felt when Santa said their name and showed pictures of them in his file. Most of the girls got told they were good little girls. But there was one that her message was a little different. Karli got told she was on naughty watch. And she reminded us about every other day..she would say "I on naughty watch". She is so funny. I love Christmas!