Kaelin found her elf this morning.  She had forgotten that she left it in Koren’s closet, where the kids had watched a movie yesterday (What? You don’t watch movies in your closet?)

She was thrilled to be reunited, and Ellie is back to joining Eddie in the nighttime antics.  Tonight, they’re kind of just hanging around.

I got sabotaged halfway through this episode by my cat, who apparently thinks bobbing, dangling elves are entirely too enticing to ignore.  In fact, they’re worth going to great lengths to obtain… even after they have been hoisted several feet higher off the ground.  I learned exactly how high my cat can jump tonight… here’s a hint: it’s higher than I anticipated.

I *think* they’re at a safe height now, but I’m not entirely certain…

Kaelin lost her elf yesterday.  It’s here somewhere, but she was unable to find it before bed.  Since she was not able to put her elf to bed and sprinkle it with the Magic Snowflakes, Ellie Elf was unable to come to life last night.  Therefore, Eddie Elf had to do his mischief-making alone.  Hopefully Ellie will get to join him again tonight – I’m sure they’re lonely without each other.  Making paper snowflakes isn’t nearly as fun when you have to do it by yourself.

I know this.

Those naughty elves got into the cupcakes.

Recently, the kids wrote letters to Santa requesting him to send an elf to spend the Christmas Season with us.

Koren’s original letter to Santa.

Koren’s letter, dictated to Mama, after learning that sometimes elves get into trouble and make big messes – a possibility that concerned him greatly.

Kaelin’s letter to Santa. Can you tell she read Koren’s letter before writing her last sentence? My daughter might have a competitive streak.

This morning, they noticed two mysterious suitcases sitting by the fireplace.

Santa answered their requests by sending us two elves, complete with magic snowflakes, and personalized letters from the big man in red himself.  The elves are really quite cute and even come with little passports.  As a personal preference, I didn’t go with the Elf on the Shelf variety that I see everywhere, and I was quite pleased when we received these cute little guys.  We also kind of implemented our own take on the purpose of the elves’ visit, as referenced in the letters (because I maybe sort of have a distaste for the whole “you have to be good enough to get presents from Santa” thing) which varies from the Elf on the Shelf version somewhat.

Eddie and Ellie spent Thanksgiving with us at Grandmommy and Grandpa’s house, and were tucked into bed tonight with the requisite sprinkling of magic snowflakes.  Both kids are eagerly awaiting the antics that their new little friends are certain to instigate.