Jingle

 

That's right folks. Santa sent us our very own Elf. In case Santa has never sent an Elf to your house, let me explain. He shows up once a year around Christmas time to check in with our family. When he first arrived, he won over all the children by bringing us some delicious "North Pole" food like gingerbread cookies, powered donuts, candy & hot chocolate. In fact, now the only thing Connor "really wants for breakfast is Winter food, like Jingle eats." Yes, I agree that does taste much better than whatever Mom usually makes.

 

He usually sits somewhere where he has a good view of the house, and he watches to see if we are naughty or nice. He especially LOVES all things Christmas. 

It is his favorite time of the year, after all.

Sometimes he does nice things for us like fixes toys (Elves are good at that) and this year he hung up our stockings (because he really likes to see the house decorated for Christmas, of course).

 We have noticed that Jingle can be a bit mischievous too...

 ...so we've been working hard trying to teach him how to behave correctly. Occasionally, Connor will just start shaking his head and laugh. I'll ask him what he's doing. "Oh, its just Jingle. I CAN'T believe he...(fill in the blank)...drank all that syrup RIGHT. FROM. THE. JAR." He really is just so crazy, that little Elf. We can hardly wait to see what he'll do next. Be careful if you plan to visit or stay the night. Rumor has it he likes to play pranks on adults too.