On December 1st, we had a visitor appear in our home. Overnight, with a little *elf magic*, our friend Mickey took it upon himself to create a little bit of the North Pole in our dining room.
In the book, it states that no one is to touch Mickey the Elf or else his magic will disappear. Owen was sooooooooooo excited to see a real elf and wanted to badly to touch him. Owen asked Mickey very sweetly if he could get special permission from Santa to hold him. We went out to lunch that day and when we came home, Mickey was holding a cell phone and had written a note. It said that he called Santa and because Owen is such a good boy, he can touch Mickey. However, Owen must be very gentle and he cannot drop Mickey! So we are allowed to hold and play with our elf around here. :)
Our elf is very busy at night. He flies back to the North Pole and reports to Santa how Owen and Lexie have been behaving. Sometimes Owen tells Mickey messages to give to Santa. Sometimes Mickey writes notes to Owen and Lexie. Owen looooooves to look for Mickey every morning because Mickey is always in a different spot, and sometimes he gets into mischief. Here are a few examples of things he has done.
One morning he decorated our tree with Owen's underwear! Yes, our tree is outside on our patio. With a very curious and busy 13 month old, for the protection of our tree and Lexie, we put it outside.
Another morning we discovered that he'd built a gingerbread house! He has also spelled out the kid's names with cereal, rolled down the stairs in a roll of toilet paper, and played games on the ipod!
Every Sunday morning, Mickey likes to remind us (and our toys!) about the real meaning of Christmas.
