Buddy the Elf....

we now are the proud owners of one, Buddy the Elf. He made the journey from the North Pole to keep a watch after the kids and report back to Santa Claus. He leaves during the night and will appear in a new location the next morning. Then, on Christmas Eve he will go back to the North Pole until next year when he'll come back and start the process all over again.

I must say, the kids are very interested in Buddy. They know they can't touch him because they will take his "magic" and then he won't be able to get to the pole. I've told them that they can only look at him. Rylie keeps looking at him and wondering how he can sit so still. She thinks his cheeks are getting redder and redder and she just laughs at the way he's holding his hands. It's priceless.