the elf on the shelf... is back!

Our little 'Wally' arrived last night, with no less then two advent calendars.
Ahh, we had two happy girls in our house this morning!

where's wally? (...aka, the elf...)

I don't know what made her decide on the name "Wally"... but literally, within a second of me reading the page (in the 'elf on the shelf' book) that said, we needed to name him, she blurted out... "WALLY!"

Oh the exitement and fun of finding where he is and what he's up to every morning, it's almost too much for our little 4 year old! To be honest, her excitement for Christmas, Ireland, chocolate, presents and all the other festivites that are going on right now is just crazy over-the-top! In fact, she can hardly stand on her two feet for any length of time! She's either hoping or jumping or giggling or singing or chattering nineteen to the dozen! Oh 4, what a wonderful age!

Anyway, she has been getting a good laugh out of Wally and his crazy antics! Her best line was when she saw Wally dancing with Barbie, she exclaimed "OH! They must be getting married!" Heh! I can't wait to see her face in the morning when she finds him in a bit of a predicament on the toilet while having a pee, along with helping himself to copious amounts of toilet roll. Oh yes, and I put some blue food colouring into the toilet water too! Heh! Okay okay, I admit, I'm having as much fun as she is!

[ the 'elf on the shelf' flickr set is here ]

elf on the shelf

A little yet-to-be-named elf arrived into our house in the wee hours of the morning, along with a Christmas present that Santa couldn't carry all the way to Ireland because it was too heavy!

I can't wait to see her reaction to the elf and his responsibilities! Have you ever heard of the elf on the shelf tradition?