(from dec 20)
One night, about a week after Thanksgiving, the four of us were sitting in the house and we heard what sounded like Santa's bells outside our door. We all went to the door and waiting outside for us was a box.
Inside the box was an elf and a book and we all sat down and read. We soon discovered that Santa sent this elf to our house to watch us and make sure that we all behaved. Each night, the elf went back to the North Pole to report our behavior to Santa and would come back to watch us the next day. He would hide in a different spot every day and the kids have had a blast running around trying to find him. Dylan calls him "eff" but he has a name. According to the book, each elf needs to be given a name and Ryan was allowed to pick. He immediately said he knew a great name and decided on "Spiderman" to which we said no. His next two choices were Batman and Ironman and we explained that he needed to come up with a name that was not a superhero. We offered some suggestions, none of which were good and then Ryan said he knew for sure what the name should be - Pickle Tony.
One night, about a week after Thanksgiving, the four of us were sitting in the house and we heard what sounded like Santa's bells outside our door. We all went to the door and waiting outside for us was a box.
Inside the box was an elf and a book and we all sat down and read. We soon discovered that Santa sent this elf to our house to watch us and make sure that we all behaved. Each night, the elf went back to the North Pole to report our behavior to Santa and would come back to watch us the next day. He would hide in a different spot every day and the kids have had a blast running around trying to find him. Dylan calls him "eff" but he has a name. According to the book, each elf needs to be given a name and Ryan was allowed to pick. He immediately said he knew a great name and decided on "Spiderman" to which we said no. His next two choices were Batman and Ironman and we explained that he needed to come up with a name that was not a superhero. We offered some suggestions, none of which were good and then Ryan said he knew for sure what the name should be - Pickle Tony.
Pickle because he loves pickles and Tony for Tony Stark, Ironman's real name. Pretty funny stuff. So every morning, we would wake up and find Pickle T and one morning we found him here
Pickle Tony brought us our Christmas tree!!! Ryan was beside himself trying to figure out how pickle tony got the tree, how he carried it, how did he open the door etc. When I asked if he wanted to help us decorate the tree, he forgot all of his questions, thank goodness, and couldn't wait to pick out which ornaments he wanted to hang. While Jay and I put the lights up, the kids had breakfast and then it was decoration time!!
Both Dylan and Ryan were very excited about helping and while most of the ornaments ended up in the same spot, they did a great job working together. Dylan threw most of his ornaments at the tree, not really getting the hanging part but Ryan was very patient with him and tried to help.
I am sorry I didn't take a picture of the fully decorated tree because it looked great. The first day, Dylan kept taking off all of the train and Sesame Street ornaments but after that, he didn't touch it at all. I love when the tree is up and I turn it on at night as soon as we walk in the door.
Thanks Pickle Tony for bringing such a great tree - hope next years tree is just as good **wink, wink**
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