Lefty the Elf 2012

Lefty the Elf is one wild and crazy dude.

He added so much joy to our month.  

The boys looked forward to finding him every morning.  

A few days into it I realized that they were waking up EXTRA early to find him.  {not cool boys}

Lefty kicked off the holiday season with a bang!  

We heard a knock on the door during our North Pole party.

The boys bum rushed ran to the door to find a wrapped package on the ground.  

The package was addressed to our boys and friends post marked from the North Pole.

The boys mauled unwrapped the package to find Lefty the Elf with this note:

Once Lefty entered the scene it was non-stop fun and games!

Here is a recap of Lefty's activity over the month.

1. Arrived in a wrapped package from the North Pole.

2. Toilet papered the chandelier with a note reminding boys to "have fun!"

3.He served up some snow man donuts for the boys.

4.Hanging out with the tough guys. {toy soldiers}

 5. Happy birthday Satch. {stached with a party hat}

6. Rode in on Rudolph the red nose monster truck.

7.The grand Marshall of the Mardi Gras parade.

8. He turned our van into a reindeer.

 9. While he was at it he turned the boys into Rudolph too!

10. Too much action.  He needed a break. Do not disturb, sleep mask, and cuddled with Thing 1.

11.Baked chocolate bears for the boys and left them some cool aprons.

12. The boys searched the house with flashlights to find Lefty hanging off the airplane in their room.

 13. Funny guy made copies of himself on the copier and scattered his picture around the house.

14. Re-enacting the living nativity holding Baby Jesus.

15. Photo booth props pictures with Santa.

16. Hiding out in the kissing booth under the tree.  He left the boys Hershey kisses.

 17. Lefty brought back magic soil from the North Pole and elf seeds for an extra special treat.

18. He gave the boys a gentle reminder to brushy brushy brushy.

19. Hilarious. He made an elf yourself video of the boys.

20.  The underwear were hung on the chimney with care.  

 21. He wanted in on a little s'mores action too.

22.  Lefty's 1st attempt to get back home. He packed his bags and was waiting at the train station.

23. He followed us to the hotel with a note. Santa lifted his power so the boys could tell him goodbye. 

{I thought this was the end of Lefty.  Boy was I wrong.  Griff found him in my purse.  He then found him in our suit case once we returned home.  Griff was all smiles.  I was not}

24. Lefty was placed back in his box next to the milk and cookies for Santa.  He FINALLY hitched a ride back to the North Pole with Santa.   

Here are a few photos from our very emotional goodbye #1 to Lefty.

Griff was able to touch Lefty for the first time.
Thanks to Santa for lifting the magic so the boys could bid their pal a proper farewell. 

Roman kissing Lefty.

The boys with Lefty.

Getting one final good-bye in.

Griff was very sad to see his pal go.
I was totally not expecting this.

Griff hugging Lefty very tight one last time.
Until next year...

Thanks to Lefty for adding so much fun to our holiday season.

The mornings just won't be the same without him.

Looking forward to next year!