Santa's Helper has Arrived!

Don't know if you heard or not but....sh, it is a secret...Santa has helpers this year. I guess there are too many children now and it is such a busy time of year that Santa needs help watching all of the children around the world. So he is sending elves to some houses so they can keep tabs on all of the unruly kids. Some houses won't have one because Santa cans still watch SOME kids, just not all of them! Duh! So on Sunday, Ruddy came to visit us for the holidays! He is an "Elf on the Shelf". (Courtesy of Hallmark!) The doorbell rang and (conveniently) I was busy so Rylee had to answer the door. Low and behold....no one was there! I went to investigate and curled up in a ball was a little elf scared out of his mind! Sadie (our dog) ran out the door before Rylee and tried to eat our friendly helper! Rylee was kind of concerned that Santa might not send her a gift because she let his helper get mauled. After reassuring her, we set him on our shelf. Every night he flies to the North Pole to let Santa know if there are good children in our house.....but we can not touch him because his magic with disappear and he will never be able to see Santa again! The kids have been thrilled to get up every morning and try and find Ruddy....because when he gets back from the North Pole, he sits in a different spot! Hopefully, he will be a great childhood memory for my children.

Here is Ruddy this morning...he decided to perch on our lamp! The kids were so excited! They have been disclosing secrets and telling him to be sure and tell Santa those secrets when he goes to the North Pole! I think tomorrow he will be sitting on my espresso machine...wonder how I know that?!?