*New Traditions*

This year we started a new tradition. We got a little package from the North Pole. =) Santa sent us our very own elf and this book to explain everything. It talks about how every night our elf will fly back to the North pole and report to Santa. He tells if we are Naughty or Nice. So, every morning the elf is in a different place in our house and the kids have to find him. You can't touch him either or his magic will go away! This is so cute and the kids loved it! You have to officially name your elf whatever you'd like and register it at the North Pole online. Alley named our elf "Nod." I have no clue where that came from...but we all agreed that that would be fine. Now, we love our little elf, Nod. The kids had so much fun trying to find him every morning and they even told Nod to tell Santa what they would like for Christmas. This year we were so late mailing our letters to Santa so we just sent them with Nod one night. He even brought a letter back with him the next morning from Santa. It was also fun to see all the fun things at the north pole and the girls especially had fun making cookies for Santa in Mrs. Claus' kitchen and sending them to him. We haven't seen Nod since Christmas Eve and we can't wait to see him again Next year! =)