North Pole News

Hermie, our elf made his first appearance of the Christmas season this week. He arrived in style this year, bringing with him, the First Annual North Pole Breakfast. The night before we watched The Elf On the Shelf movie and re-read our book, so the kids knew he was coming.

The morning of his arrive, Matt and I stayed in bed until the kids were up and listened to them as the saw his surprises. We could hear Madeleine reading their letter from him and then they quickly ran into our room to "wake" us.
Hermie had left each of them a note, telling them that he'd been checking on them this past year and they'd been good, and reminding them to be sweet to each other and listen to mom and dad. :) He left them each some socks to keep their toesies warm on cold nights and they each also got a Christmas book to add to our collection. Madeleine got the Junie B. Jones book "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (P.S. So Does May)" and Harrison got the Disney collection of Christmas Stories. They both loved their surprises from Hermie!

They also found "snow" donuts made into snowmen and hot chocolate -- a favorite winter breakfast. Hermie also reminded them in their letter not to forget to tell him what they want for Christmas so he can tell Santa. Later that morning, after breakfast, I rounded the corner into the empty kitchen to see Harrison, with his back to me, talking up to Hermie and telling him his Christmas lists. I stopped just out of his view and listened -- the last thing on his list was that Hermie would do this same thing next year. Oh how I loved that. You could just feel the magic of Christmas in that moment.

And our little elf had hidden himself in the light fixture above all the festivities.

Charlotte had her first "snow" donut that morning and they quite the hit with her! She kept gobbling them up, until we finally had to make her stop!

Harrison with his candy cane mouth. Hermie left curly-Q candy canes that they'd never seen before and could only have come from the North Pole!

It was such a fun morning and the perfect way to start our Christmas season. :) Oh the magic of Christmas when seen through the eyes of a child.