1.11.2013

we have an elf, but he doesn’t live on a shelf…

I didn’t do Christmas posts during Christmas so now I have to backtrack…

We have had an elf that lives with us during the Christmas season. His name is Pickles…

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He has been part of our family for a few years…way before the silly Elf on the Shelf craze hit.

This year when Pickles visited he brought a letter explaining that Santa had given him a promotion and we would have a new elf living at our house.

His name is Gherkin.

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And he was much more mischievous than Pickles had been.

I documented some the the mischief he got himself into during December.

Gherkin found the Kisses…he seems to like chocolate.

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We found him taking the toy tractor out for a joy ride.

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One night the kidlets had a family-room sleepover and Gherkin joined them…in Santa’s hat.

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Gherkin took the rocking horse through it’s paces.

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I found Gherkin hanging out on the couch with the remote and the channel was on infomercials. I’m glad the debit cards were put away where he couldn’t find them.

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Gherkin enjoyed a goodie plate.

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Who knew an elf would enjoy The Hunger Games?

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At least with all the goodies he practiced good oral hygiene.

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Gherkin floating in a sea of peppermints.

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He seemed to enjoy the gluten-free treats too,

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And he is a bit of an adrenalin junkie. We found him on top of our entertainment center.

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He wasn’t impressed with our minimal tree decorations and added his own touch…toilet paper.

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After we made our Gingerbread Houses he made himself right at home.

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And he couldn’t keep himself away from all the ribbons and bows that we used for wrapping.

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He was a silly little elf.

And we can’t wait to see what mischief he gets into next year.

4 comments:

  1. I heard a lot about Gherkin - it was fun to follow his adventures through a 5 and 7 year old's eyes :)

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  2. OH NO!!! A naughty elf??!!! I had told everyone that you had an elf before it was "cool", and I liked him much better because he was obedient....

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  3. wow that elf gets around... ; )

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  4. I would sue those Elf on a Shelf people for stealing your idea.

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