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Fitzy has Returned


Photo-A-Day #3161

Our beloved Elf on the Shelf has returned for the third year. Eva is simply delighted by this tradition and the first thing that she does each morning is search for where Fitzy has landed upon his return from the North Pole. She even wrote a note for Fitzy to take with him to Santa the other day. He left her a note the next morning. She likes it very much.
Even Andrew is starting to realize that Fitzy is here.

And we don’t go using him as a way to guilt her into good behavior. I know that many people are very cynical about the whole Elf on the Shelf thing. For us, the worst thing is laying down to sleep and realizing that we didn’t move Fitzy.

Christmas 2012


Photo-A-Day #2818

Our Christmas morning started quietly. Allison and I were up early before the kids which has been unheard of lately. Eva slept till 7 and we had to wake Andrew up at 8am. Allison made the annual Cinnamon rolls and this time laid them out in the shape of a Christmas Tree. Eva was tickled over that. She enjoyed opening her stocking gifts with mom and dad. We got Andrew up and started opening gifts in earnest. Continue reading Christmas 2012