Patches of Houlihan

We have a new member of the family, Patches of Houlihan, our "Elf on the Shelf."  Patches arrived the day after Thanksgiving to keep an eye on Evan and Tyler and report back to Santa every night.  When Evan wakes up in the morning he has to find where Patches is hiding.  Most mornings, Patches is in a new spot.  But sometimes he gets lazy and forgets to move (oops!). 

Patches left a trail of legos so Evan could find him after nap time

 

He built a Lego staircase to climb into the tree!

 

Patches left Evan a little note too!

 

Just hangin' around

 

Gone fishin'

 

Always in the perfect watch-out position to keep an eye on Evan

Tyler is too young to know Patches, but he LOVES the lights on the Christmas tree! 

 

A fuzzy pic, but still captures how happy he was!

 

Tyler's first visit with Santa!  He was great for the first few minutes, then realized where he was and did NOT like it!

 

He's starting to figure out how to be mobile!  I left him in the Boppy (pillow) and he slowly scooted himself over it.  He was so proud of himself!

 

"Whew!  I made it!"

 

Evan loves the Christmas cards we get in the mail.  He calls them little "tents." 

 

Our first snow of the season.  Evan LOVES the snow.  He was helping me shovel a path for Lucy.

 

Our first snowman together!  Wow, it's hard work making a snowman.  My back is still sore from lifting those snow balls!  The whole time I was building it, Evan kept saying "But Mom, where is his corn cob pipe and his button nose and two eyes made out of coal?"

 

More pictures and stories of the Christmas season to come!