"Tinsel", our elf on the shelf, is going well! He has been spotted a few places around the house. He showed up Friday morning after Thanksgiving on the counter with a little letter to Brode. The first 2 days were the best when we would be out shoppnig and Brode would do something wrong "Tinsel isn't going to be happy with me is he!" This could be a good month of good behavior.
Funny story about Tinsel - we have a window on the second story that is in the foyer. Brode was insisting Grandpa throw Tigger up to sit in the window (10 feet above his head) because he got a soccer ball stuck up there one time. While Brode was brushing teeth for bedtime Tigger magically got thrown up perfectly into the window. It took 2 seconds and Brode was fearful Tigger would never come down again (if you know his attachment to Tigger, it would be the end of the world). Grandpa suggested we ask Tinsel to fly up there and get him down while Brode got his pajamas on. Tinsel had been sitting on top of a clock on the wall that day so when Brode came back downstairs there was Tigger and Tinsel sitting together on the clock. To this day he still thanks Tinsel for flying up and getting Tigger down.
His favorite spot of Tinsel's was when he sat on the light over the kitchen table, hanging above our food. Brode laughed and laughed and kept asking how he got up there!
His favorite spot of Tinsel's was when he sat on the light over the kitchen table, hanging above our food. Brode laughed and laughed and kept asking how he got up there!
Brode also started walking around in his skates. Matt pointed out that it would be much easier for him to learn if he learns to walk on ground with them first, then walk across ice, and then skate. It took a bit of convincing the first night but he finally put them on and it wasn't long before he was wearing the helmet, skates, jersey and had a stick and puck. He walked laps around the couch, went back and forth, squatted up and down, and fell down and stood up. We're all anxious to get him to open ice now.
Nothing else has been too exciting except for a few little stories I want to remember about Brode. The kid outsmarts us like you'd never believe and some of the thnigs that come out of his mouth are priceless. He gets into a lot of "Grandpa is my best buddy, and mommy is my best buddy, and daddy is my best buddy, and Grandma is my best buddy, and Libby is my best buddy" and he'll go on and on through all the people he knows. Bedtime takes 45 minutes longer now because he knows how to work it. A few weeks ago Grandpa was alone with Brode and just after putting him to bed Brode yells down the stairs. "Grandpa I can't sleep, my pillow is wet!" so Grandpa asks how it possibly got wet and Brode replies "When you filled my fishtank with more water it splashed!" Now, it is true that grandpa added more water to the fishtank, but it is also true that the fishtank is 15 feet away on the other side of the room and not a dropped missed the tank. Not a chance Brode lay back down.
He remembers everything and doesn't miss a trick. I wish I could be a fly on the wall in his daycare class and watch him all day. I can only imagine!
Sorry it took so long again - the truth is I write them to remember, then never get around to uploading the pictures so I end up with 1,000 drafts saved. There are already 2 more after this scheduled to automatically go up to catch up on December and holiday festivities so watch for those the next few days.
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