Our elf, Chippy, made his appearance yesterday. I used to threaten S when he was younger that the elf would come if he was bad and between the naughty and nice list. When he was 3 he started to realize that others had elves at their house right after Thanksgiving and they were on the nice list. So when S was 4 (2 years ago), Chippy made his appearance on December 1 and left on December 24 with Santa.
Our elf Chippy is not a mischievous elf. He likes to hang out in funny places, but doesn’t make any messes, or create chaos. When Chippy comes on December 1st he usually brings S a letter and every day that S is good the next morning there is some kind of treat in his truck advent calendar. Last year he would bring jelly beans and maybe a car if he was really good.
This year Chippy came and S guessed the first day he would be in our new train since it was the perfect size for him. Guess what, that is exactly where Chippy was. The first thing S said when he saw him yesterday morning was, “I knew it. I told you he was going to ride the train.”
When S went to check out his advent truck he found this note from Chippy:
On top of the truck was a small arcade claw made especially for Squinkies. In door #1 was a Woody Squinkie. Yes I know Squinkies are outdated but not to S he loves the idea of them and that is what counts. For most of the day he played with that claw machine and every time B or I saw him playing with it we would say, “The Claw!” (from Toy Story).
I didn’t catch it on camera I wish I did. I found S talking to Chippy who was way up on the entertainment center so he had to talk loud enough for him to hear him. S said, “Chippy, tomorrow we are going to have races in the playroom on the track so I want you to be there to watch them.”