"Clean Up on Aisle 10,
under the Christmas tree..."
That's where we awoke to find Tickle on Day 17...
Day 18,
Tickle wasn't to be disturbed,
as he read a vintage rendition of...
.... Santa's Toy Shop.
I suppose he must have been getting homesick at this point.
Day 19,
Tickle visited with a Santa Elf!
Day 20,
Tickle observed "The Reason for The Season,"
by the Nativity Scene.
He made a pretty cute wise man....
Day 21,
Tickle found a dazed and confused Easter Bunny at our door...
The poor little rabbit had come a little too early...
three months too early!
For the next few days,
our family was busy with holiday festivities, and traveling,
so Tickle rested on the mantle!
And then came Day 25,
Christmas Morning...
Tickle hung from the chimney as Santa's look-out...
making sure no children were awake, regardless of their ages,
before the big man in red headed down the chimney to deliver presents! :)
Later on Christmas day,
the biggest{slash}oldest 21 year old kid got in on the "Tickle fun"...
Josh hung the Carolina Elf from the second story railing,
"cause he disrespected him!" ha!
For a family who didn't want to participate in an Elf on the Shelf for years,
for fear they were too old, and way too cool for such,
sure have one-by-one hopped on the bandwagon this year! ha!
On Day 26,
the kids begged for Tickle to stay a few more days.
And on that day,
the bills starting rolling in from Santa...
On Day 28,
Tickle played a spoof of "Tickle from Moonshiners."
...which is where Tickle our Elf's name originated from!
(per David)
I know, I know,
that sounds so tacky,
but guess what,
it was that or Honey Boo Boo! ha!
Day 29,
Tickle was getting really homesick,
{and my creativity and ideas were waning}.
Below, Tickle searches for a route home...
...to the North Pole!
"I'm leaving on a jet plane,
don't know when I'll be back again..."
Day 30,
don't know when I'll be back again..."
Day 30,
Tickle's journey at our home for 2012 comes to an end.
He bids farewell...
We'll miss those bright, cheerful blue eyes.
The little fellow is some kind of silly, but he really grows on you,
...and makes even those most resistant to his charm,
smile in the end! :)
Who knows, maybe next year he'll have a little (girl)friend to join him!
