For those of you who followed the wallet drama on twitter…you will appreciate this blog post.
In case you didn’t, let me fill you in…
A certain little someone, middle child again, (ahem) decided that he wanted to run off with daddy’s wallet.
Daddy was feeding SJ on the couch when he watched cute lil ole Bents pick up his wallet and walk off with it.
And this is what I call daddy’s “first mistake”. He thought to himself “Oh I’ll get it in a minute.”
A minute turned in to 2 hours and daddy quickly remembered that he never got his wallet back from Bents.
Let’s just say, this is the point in the story where we TRULY wished Bents could talk. Yea.
We spent HOURS upon HOURS looking for daddy’s wallet. It was no-where. When I say I wasted hours, I mean hours I will never get back, looking for this STUPID wallet. No one had left the house so we knew it had to be inside SOMEWHERE!
This was Bents “I’m in trouble stance.”
He knew where it was, but he wasn’t giving up any information.
He liked to tease us too. Everytime we asked him to show us where he put the wallet he would walk us to P’s piggy bank and point “uh-uh”.
Not exactly what we were looking for big dude.
I was almost positive that he made a confession to me later that evening when we were taking a shower. He was telling me the WHOLE story. Too bad it sounded like “uh uh ohjshfdjfosjdaokfdslfj uh uh jfslfjosjfdso fjaosfj uh uh lfjsdfoasjlfahjsdlfj uh.”
If only I could understand baby talk!
Dang!
Finally, after 3 whole days of wallet searching…we gave up. Since I am my husband’s newest employee it was on my “to do” list to call and get him all new cards. Yes. Just what I wanted to do. UGH!
And just when we got everything replaced…….our sweet little Elf on the Shelf had a surprise for us.
He returned from the North Pole with the most wanted gift of the season…daddy’s WALLET! What what! What a sweet elf. Do tell how he pulled that off? Ok.
Well, replace so called sweet elf with Gigi. Gigi found daddy’s wallet in one of my diaper bags that I am not using anymore. Stuffed away in a pocket where the snacks usually go. I should have known that wherever the wallet ended up…it would have to do with food. Too bad we had already replaced everything in the wallet with new stuff.
It was still good to know where the wallet was. It had been bugging the crap out of me.
P still thinks that “Sofie” the Elf works magic!
Speaking of Elf on the Shelf business, did you all know that you could purchase a plush Elf on the Shelf to go along with the one that comes with the book? I can’t tell you how many times I have had to explain to P and Bents that they CAN NOT touch Sofie or she will lose her “magic”. Two and four year olds don’t understand that kind of thing. All they care about is snuggling the cute little elf.
In walks Chippy (I know, not so clever, but it was P’s choice). Chippy was sent to us by Sofie so that the boys would not get lonely at night when Sofie had to fly back to the North Pole. And guess what…you can touch Chippy!!!! Phew!
It’s the best $12.95 I have spent this Christmas! My kids are obsessed!
Don’t forget to enter my hubby’s AWESOME giveaway by clicking HERE! He’s giving away an iPad 2, Amazon Kindle Fire, and a Barnes and Noble Nook!
That is something Liam would do. Did you see they made a cartoon movie out of Elf on the Shelf? It is coming on Friday night on CBS here in Texas.
I lost our original Elf on the Shelf and couldn’t find him anywhere last Christmas, so I ordered the plush elf and I use him for our Elf on the Shelf. That one that comes with the book kinda scares my anyway! Ha!
That’s a good idea to use another plush elf so the kids can play with him. Glad the wallet mystery has been solved.
Mandy, first I promise never to leave a comment this long – EVER again. Second, I’ll explain why this man type face is in your comment section. I noticed you in the Blissdom twitter stream. I blog in this community brimming with full of awesome Christian moms, because Christian moms write about God like nothing I’ve ever read before. I went through all of seminary, and was assigned only one book written by a woman. Christian moms have access to the love of God like no one else. And now I get access too – by reading and being read. Anyway, that’s how I found you. And again, sorry for the long comment, it’s just this one – so long – just this one to say hi – and make sure it’s okay that I comment on your site. Being a single, never been married man in this community, I’ve learned a tiny bit of sensitivity – enough to know I shouldn’t just barge in without explaining why.
And about your post – to be honest – those little elves on the shelf always kind of creep me out – I’ll have to make an exception for yours because it’s so talented and generous – and plush ? And she, this is one of the reasons why I read in this community, I can find millions spiritual analogies in this story, all of them from the view point of the Christian mom. There’s the father – child thing. There’s the being lost and being found thing. There is the surging really hard for a lost thing. It’s this part of story – together with faith – that is what I find most amazing in this community. So thank you for this.
Anyway, I’ll be back to read more if it’s ok, leading up to Blissdom, and afterwards. I might also follow you on twitter soon – just so you know. God bless and keep you and each and every one of yours Mandy.
This was a great post…had me laughing so hard! You know what cracks me up the most? Seeing lots of pictures of your little boys always in their underwear/diapers! Hahaha!
I absolutely adore your family stories! Y’all are just too cute. xoxo
Oh my goodness this is hilarious! I am sure not at the time it wasnt but hopefully you can get a good laugh now. Silly little Elf on the Shelf.
Nice story. The elf saved the day. I’m sure your husband won’t be leaving his wallet anywhere anymore. That must have been a nightmare searching for many days for the wallet.