Dash's Adventures - Week 1

So you remember our little elf, Dash.  You can read how he came to our house here.  Here is a rundown of his first week in the Bloxson house (God bless him for dealing with MY three kiddos!)

 Poor Dash's first night breaking back into our home was rudely interrupted by some concerned Lego citizens who must've thought he was a burglar of some sort.  We found them holding him hostage the next poor and because we can't touch Dash for risk of him losing his magic, we had to leave him to his own devices the following night.

 There were some interesting characters in the Lego pack - of course it was headed up by none other than Darth Vader!  I especially loved to see the beachy Johny Depp-ish French dude and the polar bear from LOST all out for the show - it's nice to know we're so strongly protected.

 The second night, as we were preparing for bed, we heard a knock on the door.  We opened the door to find a dozen donuts, a wrapped present and a note on our doorstep!  The left side of the note read, " Dear Bloxsons.  Thanks for the warm welcome.  I can't wait for our fun Christmas season.  I hope you enjoy donuts as much as us elves!  I love you - Dash -" I guess the Lego people didn't scare him off too bad...

The right side of the note read, "the present is for Mrs. Ali for taking care of me!"  I opened the gift to find a new pair of running shoes!  It was a such a surprise and a delightful night off for me, uh, I mean "Dash" to have the Christmas magic taken care of by someone else!   To our "secret friend" - we enjoyed our donuts immensely!  I think even Dash had some....

 The next morning, we found Dash like this!  We suppose he was reminiscing of his snowy hometown.  Notice the little elfin footprints we tracked to the flour sack.

That night we went to the Christmas parade and the next morning, we found this!

 Somebody sure does love candy!!  He even picked out some beads to wear - red & green, his favorite colors in the world!

The sweet cravings continued on as we proceeded to find Dash sipping syrup in the fridge the next day!  I think all the sugar was getting to his head, that silly ole' elf!

Finally getting along with the local community!  We found him playing a friendly game of Connect 4 with one of Ava's Lalaloopsy dolls.  I wonder who was winning?

They both seem pretty happy with the results of the game.

Somebody else that day found Dash...

The next morning, we found Dash on my laptop writing a note home to Santa Claus.

An exert from what he wrote :

"Dear Santa,
Dash here!  Just wanted to write you a quick email since I can't fly all the way back to the North Pole tonight.  There was a baby here today that my family kept calling "Puppy" or something who got a hold of me  so I lost a little of my magic.  Thankfully, Mama B. rescued me and put me on the mantle just in the "nick" of time!...."

He went on to rave (and rant a little) about each kiddo - hopefully Santa doesn't switch anybody to the naughty list after reading it.   Notice the tootsie roll wrapper next to him.  Even elf's like "poor man's chocolate".

That night, Ethan and Ava each had a friend to sleepover and I think all the giddiness and nighttime prank playing gave Dash a touch of mischief.  We found our tree TP'ed the next morning - though I don't think our kiddos get the idea of  TP'ing very much.  They thought Dash was trying to help "decorate" the tree.

It has been very warm this month so far; not very Christmas-y by elf standards one little bit.  I think Dash needed a little reminder of his hometown last night for we found him in the freezer this morning next to the Peppermint ice cream!  He even had on his own lil' scarf - who knew our sweet Dash had an eye for blue!!

Hope you've enjoyed reading about our elfin friend's adventures so far.  Stay tuned for next weekend to read more of his fun!