Not so Secret, Secret Elves.

This year was our 2nd year doing the 12 days of Christmas with the girls. 

They chose to do it for our cute neighbor boys down the street who go to school with Teya.

Every night they packaged up their gifts and snuck down the street to deliver their secret surprise. 

They would ring the doorbell (with the help of Mom or Dad) then run away as fast as they could, leaving a note that said, "love, your secret elves."

A few days into it Teya came home from school with a sad look on her face. 

"What happened?" I asked

"Ryan knows I'm his secret elf" 

"How do you know that?"

"Well I asked him if he has an elf on the shelf and he said, "no, but I have a secret elf, and it's YOU!"

"Oh wow...Well what did you say?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing? You didn't shake your head, or smile or say anything?"

"Well Mom I didn't know what to say so I just said nothing!"

The image of Teya just standing there saying nothing almost made me laugh out loud.

She didn't want to admit it was her, but she cannot, for the life of her, tell a lie. 

I love that girl. 

So the next couple nights the girls continued their secret drop offs, 

but were still a little sad that they'd been discovered. 

Then a few nights before the 12 days were over, Ryan and his brother stopped by our house with a huge bag of gifts for the girls and a note that said, 

"Merry Christmas, love YOUR secret elves!"

It made the girls night. And they felt much better knowing that they were ALL a bunch of "not so secret" Secret Elves. :)