I’d love to have an elf who helps me blog when I’m up to my earlobes in Christmas projects, but Zippy doesn’t seem to be the blogging type. (Maybe it’s the lack of opposable thumbs?)
When Ethan celebrated his first birthday, Zippy spent the whole day in Ethan’s bedroom — wearing a shiny little party hat, of course.
The flyer for the annual Men’s Breakfast at church didn’t say anything about inviting your elf, so Zippy whipped up his own little feast.
Even elves need a day of rest.
Snowballs for sale! Zippy is such an enterprising little elf.
Uh-oh, Zippy!
It looks like Zippy was hoping one of the kids would choose to take him to school for snack time!
Zippy’s friends Simon and Buddy are such a good influence on him! Apparently he decided to follow their example and just sit on the shelf like a well-behaved elf for once.
No fair! Zippy is getting his Christmas cards sent out before ours!
Nice try, Zippy. We all know that huge box isn’t for you!
Zippy must have thought the baby gate at the top of the stairs was an amusement park ride. He spent the whole day swinging back and forth, and didn’t even throw up.
Over the weekend Hayden found his missing wallet. I guess Zippy got tired of hearing Hayden announce how much money he still needs to buy an iPod…
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