Pinky

Dear Abigail,

I cannot believe, out of all the blogging I just did, that I forgot to mention your favorite part of the holiday season - Pinky!!! By the time you are reading this, you will know exactly who I am talking about when I refer to Pinky, but, just in case you start reading tomorrow (which wouldn't surprise me), I'll go ahead and fill you in. So, Pinky is our own personal elf that comes straight from the North Pole - yeah, like totally one of Santa's helper elves! Can you believe it?! So she came to us in a box, but when you open her up, that's when the magic begins. First we had to name her, and because your favorite color is pink, we thought Pinky was appropriate. And then we read this book about how she comes to our house every day during the holiday season and watches over us, making sure we listen and use our fork instead of our hands, and stuff like that. Then, every night after we all go to sleep, she flies back to Santa (not in an airplane, but by magic!) and reports whether we've been good or bad! And then, before we wake up, she's back in our house, sitting in a new spot! It's crazy!! Now, from what we read, we're not allowed to touch her, or she loses her magic, but we can talk to her all day long! For you, this year, the most exciting part was waking up every morning and trying to find where she was hiding. You should be in the FBI or something because you could spot her in very limited time, sometimes before Mommy and Daddy even got a chance. You got the biggest kick when you did find her and could not wait to point her out to us! Sometimes she was hiding in the light fixtures, sometimes hanging from the kitchen cabinet, and once she even hung out in the bathroom (shooo!). Every day, though, it was a new spot, and every day, you found her. Then, if you recall, we headed to Munford a week before Christmas. Well, we thought Pinky would just stay at our house and make sure Daddy was behaving, but we got to Mimi's and WOW, there she was!!!! You were so excited, and so every morning, when we'd get to Mimi's, you immediately would start looking for her. And you even got Em and Clara Lee involved. If Em wasn't at Mimi's that day, she would call and the first thing she would say is "Where is Pinky today?" and Clara Lee went around pointing her out, saying "Pinky! Pinky!". Well, as the book said, on Christmas Eve, Pinky goes back to the North Pole to give her final report, and if all goes well, Santa pays you a visit - and he did!! You got a letter from Santa and it specifically said that Pinky had nothing but good news each night! (She must have overlooked a couple of those tantrums that Mommy saw. I'm guessing the good outweighed the bad, so that's why!). Unfortunately, when Santa comes, that means Pinky stops visiting, but she told us she'd be back next year, right around Thanksgiving, and she even said she may pop in every now and then, just to make sure we're all acting up to par. Well, it's been a couple weeks since we last saw Pinky, and I can tell you miss her so much. You ask about her at least once a day, always saying "Where did Pinky go?" and I say "Where did she go Abigail?" and you say "She at home. She with Santa." Of course, you always follow it with "I don't go see Santa" as you violently shake your head... Maybe Pinky will convince you that Santa is okay :)

Anyway, you loved meeting Pinky, as we all did, and we can't wait to see her next year! Just remember, she's always watching... LOVE YOU.