Uh oh...Penguins!

So, as you may or may not know, North Pole Elves have a strange fear of penguins. Kind of like my strange fear of spiders. Spiders won't hurt you, but there is just something about them that creeps me out. Well, our Elves have this same aversion to penguins. Jack even had to hide his toy penguins once the elves got to our house, just in case it could be a problem.

So yesterday morning we woke up to find our enormous teddy bear surrounded by army men and holding a nerf gun. The note said "Heard the South Pole Elf is in town. We saw him with an army of penguins. Go check it out. But be sneaky and go at night. Penguins have poor night vision." The big guy was holding an Elf Application and had filled it out! He wanted to be the elves body guard against the penguins!

The note gave us an address of where these penguins were hiding.

(Oh, and to bring you up to speed on the South Pole Elf...He was a very naughty elf and was upset that he never got any credit for helping Santa and only the North Pole Elves got recognition. So he went on strike, tied up our North Pole Elves and demanded candy last year. Well, our elves turned him around and brought him back to the North Pole with him to teach him the ways of the good elves. It worked for a little while, but alas, he has reverted back to his old, grouchy ways.)

If you notice, the baby elf, Nathan, is no where to be seen. Jack finally found him climbing into his backpack. He had filled the whole thing with snowballs. I think he was trying to sneak off to school with Jack if you ask me.

So when it got dark out, we packed up the kids and elves and headed out to find these penguins. Luckily for us it wasn't too far away. As we got closer, Sam and Jack slid down in their seats with only the elves eyes peeking above the window, to make sure those pesky penguins didn't see them. When we pulled up in front of this house, there were penguins EVERYWHERE! We even counted and there were over 32 penguins in the front yard! They were everywhere. The entire yard was filled with penguin decorations! We sat there and looked for quite some time and tried to convince the elves (and Jack) that penguins weren't scary. But he was having none of it. Jack was going to protect the elves at all costs. He didn't care for the penguins. Suddenly and without warning, the car window rolled down and Papa yelled:

"Go back to the South Pole, Penguins", and sped off into the night with us in tow.

Jack was very worried now. Papa had angered the penguins.

A few minutes later as Jack was going with me to pick up Ana from basketball, he asked:

"Were those really South Pole Penguins, or were they just decorations?" So I asked him what he thought. He pondered this for a good long time and about 10 minutes later responded that he thought they were decorations. Or at least he hoped so, because he didn't want the penguins coming after Papa. He was worried that Papa might go to bed and then wake up tomorrow with scratches all over from the penguins.

 

Hmmm...I think we might need to rethink this whole "Penguin" thing.