Blogger Secret Santa!

Blogger Secret Santa has become one of my favorite things about blogging. I LOVE giving fun things to other bloggers, and it's always fun to get a surprise as well!

This year my Secret Santa is Shelby from EquiNovice. All I can say is that she couldn't possibly have picked more perfect gifts!

First up, the card. BWAHAHAHAH!

Secondly. It does not get more perfect than this. ALL THE CHAI IS MINE ALL MINE!!!! Ahem. I'll share if you want a cup. Maybe.

Finally. I have NO IDEA how Shelby knew how much I wanted a cartoon of Paddy. Seriously, I debated so long about getting one, but I never buy stuff for myself so I didn't. Apparently Shelby reads minds though, because this one is PERFECT! And a big thank-you to Alyssa too for capturing Paddy's perfect Haffie Hair!

Thank you again, Shelby, for a wonderful Christmas surprise! And many thanks to Tracy at Fly On Over for organizing the 3rd annual blogger Secret Santa. Count us in again next year!

On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Twelve Haffies Drumming...

On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Twelve Haffies Drumming...

Paddington is already the master of the drum roll... or rolling the drum!

Eleven Haffies Piping...
Ten Haffies Leaping...
Nine Haffies Dancing...
Eight Haffies Milking...
Seven Haffies Swimming...
Six Haffies Laying...
Fiiiiive Gold-en Haffieeeeees!
Four Calling Haffies...
Three French Haffies...
Two Turtle Haffies...
And a Haffieeee in a pear treeeeee. 

Thanks to everyone who stuck with us through the 12 Haffie Days of Christmas. I hope that everyone's 2014 has gotten off to an awesome start! 

On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Eleven Haffies Piping...

On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Eleven Haffies Piping...

Piper Haffie comes complete with tool belt, pipe wrench, and PVC pipes. Additional accessories are available at your local home improvement store.

Adding pipe wrench to Piper Haffie.

Paddington inspects pipes.

Also Hubby's pockets, in case of peppermints.

3/4 inch PVC is optimal for all your plumbing issues.

Ten Haffies Leaping...
Nine Haffies Dancing...
Eight Haffies Milking...
Seven Haffies Swimming...
Six Haffies Laying...
Fiiiiive Gold-en Haffieeeeees!
Four Calling Haffies...
Three French Haffies...
Two Turtle Haffies...
And a Haffieeee in a pear treeeeee.

On the 10th day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Ten Haffies Leaping...

On the 10th day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Ten Haffies Leaping...

Haffies even leap over things that do not require leaping.

Also? We totally rocked this in our jumping lesson yesterday!

Nine Haffies Dancing...

Eight Haffies Milking...

Seven Haffies Swimming...

Six Haffies Laying...
Fiiiiive Gold-en Haffieeeeees!
Four Calling Haffies...
Three French Haffies...
Two Turtle Haffies...
And a Haffieeee in a pear treeeeee.

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... nine Haffies Dancing...

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... nine Haffies Dancing...

Dressage is like dancing, right?

Eight Haffies Milking...

Seven Haffies Swimming...

Six Haffies Laying...
Fiiiiive Gold-en Haffieeeeees!
Four Calling Haffies...
Three French Haffies...
Two Turtle Haffies...
And a Haffieeee in a pear treeeeee.

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Eight Haffies Milking (?!?!)...

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Eight Haffies Milking (?!?!)...

(Note: This required some creativity on our part and some imagination on your part. Paddy's no good at milking, and Cash kept insisting that he wasn't a cow, despite his spots. So we had to improvise.)

Note the "milk mustache."

How did we get this awesome picture, you ask? It involved some homemade whipped cream and one Very Tolerant Haffie. Here are the outtakes:

Applying whipped cream to dubious Haffie.

Elias helped by getting the drips.

Ew. Schtop it with the schtuff on the schnoz.

I refuse to pose with a gallon of milk.

Ok well maybe...

Nope! Instead I shall EEET IT!

Thpppbt. The things I put up with for fame.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Seven Haffies a-Swimming

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to meeee... Seven Haffies a-Swimming:

Haffies are slightly less graceful than swans when swimming.

Six Haffies Laying...
Fiiiiive Gold-en Haffieeeeees!
Four Calling Haffies...
Three French Haffies...
Two Turtle Haffies...
And a Haffieeee in a pear treeeeee.

Happy 2014 everyone! When the 12 Haffies of Christmas series is over, I'll post about our 2014 goals. Rest assured they involve world domination by a certain adorable Haflinger... ;)