December 18th: Snow Angels Elf Style :0)

On December 17th Tinker the Elf took a break and hung out on the shelf due to Annabelle picking him up when she was not suppose to do that! So he was rebuilding his magic while we work on her teacher gift for school!
Today when we got home we found him making Snow Angels in flour on the counter tops! It was pretty cute!!
We have been busy all weekend every one is sleeping but me! So I think I will go to sleep soon...
We finished a neat teacher craft, a wreath made of crayons we worked on together! Today we went to Georgetown for Christmas lunch, Annabelle had fun playing with the other kids and was pretty tired when we get home , so we have not done much but watch movies!

Teacher gift :0)

Elf Angels :0)

Well I guess maybe I should catch up on sleep while Clayton is sleeping!

December 16th: Elf In a Shower

This morning Annabelle woke up at 6am to find her Elf! lol She was in the bathroom twice getting ready for school and still did not see him in our all glass shower haha! She was almost in tears because she picked him up last night and Elf magic only works if you do not touch them ;0) So we gave her a hint and there he was in his little towel and even a towel on his head :0) Seriously if you do not have an Elf on the Shelf it is a Must Have! The giggles and excitement of the kids makes it so worth it!! Can not wait to see what he does tonight :0)
Another busy day today! I am happy to report I am done Christmas shopping!! Well down to one person and details!! So back tomorrow to finish up and then it is wrapping time! The kids are spending the day with their grandpa because he is taking them to see The Nutcracker play!
So hard to believe Christmas is almost here! Where did the year go?!

How cute is he really!!

Well I know these blogs have been short but it is supper time, then some nice warm Nutella Hot Chocolate with some of the Rolo Turtles we made together after school and a some Christmas movies to end the night! We have a busy day tomorrow and since they will not be going shopping with me it is together time right now! :0)

10 Days of Christmas with Our Silly Elf!

Tinker Sparkly Toes made his arrival this evening! When we arrived home our little Elf had toilet papered our Christmas Tree! We did have a note from Santa with Christmas jammies for Annabelle and Clayton maching jammies at that :0) Watching Annabelle's facial expressions and Clayton mocking them.. Very Priceless!! Looking very forward to each night of his different pranks :0)

Matching Mickey Christmas jammies Tinker Elf brough with him :0)

Seriously how cute is he?! lol

Silly Elf toilet papered our tree!

Pretty tired tonight, we shopped all day and I am just about done with gifts yay! So the kids had a a bath and of course we read The Elf on the Shelf story! So that pretty much sums up our day! We did not even have time for a Christmas Movie which feels completely wrong lol Oh well we will catch up this weekend ;0)

December 14th of Our 25 Days of Christmas!

We took a few craft days off with School stuff, Basketball practice and our family pictures we had some late nights! We still enjoyed stories and Christmas movies though! Last night was even the 12 days of Christmas book haha very fitting I think!
Our Santa's beard is filling up and Ananbelle gets so excited each time she adds a cotton ball!
Annabelle decided on The Christmas Donkey for her story tonight. Our craft of the night A Popsicle stick Nativity Scene! It turned out so cute! I let Annabelle be in control of painting the manger, baby Jesus and the Angel. Then let her attempt to use the hot glue gun so we have glue strings hanging in some spots lol.
Tonight's movies are Merry Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, not my choice..and if home work is done Frosty's Winter Wonderland.
I will catch up on my sappy Christmas movies when it is quiet! :0)
Tonight ends our every day crafts! Because it is time for mischievous Elf behavior to start with Tinker Sparkly Toes Elf!! Yes Annabelle ha a strange imagination lol. Funny thing is she named her Elf and does not even know she has one yet lol she was just hoping for one haha! We decided to give it to them early since she did so well on her Social Studies test!

Clayton is moving faster every day and today the Christmas tree was his target, I have to keep rearranging ornaments! Well that's it for tonight it is movie time :0)

December 11 of our 25 Days of Christmas!

<==Baby Steps

Up early again today! Did not make it to church due to our little teething monster! Annabelle helped make pancakes for breakfast, she even made us a pot of Coffee all by her self lol! She had the idea of making Christmas pancakes so we made Angels and Gingerbread boys :0)
Day Two of her Chore Chart and I am so happy with her progress! Her room is staying as tidy as an 8 year olds room can when they have every toy and doll made lol.
Day Two of no bottle for Clayton! I wanted to cry this morning watching him eat pancakes like a big boy and using his sippy!
After breakfast clean up we did the chore chart and I organized Clayton's room while we listened to Christmas Music of course :0)
We practiced walking with Clayton for a while. He does so well with his walking toy and takes steps alone when he does not think you are watching! But never lets me catch to many on video!
After lunch it pretty much turned into a lazy day at the Bear Den. We started off watching Polar Express my favorite Christmas Movie! Then while Ananbelle helped her Daddy with cows and Clayton took a nap I watched a Christmas Kiss, good movie! We watched more of our Christmas movies we had recorded before story and craft time!
Craft of the night.. yep Salt Dough lol I am very pleased with Clayton's hand print do over! I let Annabelle go wild with her glitter tonight on the others we made! We love salt dough ornaments. Tomorrow night we are changing it up a bit though.
Story of the night-a Golden Book: Baby's Christmas. It went very well until Clayton decided it would make a better snack!
Our new Elf on the Shelf should be here any day! I am so excited! I have so much planned for that little guy haha! Annabelle has been begging for one so it is going to be their early Christmas present and mine too ;0)

Story Time

Clayton's new Handprint!

Annabelle's glittered out ornamet

One we did together :0)

Our Christmas Pancakes!

Well it is time to get everyone  ready for a movie and bed time!

December 10th: 15 days until Christmas!

Early Blog because we are having an early bedtime! These kids have been up since 6:30am and we have been going every since then! Clayton went all day with no bottle! He did very well with a sippy cup, bitter sweet I want to cry because he is getting so big! We started a new chore chart with Annabelle who was actually very excited about her own checklist and point system! She feels grown up! So far so good though! She got a lot done with out complaining!
Santa's beard is filling up quit nicely!! Only 15 days until Christmas!
Guess what kind of craft we did today?! Okay I will tell you ;0) Salt Dough ornaments of course! This is my new obsession! Give your kids cookie cutters and let them go! I enjoy them too! Usually I am very Ocd about paint lol but today I let Annabelle and Olivia be free to paint with any colors they wanted to use! This was very hard for me! But I did my own ornament and stayed quiet!
After our ornaments we watched Tangeled, very cute movie, The Santa Claus 2 , the Miracle Maker and Veggie Tales! We created Candy Cane Popcorn and even added candy canes to our hot chocolate! The girls enjoyed that! The kids had a video chat from Mexico tonight while watching the IU & UK game which was fun! Annabelle is yelling at the TV because she is an IU fan tonight lol.
Bed time is soon, but I have some Christmas Movies recorded to watch and since I was nice and let TR go hunting he will be watching those with me although he does not know that yet!
I do enjoy these litle moments.. Clayton is waving and laughing at his reflection in the window, Annabelle yelling and jumping about a basketball score and TR trying to explain basketball to Clayton who is not listening :0)

My Gingerbread his name is Edward hehe

Annabelle's ornaments for Kelsey, Haley and Ethan

His beard is filling up!

Well my daughter is convinced IU won because she was cheering for them lol So I think I will end on that note lol!

December 9th: of 25 Days of Christmas!!

Not Perfect but I like it :0)

Well I did a craft alone tonight. :0( Miss Annabelle came home sick after school! Fever and Stomache Bug how fun! Clayton is cranky from teething sooo it is a family movie night! Every one needs to know the true meaning of Christmas so we are watching The real Christmas Story, not the "you will shoot your eye out story!" lol. Then we are going to watch some of the ones we recorded on DVR. So we are pretty boring tonight! Hopefully everyone will feel better tomorrow! Upside my house is staying pretty cleaned up since no one is playing lol. Craft tonight more Salt dough Ornaments! Love that stuff!