EOTS

 

If you're not totally elfed out this season, here's what our friend has been doing at our house the past couple of weeks. (He's obviously a skater.)

 

He brought us a gingerbread house kit to work on. (He got it at JoAnn's with his 40% off coupon.)

Then, he was nice enough to build the gingerbread house and let it dry overnight so we could skip ahead to the decorating. He also made a tiny flat roof house out of graham crackers. And collected all of the leftover candy that we had hoarded from Easter and 4th of July parades.

 

He loves Vespas.

 He drinks syrup.

He has marshmallow snowball fights with his elfin friends.

He dug out a pile of Christmas books to read under the tree.

And he brought the kids elf pajamas. From Old Navy. I mean ... the North Pole. That I made them wear to the mall when we visited Santa.

 He brought Lo some craft supplies and made a banner.

 And he brought us a Santa spatula and snowflake cookie cutter so we could make cookies.

 And some candy canes!

 He got Lo's skates ready to go on the morning of her Girl Scout ice skating party.

 And he was cold one night, so he wrapped himself in toilet paper.

So that's what he's been doing. I have to admit, I'm a little bit elfed out. But it is fun. Only a few days left! Are you running out of ideas? ;)

our EOTS

This is our first year doing the Elf on the Shelf thing. I love Christmas. I really really love it. So any little dorky thing I can do to make my kids laugh or smile is super fun for me. This is our elf, Buddy.

On December 1st, we read the Elf on the Shelf book and suddenly there was a knock on the door. We ran outside to see who it could be.

And there he was, sitting by our giant gnome, patiently waiting to be found. I brought him inside, which is probably against the rules. But someone had to pick him up.

On the morning of December 2nd, he made himself some breakfast. And a huge mess on our counter top. Lo didn't want him to feel too bad about it so she wrote him a note that said 'that mess you made is okay.'

On December 3rd, he brought his own blanket from home and Crumb Sugar Cookie let him sleep on her couch under the Christmas tree. Which was super nice of her.

On December 4th, Buddy helped us decorate the house.

Lo was worried that he might get a headache from hanging upside down, so she was relieved that later in the day he was back on the shelf above the fireplace.

On December 6th, Buddy knit himself a scarf! He's a really good knitter.

And today, December 6th, marks Lo's debut in The Nutcracker. So Buddy made himself a tutu and surprised her with flowers. He also wrote her a note that said 'break a leg!' 

That sums up the fun we've had with EOTS so far ... what is your elf up to?