We had a MEGA magical event at our house Saturday night. MEGA folks. Not only do we have our visiting Elf on the Shelf, Kingston, but the TOOTH FAIRY came too. The tooth fairy came because Grace lost TWO teeth! WOW! I had to break my rule of doing more than just moving the Elf … [Read more...]

The countdown to Christmas is on for sure. Matthew made this great countdown to Christmas chain at Preschool. Kingston, our Elf on the Shelf, thought it was a great swing. At least someone is using it!! Matthew won't let us rip off the countdown chains. I am not sure why … [Read more...]

Here I am playing catch up again. I don't where my kids are getting germs from this year but this mommy can not handle kid germs it seems. Day 18 was what day ... Friday? I think that was right. Brian was in charge of Elf on the Shelf hiding that night. He put the Elf on the … [Read more...]

Maybe? I would like to be at the beach right now. I am sure there is cold and flu season at the beach but I have a feeling the ocean air would help this family feel better. It wouldn't hurt right? Well Kingston found a scarf that is on the wall and claimed as a hammock for his … [Read more...]

Brian had hiding duty for the Elf on the Shelf once again. Kudos for hiding him before bed ... because the 5:20 am hiding is the worst! He put Elf on the Shelf, Kingston, behind the new reposition recipe holder on the counter. Brian once again rearranged the counters in the … [Read more...]

After we cleaned up from Sophie's party, we thought about crawling in a hole but nope. It was time for my work party which meant getting ready for babysitters! YAY more cleaning ... OK not really. After we partied and Brian took the babysitter and her college buddy home, we did … [Read more...]

Have you noticed Elf on the Shelf was missing. Yeah I wasn't feeling great and I dropped this. Apparently, I wasn't feeling great mid-last week and no one noticed. Did you catch there is a Day 8 post and another Day 8 post? yeah. Classic, Beth!! I am just going to skip Day 10. … [Read more...]

Today is Sophie's 6th Birthday! Happy Birthday, Sophie! Last year, I gave up on a birthday Elf on the Shelf idea as I was in the middle of final projects for a graduate class and gave up. I knew I wanted a special Elf on the Shelf idea for her birthday but was stuck. I knew I … [Read more...]

Today Kingston ventured upstairs. We purposefully don't put Kingston in the kids room upstairs so I think this was his first visit upstairs. He was hanging out on the landing between the kids' rooms on the coat rack Brian put there. See ... cute Elf on the Shelf, … [Read more...]

As I said last night, the kids kept looking for our Elf on the Shelf in our room. We stole their idea and Brian put our dear elf, Kingston, in the first thing he saw in our room. My childhood lamp/nightlight that sites on my dresser not plugged in. I failed to show you the … [Read more...]

The kids insisted our dear Elf on the Shelf was in our room this morning. He wasn't ... so we stole the idea and moved him there for tomorrow. (YAY for not forgetting!) After running up and down the stairs, they finally found him tucked in one of Brian's hats behind the front … [Read more...]

As I said yesterday, we finally have up Christmas decorations! YAY!!! We even put the empty boxes away this morning ... double YAY!! YAY!! As it tends to go the first day the tree is up, our Elf on the Shelf ends up in the tree. I love this day. It is easy. The kids seem to … [Read more...]