Buddy & Snowfake's adventures in 2015

This year Gillian wanted another elf to join our Elf on the Shelf, Buddy.  The kids even wrote Buddy letters asking for a girl elf to come to our house.  Check out my post Dear Buddy for the letters. 

Buddy arrived like clockwork the Friday after Thanksgiving.  He had a friend with him!  Gillian already had a name picked out for our new elf, Snowflake!  Gillian was so excited to see that Snowflake had on a tutu.  She said "She's got snowflakes on her tutu!  Just like her name!"

On Saturday, November 28th, Buddy and Snowflake were having a tea party!

The next day, Buddy and Snowflake set up their very own Christmas tree.  They must have heard Mommy and Daddy talking about how we were going Christmas tree shopping that very day!

The next day the kids found the elves hanging out in the basement.  They were playing Connect 4!  Gillian said "Snowflake's winning!  See!  Her's yellow!"

 

On Tuesday, December 1st, the kids found Buddy and Snowflake having a race on dinosaurs!

 

Mimi gave Mommy some picture frames for her birthday this year.  These frames can hold a lot of pictures.  And they open up so that you can continuously add more pictures.  Buddy and Snowflake decided to add their own pictures to the frames. 

On Thursday, December 3rd, we found the elves just hanging around in the Christmas tree.  Gillian said "They are by their ornaments!"

 

 

Friday, the elves took some of the kids toy planes and attached them to the fan in the living room.  Those silly elves!

 

 

On Saturday, December 5th, it was a pirate's life for Snowflake and Buddy!

 

Sunday morning, we found those silly elves in the kitchen.  They found Mommy's food markers and used them to make a tic-tac-toe game out of marshmallows!

The next day we found the elves just hanging around in the kitchen.  John said "Why are they always together?  Can't they just do stuff apart?"

Buddy must have heard John, and the next day the elves hid separately.  Buddy was up on a high shelf and Snowflake was just hanging out in Gillian's stocking.

The next morning, it was pretty easy to find Buddy and Snowflake.  They were sitting on the kid's nightstands.  I was waking up John and he rolled over and screamed.  "Buddy!  You scared me!"  Gillian came running in to see what all the yelling was about.  When she saw Buddy, she started looking around and asked "Where's Snowflake?"  John said "She's probably in your room."  Gill ran back to her room and found Snowflake on her nightstand. 

The next day we found the elves sky diving in the kitchen.

On Friday, December 11th, the toilet paper was missing from the bathroom.  I questioned John, and he said "I didn't go to the bathroom last night.  I bet Daddy didn't replace it."  He immediately ran to the bathroom to investigate, but he saw toilet paper in the hallway and followed the trail down the stairs. 

The next day we found Buddy and Snowflake all dressed up in Barbie's car and watching TV on the big TV in the basement.  Mommy told the kids that they were going to a drive in movie.  They said "They are just watching shows!"  Gillian said "They are getting married!  What?  They love each other!"

The next day we found Buddy and Snowflake in the basement.  They made a tower out of books. 

The next morning, we found those silly elves again.  They got into the marshmallows again.  And had a little snowball fight.

 

Tuesday, December 15th we found the elves drinking syrup!

The next day, they made Minions out of the bananas! John said "They've gone bananas!"

That same day, Gillian had a really bad day at school and Daddy picked up Snowflake as punishment.  When you touch an Elf on the Shelf, they lose their magic.  Gillian was very upset, but her behavior was horrible at school and she needed an additional punishment.  The following day, Buddy came back but wasn't very happy.

The next day he was sitting on a little house.  Again with his sign.

The next day, Buddy was sitting on Mommy's hutch again with his sign.  I didn't get a picture of Buddy that day. 

Finally, three days later after Gillian's behavior changed Snowflake came back.  The kids found them in Gillian's room with a new sign.

Monday, the elves were back up to their silly antics.  They were making a pig jump rope!

Tuesday morning, we found the elves in the kitchen.  They made a hopscotch out of tape on the kitchen floor.

Wednesday morning, we found the elves ziplining in the kitchen using candy canes!

This morning we found the elves in the kitchen.  It looks like they made the kids a little snack and they left us an elf cookie cutter!  I said to John "We can make elves next year!"  He said "Well we could make them this year."  Looks like I'll be baking today.

It was another awesome year of adventures with our Elf on the Shelf!  Can't wait for next year!

 

Cuban Pete

We watched The Mask for Daddy's birthday on Saturday.  John loved it.  But Daddy was even happier when the kids all danced along to his favorite part, Cuban Pete.

Early morning

This Saturday, Daddy had to work. He and I got up early to get the day started. We were in the kitchen when John came downstairs. It was 6:15. We looked at him and sent him back upstairs. I said "It's too early for you to be up!" He reluctantly went back upstairs. Daddy left for work and it was probably another 20 minutes before John joined me again. He said "What? I can't sleep!" He then asked me "Can I build something out of the boxes in the garage?" Last week at school his class got to build things out of cardboard boxes, string, toilet paper rolls and etc. John loved it. And wanted to build again. Daddy and I will always encourage the kids to use their imaginations. I said "Yes." And he ran into the garage. He occupied himself for a half hour.  

He ended up building a house for his stuffed animals. When Gillian woke up she wanted to help too. John was patient but it don't take long before they both had enough. 

Tree skirt

The other day when we put up the Christmas tree, I pulled out our tree skirt. I tried to explain to Gillian that it was special because Grandma made it. Gillian heard skirt and she immediately tried it on. 

Best part is that I ended up finding the tree skirt in the basement a few days ago. It was with Gillian's dress up stuff. 

Christmas Party

Today was the annual Christmas party at the club. We met Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T, Aunt Missy and Kenzie for a little Christmas fun. The kids made a little reindeer craft and got to meet Ruldoph. Gillian was not a big fan of the reindeer, but Kenzie loved him! We heard that Santa was there and we went to get pictures.

We ate a little dinner. Had some fun with some new shades. 

Then there was a magic show. John and Gillian ran over to watch the show. Daddy and I ate a little more dinner. While I was eating I heard the magician say "Everyone say hello to Gillian!" I jumped up and ran over. Gillian got selected to be an assistant for the show. She did awesome!

 

After the show we saw the big tree outside get lit and then had time for dessert too! 

Tree shopping

On Sunday, we picked out our Christmas tree. We met up with Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T, Aunt Missy and Kenzie. Before we searched the field for the perfect tree, we stopped to take a few pictures. 

We split up. John helped Mimi and Poppy while Gillian helped me. It didn't take long this year. Gillian posed in front of our tree. 

We then got to see Santa! Gillian was super shy and didn't want to sit next to him. John wasn't shy and went right over to Santa. Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas. John proudly told him "I would like Lego Dimensions." Santa told him "Well I'm in the surprise business, I promise there will be a surprise under the Christmas tree." 

Gillian eventually sat next to Santa a answered a few questions. She was still a little shy but she was brave. 

When we got home the tree got set up outside until we were ready to move it into the living room. Everyone helped move it. 

We set up the tree and I finally added lights last night.  It's starting to look a lot like Christmas.

One thousand!

A little over 4 years ago I started this little blog. I simply wanted a way to remember all the funny things our kids say or do. I thought it would be something that the kids could look back on. It's become more than just something for me to enjoy. The kids aunts and uncles, great grandparents and cousins all get to laugh at their jokes and adventures. 

This is my thousandth post! I told the kids tonight and they couldn't believe it. One thousand seemed like a huge number to them. And me too! Thanks for reading!