The Wilson's

The Wilson's

11.26.2012

the return of elfie

I some how skip over Thanksgiving and I cannot figure out why- maybe because it is at our house? I have no idea.  Gabe peed in his cute Thanksgiving outfit and I never got one single picture.  Oh well, the rest of the boys life is pretty well documented!

I digress, now on to Elfie!  He is back.  Some people can't stand this whole Elf On A Shelf thing, but I love it.  And thanks to Pinterest, I don't have to rack my brain all the time about fun things to do with him.  Sam is really into it this year so I can't wait until the end of December to put up all of his shenanigans- how in the world do you spell that?  I am really excited for Christmas even more than normal because my babies are so excited- well Sam is, but Gabe is just cute.  We will save the talk about his birthday for another post. Sniff, sniff.

 I am determined to soak up all I can this Christmas, I am so famous for saying " I will get to it" and never do and then it is January and I am so sad that I let another year go by without really doing all I had planned.  I am no Susie homemaker, but we did make some cinnamon ornaments- 2 ingredients- fun!  We are already in full swing with our Christmas music and next is to work on an advent calendar- we really want Sam to understand why we have Christmas.  Santa is a figure in our house, but he is just something we talk about a little.  I am working on making Elfie a reminder of why we have Christmas and not just a little elf that reports to Santa if Sam was good or bad.  Whew- there are learning opportunities in everything when you have little ones!





Tree is done- Sam is way excited about the train that goes around it!

Elfie arrived on a train and left some pj's to wear for tree decorating.



Day 2 he was hanging on our kitchen light

Making our ornaments, they smell so good!



Gabe supervising the ornaments

Day 3, riding on a dino

Ready to hang up! We made enough for everyone we know!

Pretty :)


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