Well...Ella Mae got one of the creepy Elf on the Shelf dolls. She named her Candy Cane and was excited for the first few days...I would say things like "She's watching you and will fly back and tell Santa tonight if you were good or bad today...so you better be good." I would try and move it around an get creative...although not near as creative as the Facebook posting mom's. Those mom's make you feel like you are just sitting on the couch all day with potato chip crumbs on your shirt and a beer in your hand. Who has time for all that?? Most mornings Candy Cane would just move from the table to the kitchen or bathroom, possibly sleeping under some tissue using T.P. as a blanket...ha! Here she is doing one of her more creative moves...snow angels in some sugar.
Pretty lame I know... I think all Ella Mae was more interested in licking the sugar off the plate...so our Elf on the Shelf experience tapered pretty quickly and she ended up hanging in one spot the rest of the holiday season. Then my real elves showed up from Michigan...working diligently to prepare for Ruby's second birthday party with a holiday/ugly Christmas sweater flare.
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| Head Elf G-ma making cookies |
We like to celebrate around these parts...cuz we feel like we have lots to celebrate...so we wanted to make Doobs party a special event that would hopefully become a family tradition for years to come. I stole this Reindeer Food Bar from another mommy blogger...
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| Cuz Reindeer need food too! |
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| Uncle Matt did the artwork |
The kids get to make a bucket full of it and sprinkle it in the driveway for Santa's Reindeer to munch on while they wait for him to fill your house with the magic of Christmas...
Kids got to write their letters to Santa...little did they know he was to make an appearance..
We had a craft area...
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| This area is soon to be filled with thirty crazy kiddos! |
We were super lucky this year and got Uncle Matt, Aunt Sara and the G-parents all in one visit. I could not have pulled off this party (more on that next post) without them all.
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| An Elf meeting over a little breakfast... |
Ella Mae loves to get her hands dirty in the kitchen and she is a complete freak for cake-pops (lets face it...they are delish...lil balls of joy..) so I got her and Aunt Sara a Hello Kitty Cake pop kit.
It turned out to be a little more labor intensive than expected and Aunt Sara might have been cursing Hello Kitty's name by the end of it (or mine :))....
but in the end they got a few good ones out of it and they all tasted delish...
Stay tuned for Ruby's birthday party pics!
Keep rockin' this wonderful life peeps!
Elf meeting! Love it! Ella looks so cute stirring the batter. It's good for a project to whoop me from time to time. I have a new appreciation for the cake pop makers of the world now. And I love whipping up treats with her. She's a great helper!
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