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December 15, 2013

Breakfast with Buddy the Elf 2013

We were so excited to see Buddy's return this December 1st with another breakfast straight from the North Pole! It was a crazy morning trying to get everything ready, celebrate and get ready for church but we did it!

And I think it turned out perfect!

My sweeties sporting their Christmas jammies for the first time this season!

The table all set up for the kids!

More of the table

Nick whipped up these Christmas pancakes- so cute!

We had snowman doughnuts and fruit candy canes.

Here is Buddy's letter.

Welcome back Buddy!

The kids were obsessed with the doughnuts!

Buddy brought each of the kids a new present-

Reagan got an Elf on the Shelf puzzle.

And the twins each got their own plush elves. Reagan still LOVES his from a few years ago... so I knew the twins would love theirs.

December 14, 2013

A Look Back at Last Year's Elf on the Shelf

So as you may remember, I was at home last year this time with the newborns.

And boy.

Not that newborn twins and a three year old weren't hard work.

But nothing in comparison to how busy, crazy things are this year now that I am working!

Looking back.. I feel like - dang Mama. You rocked that Elf on the Shelf business last year! I feel like a total slacker this year. Last year I had a craft or activity that tied into each of his hiding spots. This year- poor Buddy just kind of gets placed! Oh well. Reagan still seems to be excited each morning!

And I'm just keeping it real!

For those of you still needing ideas for your Elf , maybe you can get some inspiration here!

Here are some links back to last year's posts!

Breakfast with Buddy 2012

Adventures with Buddy Week 1

Adventures with Buddy Week 2

Adventures with Buddy Week 3

Goodbye to Buddy our Elf!

December 27, 2012

Good-bye to Buddy our Elf

It was sad to say goodbye to our Elf on the Shelf Buddy this year.

Last year I don't think Reagan even noticed he was gone but this year he did not want to see him go.

Here is the last of what we did together.

Saturday

Reagan woke up to find Buddy sitting in one of his toy trucks.

Buddy left his usual note and some cake mix to us for a birthday cake for Jesus.

We baked Jesus a birthday cake to eat on Christmas Eve.

We also popped popcorn to take with us as we drove around looking at Christmas lights.

Reagan thought it was so much fun. It was our first time using this popper.

(I usually would only use it at school with my class.)

These next two photos crack me up.

It totally sums up my life with this 3 year old.

Before

And after.

Ha Ha.

His response, "Accidents Happen".

So we popped a second batch to take with us.

Sunday

Sunday morning Reagan woke up to find Buddy holding Baby Jesus.

He left Reagan a coloring page for him to work on.

Our activity that day was to go to my sister's house for our annual Gingerbread House party.

Here was Reagan's finished picture he left for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Monday

Monday morning Reagan woke up to find Buddy with a present that said to open that night.

He also left a little goodbye note for Reagan.

After church Reagan opened his gift from Buddy - new Christmas jammies for him and the babies.

Buddy has flown back to the North Pole!

We will seem him again next year and have lots of new, fun adventures!

December 21, 2012

Our Adventures with Buddy- Week 3

We had another good week with Buddy our Elf on the Shelf.

If you want to see what Buddy did on week 2 click here.

Or for week 1 click here.

Sunday

Sunday morning Buddy surprised Reagan by drawing on a photo in his room. He thought it was pretty hilarious. Our activity for that night was to make reindeer food to sprinkle on the lawn to attract the reindeer to our house.

(Turns out he made it at school with his teachers that Friday, so we just used that!)

Monday

Monday morning Reagan woke up to a crepe papered door! He insisted on leaving it up for most of the day, which made it very interesting for Nick and I to get in and out of his bedroom. Army crawling in the room with a basket of laundry was pretty hilarious.

His family task for that night was to do a scavenger hunt with his Little People nativity set. I found some really cute clues online and we played it over and over.

Tuesday

Tuesday morning Reagan woke up to find Buddy with some baggies of goodies.

The directions were to help Buddy plant an Elf Garden. I put some tic tacs (seeds) in a bag as well as some crushed candy canes (magic dust) in a separate bag. Reagan was supposed to plant the seeds in the flour (elf dirt) , sprinkle the dust, and sing Jingle Bells 2x. Then he would have to wait until tomorrow to see what grew.

Wednesday

Wednesday morning Reagan woke up to see Buddy's Elf Garden had grown candy canes.

Our family task for that night was to make a Santa craft but I realized too late that we were out of red construction paper. So I improvised and we made a countdown chain. He was super excited because that night our book for the advent had a paper chain in it. Wish I could say I planned that!

Thursday

Thursday morning Reagan woke up to find Buddy eating a cookie.

Our task for that day was to make cookies for Santa.

Reagan LOVED it.

Friday

This morning Reagan woke up to find Buddy with the Polar Express movie and 3 train tickets. Tonight we are going to "ride" the Polar Express, pop popcorn, and drink hot chocolate.

I cant believe it's almost Christmas!

So excited!

December 14, 2012

Our Adventures with Buddy- Week 2

If you missed our adventures with our Elf on the Shelf Buddy, you can find them here.

Saturday

If you follow me on InstaGram you might remember that Reagan was hell on wheels Friday night after our evening at "Follow the Star". So Buddy did not come out that night. He left Reagan a note instead.

Reagan woke up and was a little bummed not to have Buddy, but it didn't really have the effect I was hoping it would!

Sunday

Sunday morning Buddy returned.

Yes, Reagan was acting slightly better, but mostly I had things planned!

Buddy was found building a house out of blocks.

He also left Reagan a gingerbread house kit to work on that afternoon.

He had way more fun decorating it this year. Although it really was like- one candy on the house, two in his mouth. And don't even get me started on the icing. He was straight up shooting it into his mouth from the container. Talk about a sugar high.

Monday

Monday morning Reagan woke up to find Buddy hanging from our Christmas tree. His note said that we would work on our family ornaments that night. (If you remember from my tree post, we gift a photo ornament to our immediate family members each year for their tree.)

Tuesday

Tuesday morning Reagan woke up to find Buddy with some goodies in the kitchen.

Buddy left us the ingredients to make Christmas tree cones.

Reagan could have cared less about decorating these cones.

All he wanted to do was eat the icing. This project was a total bust.

Wednesday

Wednesday morning Reagan woke up to find Buddy playing teacher in the playroom.

He had made a nice and naughty list the white board.

I was so tempted to put Reagan's name on the naughty... but decided against it.

That night we got Reagan's teacher's Christmas gifts together.

My favorite thing- Reagan loves the cook Ms. Susie at his school. He talks about her all the time. So he wanted to include her and get her a Christmas present. We gave her the gift today and she was so shocked. I'm sure the school lunch lady never gets a gift! Bless her heart. My son loves her to pieces.

Thursday

Thursday morning Reagan woke up to find that Buddy had tp-ed his tree. (Looking at this picture, I really did a bad job of it! But it was hard in the dark, middle of the night! I was so afraid to wake him up!)