Sun Bowl

Our boys (including Gray) have turned into huge NCSU fans over the last few months.  If you ask Carter or Rylan what they'd like for a gift, they'll say anything NC State.  That's pretty much all Carter got from us for his birthday last month.  Gray knows how to do some of the NC State cheers even.

We had fun watching NC State beat Arizona State in the Sun Bowl this afternoon.  Go Pack!!!

Elf on the Shelf Sunday

Saturday, December 16th - Mr. Elf made himself an igloo.  I think the polar bear trapped him in there!

Sunday, December 17th - Mr. Elf found the clubhouse he built last year but jazzed it up this year with some sequin ribbon!

Monday, December 18th - Mr. Elf put himself in a snowglobe!  Oh no!

Tuesday, December 19th - Mr. Elf decorated our pantry door.  He does this most years.  This year he made a yeti!

Wednesday, December 20th - Mr. Elf found some leftover candy from Carter's birthday party and brought along some of his own Christmas candy for the boys!

Thursday, December 21st - Carter had brought home a fortune teller (or cootie catcher) from school on Wednesday.  Mr. Elf made some of his own to share with us!

One was a Santa ....

And one was an elf ...

Friday, December 22nd - We had origami paper out on Thursday and were making a few things.  Mr. Elf must have been intrigued because he made the boys a dragon, swan, and frog.

Saturday, December 23rd - Mr. Elf left the boys some Christmas Hot Wheels!

He also built a snowman out of some of their Hot Wheels (we have hundreds).

Sunday, December 24th - Mr. Elf got out some of our finger puppets and left the boys some new ones from the Rudolph movie.

Christmas Traditions

Some of our Christmas traditions ...

Making Christmas sugar cookies:

Singing Christmas carols at an assisted living facility with friends:

Making Christmas ornaments for our kid tree in the bonus room:

Ollie

The boys officially have a cousin!  Actually, they'd had him now for exactly one-month!  My sister had Ollie on November 17th and I got to meet him the next day.  We had planned a trip up to DC for part of the boys' Thanksgiving break and it worked out perfectly!

Happy one-month "birthday" Ollie!

Elf on the Shelf Friday

This week's elf antics ...

Saturday, December 9th - Mr. Elf brought the boys Despicable Me 3 (which they hadn't seen before).  His minion friends that we keep in the playroom joined him.

Sunday, December 10th - We found Mr. Elf in the fridge.  He'd added faces to our eggs!

Monday, December 11th - The boys were playing with finger traps on Sunday and Mr. Elf must have wanted to try one out and got stuck!

Tuesday, December 12th - Mr. Elf brought some friends from the North Pole.  These guys dance when put in the sun.  They did a great job of annoying Brian when he was working!

Wednesday, December 13th - The boys get obsessed with perler beads around Christmas.  Carter has made enough ornaments to fill the tree in his room.  Mr. Elf brought the boys some new pattern boards.

Thursday, December 14th - Mr. Elf made himself a game to play.  It's been a fun game for the boys the last few days as well.  There have been plastic golf balls flying everywhere!

Friday, December 15th - Mr. Elf left the boys some calmer games to play :)

Elf on the Shelf Friday

Our favorite elf is back!  He arrived last Friday (December 1st).  All the boys still believe and are enjoying Mr. Elf's antics each morning.  It's getting tougher and tougher for him to come up with things though!

Friday, December 1st - Mr. Elf arrived!  He brought the boys an advent calendar again!

Saturday, December 2nd - The boys had their first basketball game of the season on this day and Mr. Elf staged his own game and cheering section.

Sunday, December 3rd - We found Mr. Elf spying on us in the Christmas tree!

Monday, December 4th - The boys had school on Monday and Mr. Elf brought them fun Christmas erasers for their pencils.

Tuesday, December 5th - Mr. Elf made himself a photo booth.

Wednesday, December 6th - Mr. Elf must have been on a soccer team this summer because he had a cool soccer uniform on and was playing a game against some Imaginex guys.

Thursday, December 7th - Mr. Elf must have gotten his soccer uniform duty because we found his drying his laundry on Thursday.

Friday, December 8th - This morning we found Mr. Elf in a ball pit!