Elfcapades

Because I am the worst blogger ever, I am going to post some highlights of what our elves have been up to since their arrival.    This time of year is SO busy.  I have appointments on top of appointments this week, but Christmas is FINALLY coming and I have to catch up.  Sidenote:  if you want to get on Jaggar's bad side, tell him that Christmas is not close.  He has told on many friends that have said that.  Of course, some had the audacity to say that in like September to the Christmas kid.

Here's what they've been up to...some highlights.

One night the girls gave the boys makeovers complete with hair and wardrobe change.

 THEN they decided that they wanted to give TRAVIS a makeover with my favorite polish.

 I mean, of COURSE, they're going to get the ELF eyeliner pen.  That's seriously what I wear, and I love it.  Good stuff for the price of $1-$3, depending on what you get. 

 Again, kids went nuts over this.

 THEN they had another surprise.  We saw Frozen the night before (super cute movie), and Sage likes to leave them notes in the night.  They respond in some way, shape or form every time.

 They had a new friend.  Sage named the "ho ho husky," Olaf, after the snowman in Frozen.

 The elves are ready to be sprinkled with the magic snow, so Jaggar got in that line, too.  :)

 Sometimes, they take cotton ball swims.

 Sage ready for her Christmas school performance, and the elves came along.

 This was one of my favorite nights.  They made a winter snow scene complete with snow (duh) and Christmas trees with lights.

 I thought this was super cute too.  Costner loved ripping them all down.  Sage goes, "I don't really get this one."  I said, "Sage, DECK the WALLS with BOWS of Holly."  That brought it home for her.  Apparently, the other things they do are logical?  But nothing is more real to her.

 And then sometimes, they just bring gifts.  Christmas stickers and books.

 Sage wrote a letter to Santa.  She's either writing to the elves or Santa.  This one hurt my heart.  She said, "Well Santa is magical right?"  I said, "He is!  But...he's not any more magical than your own faith."

 Other times, they play games.

 Or build a puzzle

 This one wanted to figure out how to get to the puzzle.

 And THEN another night they wanted to be Snap, Crackle and Pop on the rice krispies and even served the kids breakfast.  WE just never know what we'll wake up to.  I fully expect my kids to sleep until 11 am the day after Christmas because when elves are here, the wake up calls are EARLY to see what they did. 

Costner's Birthday Surprise from the Elves

It just so happened that the second overnight stay for the elves for this season landed on Costner's birthday.  Sage wrote a note and put it by the tree, reminding them that the next day was Baby Bleu's birthday...as if they'd forget!  So we shouldn't have been surprised when the next morning looked like this.

They had been busy and had left this note.  Sage had asked them a question about what the north pole was like and was thrilled that they answered.  Jaggar was irritated that the present wasn't for him.

But it was this boy's day, so he got to open the present.

And he did.

And what was inside?  (Jaggar clearly distracting all involved here.)

ANOTHER elf.  Costner turned one and got his own elf!  This was unheard of.  And he's a little blonde boy just like Bleu.  And his name?  Hal.   Yep, we laughed too.  But that's him.  Costner loves to get into what the elves have done each night, much to the dismay of his siblings.

So, now we have an entire elf family.  From left to right:  Caroline, Mickey, Hal, Cara, (our unnamed pocket elf, who gets to stay, but only comes alive at Christmas with the magic snow) and Rudolph.

Guess Who's Back?

Well, it IS the most wonderful time of the year, and guess who is back in town?  Yep, our crazy elves.  Sage had been asking for them since Halloween.  She actually wanted them to come trick or treat, but they were too busy finishing up some things at the North Pole so that they could come for the Christmas season.  So they sent a package with a few gifts and a letter explaining their absence back then.  But that's a memory because they are back and in full elf fashion, they hit the ground running.  Last week, I'd been gone all day and when I brought the kids home from school, Jaggar walked up on the porch and said, "ELVES!"  or actually "ELFS!"  Sage ran up to the porch and screamed with delight.  FINALLY.  I'd just mailed her letter that day, and they come fast!  We couldn't believe that they painted the house.  True story, I sent Travis a picture and all he could see was the red.  He thought an Alabama fan had sprayed the house to get back at him for all the smack talk.  lol.  It's funny that all he could see was the red because ironically that's all we can STILL see.  Yeah...the green came off so easily...the red?  Not so much.  So now we look like we live in the projects until Travis decides to give it a go at removing it.

 The kids were SO excited.  This is such a contrast to Jaggar's reaction last year.  Remember that?  lol I still have that pic on my phone.  He's into it this year, and it's a fight every morning between the two of them to tell me what the elves did.

 First morning?  Potato sack races.  Sage was not happy because Jaggar was blocking Mickey in the photo.  She wants the photo opps to show the full effect of what happened in the night.  More to come on their antics.  It's gettin' wild up in here.

WHERE ARE THE ELVES??

Once Thanksgiving ended, we started to see them arrive.  They were at dance.  We saw them out and about with other kids:  elves.  And ours were not here yet.  Sage was good until Thanksgiving.  Then it was..."Um hey where are they?"  Well, usually we are out of town Thanksgiving weekend, so I didn't feel like they were late.  I know that some elves come on a certain day.  We never know exactly when Cara and Mickey show up, but it's after Thanksgiving.  So Sage started praying at night, "God, please let my elves come."  God wasn't working quickly enough for her, so last Friday morning when I went to wake her up for school, she was already awake and writing something at her table.  Here's what it was:

I told her that I would mail it that morning straight to the North Pole.  When I picked her up, she asked if I had and I told her yes.  She just knew that they'd be there the next day, which was Saturday.  So Travis was out of town.  The kids had had their baths, and the doorbell rang.  Sage didn't hesitate.  She said, "It's the ELVES!"  Here is what happened next.  Sage was thrilled.  She KNEW that her letter worked.  And fast too.  Jaggar....not so much.  I have never laughed so hard at him.  When the fedex man left, he wouldn't have anything to do with his elf.  Sage was so excited explaining to him how wonderful they were and the fun they'd have.  She said they do crazy things in the night and eat crackers.  He wasn't having it.  "They will NOT eat," he said.  And to prove his point, he went and got a back of carrots, took one out, put it to his elf's mouth and said, "SEE?!  He not gonna eat!"  I was almost crying with laughter.  I think he was freaked out at the idea of them moving at night.  He didn't want anything to do with that.  It scared him.  So I was trying to get a picture of the 2 of them with their elves, and this is what I got.  I know this needs to be sent in to the Ellen Show. 

Sage was thrilled.  She and Jaggar played with them in my room for a while, and she explained some things to him about the elves...and he got somewhat better.  But he continually said, "There's nothing to be scared of?"  He has warmed up a lot, but EVERY now and then, like this morning, he says, "I don't like my elf.  Send him back to Santa."  You just never know.

They haven't been here long, but they are definitely making their mark.  Tis the season.  It's really the best thing about Christmas for Sage, especially.  Jaggar?  Not so much.

 But THIS morning?  HUGE hit.  Look what they did to our dogs.  Both kids got a kick out of this.

 Oh Chanel

 I think Mayer looks good as an elf.

 They just loved this.

 This totally disturbed Jaggar after a few minutes.  At first, they both seemed to love it...and then?  It was, "He ate all my gum!"  FYI, we haven't had gum for that in prob a year.  I buy it, and they (meaning him) eat it in like 2 weeks.  I'll try to keep as updated as I can on their crazy antics because I know it's a favorite topic on here.  It's one of my favorites, too.