Joy ride

 Nothing crazy to report today. Just both Buddy’s joy riding in the van! The reindeer and dog are just hanging out. 

Breakfast from Buddy

This morning much to my surprise, our Elf Buddy picked up breakfast on his way back from checking in at the North Pole. I was prepared to make a filling breakfast of sausage, hash browns and eggs for my family.  However when I walked into the kitchen there was breakfast nicely set up on my stove. There were holiday donuts from Wawa and Reece’s Christmas tree candies. Buddy and the reindeer looked like they were enjoying a cup of cocoa with a lot of marshmallows and chocolate chips. I know the boys enjoyed the breakfast because it is gone now. 

Elf-nanigans - 12/2/22

Happy Friday Everyone!

I hope your Friday started off good and is going well for you. We have 23 days until Christmas! I need to really kick it into gear and start my Christmas shopping. You know it seems to become harder and harder to shop for my kids.  They already have almost everything they could want and need. What are your kids asking for? Let me know by commenting below.

This morning after getting ready, I opened my bedroom door to go downstairs and I saw the Elf-nanigans that occurred overnight. At the top of my stairs was Buddy the Elf holding toilet paper with a happy grin on his face. He must of proudly send our Elf on the Shelf rolling down the stairs after wrapping him up in TP! 

Rolled our Elf on the Shelf down the stairs.

Look at the happy grin on his face.

When I reached the bottom of the stairs and saw the look on Buddy's face, I'd like

to think that he had fun rolling down the stairs. What do you think?

Doesn't he look like he had fun?!

Once I reached the bottom of the stairs and looked at the Christmas tree, I saw that the reindeer and the dog had partook in the Elf-nanigans as well.  Good thing we are stocked up on toilet paper.

Well I hope everyone had fun last night while we slept.  I asked my boys what they thought of the Elf-nanigans, and I was told that they thought it was funny. I guess somewhat amusing to them at 6:30 am before heading off to school.

What has your Elf on the Shelf been up to? Share below!

Come back tomorrow to see what the Elf does tonight!

Welcome Back Buddy & Friends - 12/1/22

This year is a bit more emotional for me, my oldest son is 17 and a Senior in High School and my youngest son is 15 and a Sophomore in High School and now towers over me in height. I really want to make this Christmas season a special one for everyone at home, because well, we don't know what next Christmas will look like for our family, yet I am still finding it a little hard to get in the festive spirit. Normally I am so excited to put up the Christmas tree, even before Thanksgiving, and this year I just was finding it hard to get going. But we finally accomplished it one evening when everyone was home. As usual we found the newest Hallmark ornament for the Year Without A Santa Claus.  If you know me, you might know that the Miser Brothers are two of my favorite characters, they are TOO MUCH!!!

The boys just chilling after decorating the tree.

I even persuaded my husband to hang one ornament. His Dallas Cowboys Ornament. 

Our 2022 Christmas Tree!  

Last night my youngest son and I were in the kitchen and we made Puppy Chow! It was so yummy! 

I really enjoy cooking and making things with my kids. It has been a tradition for a long time. I used to help my mom and grandma make holiday treats and then my kids helped. I hope one day they carry on the tradition. But it warmed my heart to be able to do this with my son last night. 

In case you would like the recipe, here it is:

1 stick of butter

3/4 Skippy Peanut Butter

3/4 Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

6 Cups of Crispex (Chex will do as well)

1/2 bag Powdered Sugar

Measure ingredients (butter, peanut butter, chocolate chips) and melt, add in 6 cups of dry cereal, coat each piece of cereal with mixture and then top with powdered sugar. I use my Fix-in-mix bowl from Tupperware and we will put the seal on the bowl and shake up everything until each piece is coated as seen above. Then place to dry, we used a baking sheet with parchment paper. 

Today marks December 1, 2022 and our Elf on the Shelf came back with his friends. Normally he returns the day after Thanksgiving, and the boys even mentioned that they hadn't seen him yet, but this year he decided to return today.  Buddy our Elf looks like he is kicked back and chilling while his furry friends look mighty hungry and ready to eat the message made out of M&M's that reads, Did you miss us?  Certainly you couldn't miss them as they are just below the TV.

Buddy the Elf and his furry friends return! 

I am not sure how the boys reacted this morning as they are up and out the door for school before I get a chance to get downstairs to see them off. But let me tell you, I remember them waking up every morning when they were much younger and the first thing they could think of was the elf and what mischief he got into. Seeing their faces in the morning after finding the elf and the messes he made were always such a joy and truly Christmas magic. 

Welcome Back Buddy & Friends!!

 

Movie time

Today you will find Buddy our Elf on the Shelf chilling with the dog and the Reindeer with a tub of popcorn and watching a movie. 

Elf things

 It has been several years since I last posted what Buddy the Elf was up to in our house. I am sorry for not sharing what the Elf has been up to. The kids are older now and I find that they seem to care less and less if the Elf shows up and what he does. My husband told me the other day that he thinks I do it more for myself now than I do for the kids. Maybe he is correct, but I still do it in hopes that it brings a smile to the faces of my boys. 

So far this year the Elf arrived right on time, the day after Thanksgiving. He appeared taking a nap in the tissue box next to the Buddy the Elf my husband purchased for me at CVS. He has a pull cord and has many things he says. It was the best thing ever!

The Elf is Back! Day 1 - 2021

The next day the Elf was hanging out by the window with the dog with a Elf button on. We were going to go to the Gaylord Palms and do the Mission: Save Christmas they had there this year. If you ever have the chance to do this with your kids, do it, it is fun. 

Map of Alpine Village

Theme this year is Mission: Save Christmas

Grabbed myself an Elfie! 

There was a place were the kids could do a snowball fight. The wait in line was a bit long but we made it through and thank goodness there was a place to grab an adult drink!

Making Snowballs!! Cold Hands.

Snow!!! Make Snowballs!

His hands are cold.

Making Snowballs! Brrr it's cold.

Throwing snowballs! 

There is also snow tubing! It was quite fun! 

The kids really enjoyed this activity. 

The boys waiting to go snow tubing!

Next it was time to go through the Elf Mission: Save Christmas.  We started off in the Candy Cane Forrest and saw Mr. Narwhal. 

Logan & Mr. Narwhal

Both of my Boys! 

Logan & I

Candy Cane Forrest

Don't want to give it all away, but check it out if you can.

Day 3 we found the Elf in the kitchen with his gingerbread apron on and a mixing bowl of sprinkles, sitting in a 3D printed Christmas ornament my husband printed.

Day 4 (Today) He is hanging out in the freezer with the reindeer in his winter jacket and hat on. I think the kids will have fun trying to pull out ice cream later tonight and not touching him. 

Chocolate droppings. 11/27/17

My wonderful two boys are 12 and 10 years of age now and I have not had to clean up any sort of turds for a long time. Well this morning the boys found Buddy the Elf and Teddy the reindeer in the bathroom. Well it looks like Teddy might have had too much snow yesterday! There were many reindeer droppings on the top of my recently cleaned toilet.  Buddy looks like he is getting ready to clean up after his pet reindeer. I will applaud him for that. This Elf and his Reindeer are so silly. 

Reindeer droppings on my recently cleaned toilet.

At least it doesn't smell! LOL!

Buddy looks like he is being a good pet owner
and looking to clean up after his pet. 

At least they made into the bathroom. My dog isn't that smart sometimes.

Instant Snow! 11/26/17

Sorry for not posting this sooner! But Sunday, November 26th was a crazy day! I heard our youngest son, Logan, wake up and the first words out of his mouth were, "Where is Buddy and what did he do today?". He went in search of this Elf and the Reindeer, he searches in each room until he finds him. Well it just so happens that on Sunday morning, Buddy and Teddy were in the kitchen making a mess.  Logan, comes and tells me that they made a mess in the kitchen and of course I had to make a small big deal out of the mess these little Santa's helpers make. I think my kids get a kick out of seeing me kinda make a silly big deal over it. 

Don't you just love the apron on Buddy and the Chefs hat on Teddy? They look so cute!!