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!!

 

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.