Elf on the Shelf Day 11 Advent Activity Day 6

Mater has become a prankster! Look what he did today! He exchanged the kids stockings with B's underwear and Gigi's diaper! This was a hit with Braydon, he showed it to me at least 5 times today.
I think Mater got the idea from Over the Big Moon. What will this Elf think of next.

Our Advent Activity today was to watch a Christmas Movie in our Christmas Pj's. Well........ We did get into our pajamas but Braydon was NOT interested in watching a movie and Giuliana decided a 

nap was more important. I did finish our Buckeyes. Not too bad for a first time. However, I burned the chocolate coating the first time and when I tried to dump the bowl in the sink it slipped out of the oven mitt and burned my chest.  Now I look like I have a hickey on my chest, I assure you there was no mistletoe involved, just a tired momma and a history of clumsy incidents. Time to find some cute Christmas attire that covers up my silly mistake. Here are some highlight pictures from today.  

Elf on the Shelf Day 6

Our thrill seeking Elf has done it again. Today he used my son's Christmas chain as a ladder to climb up our tree. It took us awhile to find him this morning, but when we did we all all got a giggle from his tricks. What will our clever Elf Mater think of next!

Our next fun Christmas project, that will start tomorrow, is the 24 days of Christmas extravaganza! I used my friend Jaimee's idea for this fun tradition.  I know my kiddos are sweet enough, well at least they will get enough sugar this next month, so I wanted to do something in lieu of the traditional candy advent calendar.  So we will try this instead. Of course it will be documented to see if it is a keeper or not. Here is the link to her idea and below is a picture of what we came up with. Hers, super fancy, our is simple. I pinned it up along our hallway because we don't have a mantel and I wanted it to be at Braydon's level.

Mater the Elf Day 4

Our little Elf is becoming more adventurous! He decided to test his climbing skills and make his way up our baby Christmas tree. I am a little nervous because he started eyeing the garland above it too.

Today was a great day! We had Family night at church and B, Gigi and I enjoyed pizza and lemonade for dinner, well Gigi enjoyed her soy formula bottle. After dinner B and I made a paper garland with bits of the Christmas story on it everyday, a bell ornament and B decorated a glass ornament and for the finale he frosted and decorated a delicious cookie.  I am so grateful we have found such a great church community!