It’s a long boring story, but my blogspot site, which I’ve had since I started my blog in 2018 will not exist in a few weeks. I’m not super techy, so it’s possible it could have been avoided, but I’ve tried everything and talked to all my techy friends, and ultimately, it was time to move over to a new site, so here we are.
Last weekend, we put up our Christmas tree, which meant that our Elf on the Shelf would be returning. I LOVE Elf on the Shelf. I pin ideas all year long. Months ahead of time, I plan out what I’m going to do. I buy supplies to go with the theme, and also have a general elf kit, which includes crepe paper, heavy duty double sided 3M tape, fishing line, and a bunch of other random things I might need. My job at camp was to create magic by giving kids experiences that were unique. I miss that so much, but I also think that’s one of the best parts of motherhood- giving my kids unique and magical experiences.
So the elf is back. Sometimes he brings little treats or gifts, sometimes he just shows up and does something silly. The boys both jump out of bed (usually around 5:50am) and run down to look for him. I typically jump out of bed too because I love seeing their reaction. Sometimes they are amused, sometimes they say things like, “there are marshmallows in that snow globe! How will we get them?!” It is a great way to start each day.
On Monday, Xander got his second covid shot and I got my booster. Both of us felt a little bit crummy on Tuesday, but we were both very brave when we got our shots and were also both happy to have them done.
thinks he’s a cat 
On Friday, Hudson turned one and I am hoping that means he will start calming down at some point. I walk him every day and he drags his feet and goes so slow I think I might have to actually drag him. And then he gets home and bounces off the walls. He’s an absolute maniac.
On Saturday, we got a new oven! Ours was doing this terrifying thing where at certain random times for no reason, all of the burners would turn on and you couldn’t turn them off. We had someone out to fix it, but the circuit board was no longer being made. So new (double) oven here we come!
We also had family clean up day because there were toys everywhere and we needed to do some lego re-organizing. The boys worked really hard and had a great attitude and I’m excited how organized the legos are!
Santa stopped by for a brief visit- on our neighborhood facebook page, a woman posted that her husband was making santa housecalls. It seemed a little sketchy, but also I didn’t want to go to a mall and pay for a santa visit, nor did I want to stand in a long line, so having santa drop by and stay a covid safe distance away, for free, seemed like the best case. Afterwards, we had pizza/movie night.
Our family ornament 
Lego drawers 
Lego Table 
Today the boys started the day popping bubble wrap that the elf left. We had some snowman pancakes (we’ve been big on themed food lately), we went swimming at the YMCA and then we baked Christmas cookies.
hoping for some sprinkles to drop
Now it’s time for another week ahead. More elf on the shelf. More themed breakfasts and lunches. My Christmas letter is complete and will be hitting mailboxes by the end of the week. December cheer is in full swing!