Krispy made his farewell today.
Halle-stinking-lujiah!
the kids were stoked on the marshmallow snowmen they got from the North Pole.
Can’t you just see the deterioration from day one with the mini donuts.
Can you imagine if I had to go another 15 days?
It would have been bad.
Krispy left the two oldest Snowmen towels (that have been in my closet for two years).
And the younger one — an oatmeal bottle.
All is well.
Especially since tomorrow is our last Elf on the Shelf day.
Who came up with this nonsense anyway?
And those who do it all month long…..take my lead!
I love the ten day thing.
I think I am minimizing it down to five days next year!
Our tree is never a really organized feature of our Christmas.
I personally like having it a bit mish mashed every year, but it gives my mom anxiety.
SO in an attempt to ease her frustrations, we at least got the lights on within a week — or so?!
Micah did the top, but Scout took the reigns towards the bottom.
I told him I needed him to learn this “man job”, and I think he was proud to take on the responsibility.
Navy was in charge of vacuuming. She loves to do things where she has to hyper focus on little areas (coloring, puzzles), so this was right up her alley.
And Dash was just in charge of drinking in all of the excitement. This boy is an observer just like Scout was. At first I was a little worried that I had wallflowers, but now I realize that they just like to assess situations, and then dive in full force. And then there is my second child who assesses nothing.
It was such a pleasant evening, I decided to get a picture with my three tangled in the lights. But everything went sour quickly. Look at that little girl trying to act like Miss Innocent while Scout is tantruming it up and Dash is taking notes.
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Merry Christmas, and it is off to bed you three go!
Krispy got all of these weasels with a blue Sharpie last night.
And in honor of the hoax, guess who else sported one of these beauties.
But conversely, mine was washed off before 7 pm that night.
I am convinced that the very best song title to describe Dash is “Joy To The World”!
This baby makes me beyond happy. He just hangs out with me as my sidekick day after day, and just oozes happiness. When I look at him in my rear-view mirror, he grins from ear to ear. When I kiss him, he grins ear to ear — or gives me a cheek, and then turns back grinning ear to ear from his little joke. When I put him to bed at night, I go through our ritual, and he grins ear to ear. He is literally a JOY.
Lately, he has added a few new things to his repertoire.
-Speaking of putting him to bed at night, I have Scout’s bear that has a little voice-recorded message from me in it. So when he goes to bed, I push the little button, and Dash looks at it, and then looks at me, and then gives Yosemite the Bear kisses. And then I press it again, and Yosemite leans over to kiss Dash, and so on. It’s one of my favorite tasks of the day.
-Sometimes I hear teeny grunts, and realize that he is just blowing kisses. He uses both hands and then does some sort of “MWAH” sound as he throws his arms out.
-Auggie taught him what a doggy says. SO when he sees a dog, a lot of times he will say “Ru Ru”. (No F)
-When Dashy eats, he is frantic about it. He means business. Whatever is in front of him, is grabbed by the handful, and stuffed into his chomper. And then, he sticks it into a cheek until I give into his grunting and give him a bit more. Eating time become quite the divvied-out process.
-Our little chipmunk is teething — (molars in the back on the bottom). So to avoid eating on sore gums, he gets his food in his mouth, and saves it there until it basically disintegrates. I am talking 2-3 hours if i let it go that long. His lips used to turn blue, but he has mastered the art, and loosely purses his lips now. It is seriously the funniest thing ever. And although he has done this for months, I think it has just become a habit now. I like to think of it, as my little guy really savoring every last bite!
-Since taking his first steps and actually walking within the month, this boy has become a pro. He walks confidently and quickly. He is a master, and is all over the house. At times when I need to get something done, I will have to hide from him. But it only takes seconds until he finds me and wants me to love on him.
-Not only is he walking, he is climbing. Every single day the art table is out, Dash climbs up on it, stands on it and then climbs down. I used to rush over to get him down, but then he fell once, and is a bit more careful. And I literally can’t run over 400 times a day. We were at IKEA, and there is a display out for the children. It has become a makeshift playground, and as we passed it, Dash was pointing and saying “Ma Ma”. I let him out, and two moms asked me how old he was and if he had been walking long, because he was climbing up the front of a a decently big slide, and then turning around and sliding down. Not only had he mastered it perfectly, but he had managed to get every other kid in a tizzy because he commandeered the most coveted toy in the place. I kept moving him away, but those quick little feet got him back in no time. So then we strolled away.
-My most favorite thing of all, that he does multiple times a day…..whenever he hears music, he conducts music. He learned it at church, and at Cade’s Band competition, and it is hilarious. So the second he hears me sing, or the music over the loud speaker in a store, his little arm starts waving and he grins from ear to ear.
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Everything he does charms everyone. He is as sweet and nice and happy as a little baby could be. He makes me almost squeal with delight when I am with him.
You want to know why?
Because this little boy of mine is a “Joy To The World”!
Christmas photos are any mom’s nightmare.
Especially when they have to be done within 15 minutes, and there is a 5,3, and 1 year old in the mix.
I finally got something I could work with, but it was painful.
For all involved.
Especially my assistant — Patty Poo.
THE MOOD CATCHER
This picture captures the mood — Dash running off with a devious smile, Navy doing something slightly off, like standing on her “tippy toes” after I asked everyone to stand nicely, and Scout trying to be really good (but laughing at Dash) because he knows I meant business.
THE HYSTERIA
THE WINKER
THE ESCAPEE
THE FUGITIVE
THE DEATH GRIP
But then there was a little cooperation.
And we finally ended up with this beauty.
So what if Dash is sucking Navy’s brain out with his hand.
Until next year.
Kids, it will be 364 days until you see “that” mommy again.
If only these pictures could talk.
I might be running from the law myself.
Apparently, this stuff never gets old.
Because if it isn’t Dash, it’s Scout or Navy begging for the liquid gold.
My kids thought they were out of luck this year for Christmas. Scout was already thinking of ways to be okay with it — like that he was still going to get some things from the people who picked his name. Navy didn’t care too much. Little stinker! They were both on their “better” behavior, and Scout succeeded to do a mighty good job of being really good. After an entire day of coming to terms with a Christmas free year, you can’t imagine the elation Scout had across his face when he found the return of Krispy!
Krispy’s note made Scout’s day.
He is SO thrilled that he was able to change Santa’s mind, and that they will be getting their gifts — instead of them going to India!
And quite surprisingly — Navy was almost as elated as Scout!
Here she is going in for a big congratulatory kiss!
There is a lot of Christmas prepping going on. The house above was made by Scout, Navy, Colby and Camden to house our newest little guy — Krispy.
My mom and I came home to a beautifully lit house.
Look at the perfectionist admiring his work.
Then we went to get our tree along side the Tackys.
Look at the lurker in the back — ogt to love the shadow with a lumberjack beard on!
Got to love the mini lumberjack even more!
While we were at the tree lot, something came over my kids (minus Dash), and they were CRAZY!
Not funny crazy, which I go for. Bad crazy!
And the ringleader was snow white.
The lurker wasn’t too bad, so basically, it all fee on the shoulders of the girl in our family.
Here is Micah — taking her out of Home Depot.
This isn’t a picture of a father/daughter playing moment.
Nope.
Micah was taking her out, and this is the only way she would go.
We saw Micah next, in the car with someone in her seat belt being very quiet.
After a lecture from me on the way home, they went to bed immediately upon arriving home.
In the meantime, Micah and I took in our beauty.
While asleep, this little note was delivered.
Too bad for them, Krispy said that “Santa was trying to find him a new house, and that their toys had the names of siblings “Hasha” and “Rashid” from India on them. The note also said that Dash’s name was still on his presents.
You can see that they hadn’t calmed down (or been totally affected by Krispy’s note) before we went to church.
(But at least Scout was trying to improve his behavior. That Navy might be a lost cause this week.)
It has been a few VERY LONG days with some very naughty kids.
I just hope that Krispy will see past their hopefully temporary behavior.
I am really good at a lot of things. But organization isn’t one of them. It literally goes against who I am. I try, and have gotten better, but how can I be a fly by the seat of my pants kind of gal AND be organized at the same time?
So when it came time for our elf to be out each Christmas, by about day 7 I would forget the routine regularly. So this year, I came up with a much better idea….
Krispy has been one of Santa’s top elves for years and years. We have been on the waiting list to get him, and his family is finally grown. SO I sat Scout and Nay down to really find out their thoughts on getting a new elf. But I told them, there was good and bad that came with Krispy. First of all, he was such a good elf, that he only had to be at our house for 10 days total. Second, he was not lenient — and the good were rewarded, and the bad got Christmas taken away. Because he was a pretty stinky elf (which is why he is such a good read on the stinky children), we would find him each morning doing some pretty silly things. And just to really sweeten the deal, Krispy is best friends with the top toy makers in the North Pole, and his kids got the very best Christmases.
They were sold.
Halle - stinking - lujiah!
Day 1
Krispy brought a note to the kids, and some of Mrs. Claus’s famous donuts.
Scout was all over the new guy in town! He noticed the snow on his clothes, that he was smart enough to take his hat off before he hung upside down, and that he had teeny tiny writing.
It should be a good month — or should it???
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