Crayons and Keyboards: November 2011

Like Father, Like Elf

Seeing how things in life typically come full circle, I completely understand how and why our little Elfis decided to "wrap" the Christmas tree last night while the kiddos slept.

When I was your age, as the the wise old man begins his life lesson, I too had my occasional late-night, house-sneaking-out, mischievous adventures amongst the neighborhoods of my hometown.

At least Elfis had nice form and managed to get a roll of toilet paper up-and-over the bow on top of the tree. Overall, he had a nice composition of paper vs. green.

Food For The Winter?

Apparently, Annabelle thinks we are going to be hitting a food crisis in the next few months because she is secretly stashing away some meat and cheese.

Not sure when she decided that rationing her food was the wave of the future. You gotta give it to her though, at least she was smart enough to store the food in the refrigerator in her play kitchen.

I'm scared to think where else she has food stashed that we've yet to discover. The funky smell in her room is beginning to make sense now.

The weekend after Thanksgiving can only mean one thing for our household; dragging out all the Christmas decorations and putting the children to work - now if I could only get them to climb the ladder and hang the outside lights up; maybe next year.

Elfis Is In The Building

Our little Elfis (like Elvis, but as an elf) has let himself be known he is offically on watch. We've read the book to the kids, we briefed them on the do's and don'ts and we are set to roll.

Now, if I can just get over how freaking creepy having this guy around is going to be, the we will all be happy.

Curious, if just watches the kids or me as well; because, I may be in trouble.

Dirty Turkey

What started out as a friendly game of kickball and morning activity to make up for the fatness that will ensue later on; turned quickly into a muddy-free-for-all.

No one was safe, not even the women folk.

Cooking With Momma

Potty Presents

Milestone make us all happy; and when you youngest finally tops the hill and starts going in the "potty," it's a game changer.

So...we buy her gifts.

Operation Christmas Child

Guest Post By Momma Robyn:

It's simple. You get a shoe box, you pick your age group and you fill the box. It was a good way to replace the "I want" in our house for a bit. It was fun for the kids and its a great opportunity to teach the them to have a giving heart. The US last year gave something like 85 MILLION boxes...that's AwEsOmE!

The Thankful Tree

Sometimes it is essential to reflect on what you have, not what you don't have or what you want.

The holidays, as we all know, is the time when most of us try and grasp the little things around us and be thankful for them - but we all know how hard it is when life gets in the way and the essentials get pushed to the back burner.

Robyn set us up with a Thankful Tree, where our goal is to write down one thing everyday we are thankful for. It can be sincere, it can be funny, or it can just be.

Don't forget to look around and appreciate where you are and how lucky we all are to be in a culture and country that allows us multiple freedoms that most countries to get.