Magic eLfCaPaDeS

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 ice cream party

2011-12-12T09:37:00.000-06:00

L was very sad this morning when she could not find the elves anywhere.

Little did we know that they had spotted her eating some of their favorite ice cream yesterday. They snuck into the freezer and had a little ice cream party.

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 everythings better with syrup

2011-12-11T10:30:00.000-06:00

The elves must have been working very hard collecting things to bake, they had to take a little break to have a drink ;)

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 sweets & treats

2011-12-10T09:26:00.001-06:00

The elves brought all sorts of Christmas candies for the kids to make gingerbread houses!

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 zippin down the Christmas tree..

2011-12-09T11:20:00.002-06:00

It appears that last night the elves got a wee bit board and made a zipline from our tree!

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 taking a little ride...

2011-12-08T23:16:00.000-06:00

Woke up this morning to find that the elves had taken a little wagon ride around the house collecting change we had laying around for the kids to use for their RACK today.

And when we got home after school today we discovered that the elves had set up our Christmas tree!!

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 fishing fun

2011-12-07T20:25:00.000-06:00

This morning the elves brought the kids a little afterschool snack, they got a little bit board waiting for the kids to get up and decided to go fishing while they waited.

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 sledding down the stairs

2011-12-06T23:16:00.001-06:00

Those silly elves were finding another use for all the books that we have lying around. It appeared that they were using them as tobogans and sledding down the entry way stairs!

And when we came home from school this afternoon, we found those silly elves hanging upside down from the chandelier!!

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 Rudloph the red nose explorer...

2011-12-05T16:10:00.002-06:00

The kids were kind of sad this morning when they couldn't find the elves :(

and boy were they excited when we went to get in the explorer and saw that the elves were driving AND they had decorated the truck with antlers and a big red nose!

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 Let it Snow...

2011-12-04T12:04:00.001-06:00

Skeeter and Marley were back playing with the dry erase markers and wrote on the bathroom mirror

L spent the night at her BFF's and Trixie visited them and wrote on their mirror and brought the girls Christmas tatoos!

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 Santa Shop

2011-12-03T18:58:00.001-06:00

Today was the 6th anual Santa Shop that the local Girl Scouts put on every December, kids from the comunity can bring a foodshelf donation to shop for hand made items to give to their friends and family for Christmas.

The kids woke up to find that Trixie, Skeeter and Marley had already colected a bunch of foodshelf items for them to go "shop" with.

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 Markers + Elves = FUN

2011-12-02T11:27:00.000-06:00

The elves got into the dry erase markers last night,

Trixie and Marley decorated pictures over on our family wall of friends and family

And Skeeter got pretty artistic on the kids' school pictures

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 RACK Advent Wreath

2011-12-01T22:16:00.000-06:00

This morning the kids woke up to find the elves had made them an advent wreath.

A very special advent wreath! On the back of each day there is a Random Act of Christmas Kindness (RACK), so every day there will be a new RACK for the kids to do that day. They also brought post cards that they can leave with some of their RACK.

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 Santa Says...

2011-11-30T20:14:00.000-06:00

This morning the elves were back on Zack's little blue tree with a Contract from Santa on ways the kids could make the nice list before it's too late!

They each had to choose 3 duties to do around the house and sign their names.

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 Poor Elvin

2011-11-29T20:54:00.000-06:00

The kids were a bit sad when they woke up yesterday and found that their Elves were gone, they left a note saying they heard about Elvin and were going up to the Northpole to spend a few days with him in the hospital

They arrived back here this morning

They told the kids that they were very sad that they were on the naughty list right now and that Santa wasn't sure if the elves should come back, they had to go to Elf Court and got to come back for 10 days and in those 10 days the Elves have to help the kids get on the nice list!!

They also brought a note from Elvin and a picture of him in the hospital.

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 all wrapped up in...

2011-11-26T21:45:00.001-06:00

Can you believe it is already the end of November and we STILL don't have snow?

The kids woke up this morning to find that Elvin had tried to decorate with

snowflake garland, but he had a bit of a mis-hap and ended up in a tangled mess

on the ceiling fan!!

While getting the cabin cleaned up before we headed home, PD & L were trying to get on the naughty list I guess, because they were fighting over Elvin, and pulled his poor leg off....

When they came out of time out he was gone with out so much as a note :(

When we arrived back home, L was excited to see that Skeeter, Trixie and Elvin's little brother Marley, had gotten out Zack's blue tree and decorated it!

eLfCaPaDeS of 2011 Happy Birthday Preston

2011-11-25T21:38:00.002-06:00

PD asked for Santa to send Elvin again for his birthday this year,

and sure enough, the morning of November 25th,

Elvin arrived at our cabin ready to kick off this holiday season elf style!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 22-24

2010-12-23T22:01:00.015-06:00

The elves had an emergency back at the north poll so we didnt see them for a couple of days but the kids were excited to see them again on the eve of Christmas eve :) and they were SUPER excited to go on an adventurous scavanger hunt of clues!

That led them to their Christmas PJ's from the elves :)

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 21

2010-12-21T21:55:00.001-06:00

The elves brought the kids rootbeer for an afterschool treat :)

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 20

2010-12-20T21:52:00.003-06:00

The elves brought the kids hot cocoa packets in their advent calendar, and they had a little hot cocoa party themselves by the tree!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 19

2010-12-19T21:48:00.000-06:00

The elves decided to sample a few of the cookies we've been making!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 18

2010-12-17T21:40:00.001-06:00

This morning the elves were taking a ride on the ceiling fan in the living room!

Elvin must have gotten an upset stomach, we found him in the bathroom this afternoon!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 17

2010-12-16T21:34:00.004-06:00

We have been getting some MAJOR snow here in Minnesota! The elves had lots of fun watching all the people shovel and snow blow their ways out of their houses.

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 16

2010-12-14T21:26:00.000-06:00

Eliana's class is going to be making a project out of empty milk cartons. We volunteered to bring them home and get them washed out, and woke up this morning to find that Trixie, Elvin, and Skeeter had built them into a tree shape!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 15

2010-12-13T21:21:00.000-06:00

I guess the elves didn't think the tree was decorated well enough!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 14

2010-12-12T21:14:00.001-06:00

Those elves were very busy last night, they decorated the entire upstairs bathroom!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 13

2010-12-11T21:06:00.001-06:00

This morning we woke up to find the Elves had dug out tons of baking stuff and put it on the table with a note to get baking!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 12

2010-12-10T20:57:00.000-06:00

Last night the elves brought the kids a fun coloring mat!

And while we were at school today the elves were playing gymnastics on mom's backdrop stand

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 11

2010-12-09T20:47:00.001-06:00

Yesterday mom and the kids made the elves some holiday bunk beds...

The kids fought about who would have to sleep together, so Elvin, Skeeter, and Marley decided while Trixie was in cuddling Eliana to sleep they would sneak out to the garage to gather supplies to make Trixie a DayBed just like L has!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 10

2010-12-08T20:46:00.000-06:00

The Elves sent the kids on a scavanger hunt, the gift in the advent calendar led them

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 9

2010-12-08T20:35:00.005-06:00

Last night the elves brought a magic singing fire place, they roasted marshmallows over the fire ;)

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 8

2010-12-07T20:34:00.000-06:00

This morning we woke up to find that Trixie, Elvin and Skeeter thought our toes should be a bit more festive!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 7

2010-12-06T20:24:00.001-06:00

This morning those crazy elves were found sliding down our railing!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 6

2010-12-03T20:19:00.001-06:00

Last night the evles got into the kids halloween candy stash, they ate nearly everything that was left, I bet they had a belly ache!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 5

2010-12-02T22:55:00.001-06:00

Today the elves sent the kids on a scavanger hunt that lead them to the story of Jesus' birth in the bible.

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 4

2010-12-02T10:59:00.000-06:00

This morning the kids awoke to find that Those Crazy Elves had hitched the wagon to one of Eliana's Dogs and ran in circles around our tree to put on all the lights! Those sure are some BIG bright lights!! I can hardly believe that PD slept only 4 feet away durring all the comotion of getting those lights on the tree!

Mom had just taken that wagon out of storage yesterday, it hadn't even been dusted yet but those crazy elves were having a great time in it!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 3

2010-12-01T23:32:00.004-06:00

The elves worked really hard last night on creating an advent calendar for the kids, they left a note saying they saw that the shoe organizer on mom's closet door looked perfect for the project with its 24 little pouches. They gathered a few more supplies from the box of sewing trim that Gramma passed on to mommy from Angeline's collection of treasures.

They made number cards using the cute candy cane numbers mom had just downloaded from http://jilldzines.blogspot.com/ and wrapped a few gifts to add some color.

They left a note telling the kids that they would be adding more gifts over the next few days, because with mom staying up so late they did not have much time to work on it Ha Ha Ha Ha...

They also said that Elvin's little brother had been begging to come visit our house, so they asked Santa if it would be ok for him to come this year, Santa said he thought it would be a great idea to let, Marley help keep watch over the advent calendar, each day his job is to move to the right number to help us count down to Christmas. Hopefully he does not cause any trouble while he is here!

Marley Jingles

Eliana brought Trixie to school today for show and tell, While the kids were at school and mom was off running erands all morning, Elvin, Skeeter and Marley gathered a few more gifts for in the advent calendar.

And Skeeter gathered supplies for some little Elf Kiss treats the kids could deliver to their friends when this freezing cold windy stops blowing and they can get out and Jingle them!

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Day 2

2010-11-29T22:49:00.000-06:00

Tonight the elves went online and printed off a few "been jingled" coloring pages, with instructions for the kids to color them, and then once it warms up a bit, and PD can get around a little better on those crutches they can go "Jingle" their friends.

http://www.beenjingled.com/

2010 Elf Mischief at our house :) Official Day 1

2010-11-28T22:16:00.000-06:00

This morning L saw a note hanging on the fridge, she started to yell, "The Elves... The Elves.., They are Here" she spun around searching and quickly called for PD to hurry up and come read her the note. Their eyes frantickly searched for where those crazy elves were at...

Those silly elves had crawled in our Christmas tree!

Elvin Jingles

Trixie Twinkles

Skeeter Jingle Peppermints

2010 Christmas Season ~Elfcapades~ Bum foot

2010-11-26T10:13:00.001-06:00

Thursday night, Elvin felt pretty bad about Preston's foot, he made himself a cast out of all of Preston's legos

2010 Christmas Season!! Elfcapades! Happy Birthday to PD

2010-11-25T22:02:00.003-06:00

A month or so ago, PD wrote Santa a letter asking him if his elf, Elvin could please come visit for his birthday on Thanksgiving..

Today he turned 8, and he was beyond excited to wake up and find Elvin WITH a present for him this morning!

And this picture pretty much shows how thrilled he was with the Lego Advent that Elvin brought him, he cannot wait for December 1st to hurry up and get here so that he can open the first one...

Sadly after our Thanksgiving dinner tonight, the birthday boy was outside playing and I think he broke his foot kicking at ice. Looks like I will be taking him to the doctor in the morning instead of heading out for black friday..

2010 Month of the Elf, First Day of School

2010-09-10T11:58:00.001-05:00

Skeeter, Elvin and Trixie helped pack the kids backpacks for their first day of school!

2010 Month of the Elf, A Trip To The Cabin

2010-09-09T09:50:00.001-05:00

The kids and I took a trip up to our cabin for the holiday weekend, We were pretty busy all weekend, and the kids had no idea that the elves had came along, until our last day, we were walking back to the cabin from the dock, when my DD5 spotted the elves in the woods, playing on thier fort I LOVE the excitement beeming from their smiles!!

2010 Month of the Elf, Day 4

2010-08-29T11:41:00.000-05:00

WOO HOO we are FAMOUS!! Skeeter, Elvin, and Trixie were featured over on The Rudolph Day blog!!

To Celebrate they had a little dance party using L's laugh and learn desk/keyboard, you can't see in the picture but Skeeter had a bunch of pins in his feet, the kids had spilled moms box of pins earlier and missed a few while cleaning them up with magnets and poor Skeeter got them in his foot :(

The Elves left the kids a note that they would have to go up to the North Pole for a few days, but they would try to make it back by Wednesday when they go to the State Fair!

2010 Month of the Elf, Day 3

2010-08-28T23:19:00.004-05:00

Last night those silly elves saw that mom had her big camera out for a photo shoot and decided to set it up to take a few self portraits using the timer, they couldn't find the tripod so they set it up on a princess chair and balanced it with a tiara ;)

2010 Month of the Elf, Day 2

2010-08-27T23:11:00.001-05:00

Today was the start of the Minnesota State Fair. Local TV coverage on it was Crazy, apparently the Elves were a bit jealous of all the rides and thought they needed to go for a little ride.

They left a note for the kids and asked Preston to read them a bedtime story tonight :)

2010 Month of the Elf, Day 1

2010-08-26T10:39:00.005-05:00

To kick off the month of the Elf, Trixie and Elvin got into Preston and Eliana's school supplies and art sets, Elvin did not want to use the Princess chair so he pushed it accross the room and stacked up a few of the supplies he found in PD's backpack to make himeself a chair. They left the kids a note telling them that The Big Guy, said that the next month was extra special for elves that scored excellent in the Magic Elf program, that they would get to count down the days until the 100th day before Christmas with their holiday family and since we have this HUGE new house the elves should be sure to help us get into celebration mode! they also told them that Skeeter is hiding and they should try to find him ;)

The Elves also came to visit back in June, when we bought our first home, the day we got our keys and walked in the onlything in the house were the Skeeter, Elvin and Trixie, they had set up the kids' Christmas trees in the livingroom to welcome them HOME!!

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 24

2010-08-14T03:39:00.000-05:00

Day 24

The elves spent all day working on Penguin Pajama's for the kids to give them to wear for Christmas eve.

The kids wearing their PJ's from the elves.

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 23

2010-08-14T03:37:00.000-05:00

Day 23

The elves snuck candy sprinkles into the boys' bedroom and ate them for breakfast

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 17-22

2010-08-14T03:26:00.000-05:00

Days 17-20

Elf Emergencies

Santa called and there was a disturbance at the north pole, he required all elves to report home imediately, Skeeter, Elvin and Trixie were gone for 3 whole days, The kids were sure excited to see them when we went down to visit Great Grams for the weekend

Day 21

The elves brought home a travel game of Candy Land for the kids to play with from the north pole.

Day 22

The elves set up presents and had a snowball fight with cotton balls in Great Grams Living Room!

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 16

2010-08-14T03:21:00.000-05:00

Day 16

Elves set up a tent for camping and roasted marshmallows over mom's candle tonight!

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 15

2010-08-14T03:14:00.000-05:00

Day 15

Skeeter, Elvin & Trixie brought the kids new tooth brushes since they had a pretty high sugar intake with all the cookies and frosting they sampled, they wanted to make sure the kids teeth stay clean and bright :)

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS days 13 & 14

2010-08-14T03:05:00.000-05:00

Day 13

Friday The elves went with us for our anual baking weekend at Great Grams. They were devistated when we got there and she did NOT have a single Christmas decoration up. They searched high and low for her Christmas tree, and finally decided there was too much stuff that they'd NEVER find a tree. Instead they brought up a little step ladder from the basement and did their best to decorate it to look just LIKE a tree!

Day 14

Skeeter, Elvin and Trixie spent all day watching Grams and Zack play cards while mom, PD and L cut out cookies and baked them. They decided to try their hands at a game after everyone went to bed

Skeeter listening to Z's mp3 player while he kept score durring their card game

Elvin checking out the hand Skeeter just delt him

Trixie deciding what cards she should play while she enjoys a few cracker crumbs.

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS days 11 & 12

2010-08-14T03:01:00.000-05:00

Day 11

The day after Santa Buddies... Wednesday Night I guess that is! Our elves went on Strike because the kids were naughty and wouldn't clean their rooms or pickup their messes in the living room

Day 12

They stayed on Strike for TWO whole days

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 8, 9, 10

2010-08-14T02:52:00.000-05:00

Day 8

The elves brought the kids a giant activity/coloring book, they colored them a picture and left a note for them to color some too to decorate the house

Day 9

Last night the elves got into the remaining candy canes from the Candy Cane Hunt the kids did on Saturday, they left a big stack of wrappers behind!

Day 10

Tonight the elves brought the kids a new DVD, Santa Buddies. They invited the kids' dogs to preview the movie with them.

They left a note saying they searched the whole house but could not find any popcorn but they did find a stash of Candy in moms dresser, and thought that candy bones would be a great treat for them and their new friends while they watched the movie

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 7

2010-08-14T02:44:00.000-05:00

Day 7

The Elves set up a race track in our living room and hopped in the wagons the kids built at Home Depot to race while all of their new friends (The kids beanie babies, webkins and other small animals) Cheered them on as fans!

The kids spent HOURS racing their wagons on the track the elves made for them :)

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 6

2010-08-14T02:22:00.000-05:00

Day 6

Our Elf Crew wrote out a long riddle for the kids to find in the morning to send us out on a day of adventourus FUN!!

We are first going to a Candy-Cane Scavanger Hunt, then to Lowes to build wooden Gingerbread houses, and maybe to home depot to build little wooden wagons, then home to make our yearly gingerbread houses.

*CLUE 1*

*Hello and good morning, we’re so glad you’re awake
We waited and waited not sure how much more we could take!
Go find something festive, perhaps green or red
Pants on the bottom a hat on your head.
Next grab your coat and head for the door
There’s tons to be done, so much fun to explore.

Jump in the car buckle up tight
Head up to Washington and then take a right
Drive a few blocks to afavorite place
To the community center but hurry there’s a race.
Go get directions there is something to be found
Search high and low look all around

Incase you were wondering we’ll give you a clue
They come in all colors sometimes even blue
But the very best one goes with out being said
Our favorite treat, it’s white and its red

When the search is all over and you are all done
Hurry back to the car there is still more fun
9:45 get buckled again,
There’s someplace to be, you must get there by ten
Look for your next clue, somewhere in the car
It should be pretty easy you won’t need to look far.*

*CLUE 2*

*You found it You found it it’s clue number two
Turn on the GPS she’ll know just what to do
She’ll know just where to bring you follow where she goes
But incase she gets lost, your going to Lowes
You might need a hammer once you arrive
To make something special how we love Christmas time.
Whats that you say a clues what you said?
Today what you’ll make is usually gingerbread
Quick build your project and remember your manners
If you cannot yet tell, we’ve been busy planners
There’s still more fun to be had, no time to be sad
Buckle up in your seats say THANKS MOM AND DAD..*

Once finished when they wen't to recieve their builders certificate and patch, the Lowe's Instructor gave them their next clue from the elves....

*CLUE 3*

*Go hit the highway , you won’t have to drive far
Before you know it you’ll know right where you are
It’s time for more building, wonder what you might make
Do a good job for goodness sake

Quite the adventures we have all in store?
What’s that you say? You STILL want more?
Back to your car seats, buckle up tight
Theres more fun to be had before it turns night.*

Back at home they found the next clue hanging on our door...

*CLUE 4*

*In through the door head straight to the kitchen
The table is ready, remember NO LICKING
Be sure to have fun as you make one last thing
Laugh and tell jokes and yes please do sing!*

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 5

2010-08-14T02:16:00.000-05:00

Day 5

12/4/09

Trixie Skeeter and Elvin discovered DS11's pokemon cards, they were pretty wowed by the fact that he had SOOOO Many Pokemon friends and they all sent him these cool Christmas cards.. They were a little sad that none of the "Christmas Cards" were very Merry at all.....?

My kids were laughing up a storm over this....

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS days 2, 3, & 4

2010-08-14T02:04:00.000-05:00

Day 2

This morning the kids woke up to find their elves all in their sliegh by the trees, The kids had written them letters asking questions before bed last night so they had the letter with their answers by the sleigh.

Then this afternoon, my DD4 and I had some errands to run and then we had to pick up the boys from school, when we walked in our door They could hear Christmas music blaring out of the computer, and the elves were at the desk with a message on the screen to remind the kids to watch Prep & Landing.

Day 3

The kids woke this morning to find their elves sleeping under the tree, Elvin had written a letter to Preston telling him that he found the perfect sleeping bag.. Preston's lunch bag!! The one Mrs Claus made him is a bit small, she had gotten his measurements wrong :) Elvin also snuck into Preston's Back Pack and found three Christmas books, he said he read one to Skeeter and Trixie before bed and that he loves to be read to too, He said he thought Preston did a wonderful job reading his homework last night. He also left Preston a few jokes to read on the back of his note.

Q: Why does Santa have 3 gardens?
A: so he can HO-HO-HO

Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?
A: FROSTBITE

Q: What do you call Frosty the snowman in May?
A: A Puddle

Q: What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
A: Snowflakes

Day 4

Tonight the elves were so excited for the kids to hurry up and get to bed, they knew that their favorite thing was waiting for them outside.. SNOW, First snow of December, just a light dusting... BUT enough to make a snowman.. of course the first one they brought in melted before they could even get it over by the trees so they decided to be sneaky and make one out of cottonballs, then they rolled him in some of their magic snow from in their sleeping bags to keep him nice and cool and prevent any melting.

They left a note for the kids praising Z for working so hard on cleaning his room before bed tonight and Thanking Preston and Eliana for bringing them to school with them to show off to their friends.

I get the feeling these crazy elves have a bit of a "SHOW OFF" streak in them!!

2009 HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS day 1

2010-08-14T01:36:00.001-05:00

Day 1

Our magic elves arrived last night

Skeeter Jingle Peppermints is our elf From last year

at the end of the holiday season last year my middle son (6) saw the elf that is just like the magic elf my mom has in a store so I had to make up a story about how sometimes Santa puts elves up for adoption and those elves get to decide if they want to be part of Santa's Magic Elf Program or not.
My middle DS addopted Elvin Jingles

And My DD (4) adopted her elf from a garage sale this summer. Miss Trixie Twinkle

Santa wrote a letter telling the kids that Elvin and Trixie have been working very hard in Santa's E.I.T. Program (Elves in Training) and that they will be graduating this comming friday, and that their final grade will depend on how well they behave their first week as magic elves.

Their first night here they set up the kids' mini christmas trees, Elvin got all tangled up in the lights, Trixie put her magic Christmas fairy from her grammy on my daughters tree and Skeeter was riding the trains on my ds 11's tree :) They brought with them little mini scrapbooks :)

The kids all wrote notes to their elves tonight so they will be answering those tonight as well :)

I also decided to set up a facebook group of our elfcapades this year so that our family and friends can be part of the elf magic fun!

You can find it by searching
HoLiDaY eLfCaPaDeS