A Day In My Life

Saying Goodbye to the Elves

Christmas eve brought the departure of Elvin and Lulu.  Lauren and Nate always get new PJ's from their Mammie and we take a few pictures underneath the tree...so we did that and included Lulu and Elvin:

(oopsies forgot to fix red eyes...ah well)

And the while we were sleeping they left a goodbye..see you next year note.  They left the kids a gift in the freezer and evidently got stuck in the freezer while they were making it.  Luckily Santa found them!

Yup, they made a snowgirl and it is STILL sitting on our tofu dogs in the freezer.

Then evidently they had a chat with Santa...or then took a nap!

and then they took a goodbye picture of themselves under the tree!

They will be missed!  It is amazing how many people I have heard from the have said they will miss hearing about their antics each day!  Maybe they will come back before next Christmas?  Interestingly so far the FAVORITE thing that they have done according to people I have heard from is ...you guessed it...fishing in the toilet! 

Enjoy you evening!

Dancingly, Denise

Gone Fishin"

YUP...this is how we found the elves this morning:)  Fishing for Goldfish in the toilet.

Dancingly, Denise

Elf Angels?

This is what we woke up to a few mornings ago.  Evidently Elvin had had enough of his sister and decided to try to sell her!  Truth be told...MANY years ago...Lauren and two of her buddies set up a similar booth and made posters and tried to sell little Nate (probably 3 years old).  They had learned the idea from a Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen song "Brother for Sale":)  Luckily nobody bought him!

Yesterday morning we woke up to a note from them saying they had been watching me bake and thought they might try it, BUT when they found the flour it reminded them so much of SNOW they forgot what they were doing and made "Snow angels" instead! What a mess!

I am not convinced they were making snow angels I think they were simply making a mess!

Ah well!  They told the kids they would have to go back to the NNorth POle with Santa on Christmas eve.  I THINK we will miss them:)

Merry Christmas Eve!

Denise

Elf and Cat fight?

Yesterday morning we woke up to a very beat up ELVIN and LULU.  The kids found a note on their bathroom mirror from them.  Evidently they decided to "hekp out".  They filled the sink up with water and my best bubble bath (grrrrrr) and thought that they would give the CATS a bath!

As you know...NOT A GOOD IDEA!  Evidently Amigo (shown in the picture) got ticked off and roughed them up a bit.  Here is where we found them "resting"

Good thing they have North Pole magic!  The healing process is fast and it appears by the looks of them this morning they are ALMOST all better!

Have a great Wednesday.

Dancingly, Denise

Dress-up FUN with the Elves

Yesterday morning we woke up to a slight problem with the elves!  Lulu had tied Elvin to a chair and was practising makeup techniques on him!  She even dressed him up in a wig and tutu!

He was smiling but I don't think he was very happy  BUT atleast she studied Lauren's esthetics book:

Poor Elvin:

When Nate saw it I thought he had a little look of panic...remembering the days that Lauren did this to him.  Although I don't think she ever tied him to a chair.

This morning we woke up and they seemed to be chilling...pictures later!  It could be the calm before the storm.  Nate though it was great that they weren't in trouble.

Have a good Monday.

A BUBBLE Bath?

We woke up yesterday morning to find Elvin and Lulu taking a MARSHMALLOW "bubble" bath...complete with rubber duckies!  I was going to USE those marshmallows!  UGH:

What next?

Dancingly, Denise

The elves have been busy!

I have been crazy busy trying to finish up tutu and super hero cape orders so I apologize for not letting you know what those dang elves have been up to!  I think Santa might want to revamp his elf squad a bit...these guys can be wuite a handful!

As you know, the last time I posted they had TOILET PAPERED Lauren's rom to decorate it for her birthday!  I wasn't home when she caught them...but I do know she grinned a bit when I asked her about it;)

They have been busy...some days peaceful...somedays UGH!

One day while the kids were at school they pulled out the kids little Christmas trees (they haven't used them in a few years) decorated them and put them in their rooms!  ELVIN must have decided he was an angel, cuz we found him at the top of the tree!

 LULU must have decided she would sit out the angel idea as we found her resting at the bottome of Lauren's tree:

One morning we woke up to find that they had been playing TWISTER all night!

And then there was the morning we found LULU stuck in Lauren's "cat door" with a box of Christmas peeps:

And Elvin was hanging out at Nate's computer with his "PEEPS"

Two days ago we found them STUCK AGAIN in another jar!  This time they had taken some mints that I had bought for a particular purpose and opened them all and filled a jar...but evidently got caught underneath it all!  They smell very minty now!

And yesterday they played I SPY or WHERE"S WALDO with themselves.  It took Nate forever to find them and I don't know if Lauren ever did. Canb you spot them?:

TODAY!!!  UGH...nate just got up a bit ago and his first words were : "Those Elves are ridiculous"!  I can't show you why, as Lauren missed them this morning I think...so stay tuned to what happened today!

Happy Elves!

Dancingly, Denise

Happy 20th Birthday!

Today is Lauren's 20th birthday.  I am everyday amazed by what a wonderful young woman she has become.

Elvin and Lulu decided to "decorate" her bedroom sometime today while she and Nate were gone.  Those little elves are very proud of their work!

Caught red handed!  ELVIN!

 YUP that is toilet paper...silly elves!

What a mess!

Pleasant dreams to my sweet baby girl! 

Love, Mom!

Where's ELVIN and LULU?

Last night the elves must have been pooped cuz we found them laying in the tree this morning!  HOPEFULLY that means they behaved themselves!

Do you see them?  It is like playing "where's waldo":)

Here they are closer up:

Well, we had a nice potluck with my scrapping buddies tonight!  Connie sent me home with an entire turkey dinner!  And two of my friends gave me very useful gifts!  I truly have the best friends in my life.

I am beat...and I need to work all day at Bookstacks tomorrow so I am going to go snuggle!

Night!

Dancingly, Denise

A HOT gift from the elves!

We love hot cocoa here...and hot vanilla chai...and mocha cappuccino.  Several years ago we got a hot cocoa maker for Christmas, but we always forget to get it out and USE it!  Well, Elvin and Lulu took things into their own little elf hands sometime late last night and found it in one of the cupboards,

They collected all kinds of important ingredients for some of our favorite hot drinks and they found the recipe book that goes with it!  How cool is that? They found some marshmallows, vanilla, cocoa , sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and a bunch of other stuff!  They put it all together on a tray for us to leave out on the counter so we could use it!

OFCOURSE the story doesn't stop there!  Evidently they decided they should try it out!  They even used my special CANDY bowl, which I had just spoken to Nate about using for his mac and cheese theother night.  This is how we found the little guys this morning!

What will they do next????

In other news, we decided to decorate the tree tonight, all four of us were home and so we all had supper and did a little decorating! 

Lauren put the official toilet paper roll reindeer on the top!  Nate has done it for several years, so he said it was Lauren's turn.  Used to be Scott had to lift them up...now Nate can just reach up...Lauren still needs a boost!

Nate put out the collection of Nutcrackers MOST of them are his.  Lauren has a small collection set out in her room.

Now I am working on tutu orders!  don't forget to get your orders in before Dec. 12th!  www.alldressedupcouture.etsy.com

Good night!

Denise