Elfie Shenanigans

So Elfie came back this year!!!  Sooner than usual, I think because the kids read the book AND prayed for him to come back!! haha  So his first day back he brought the Xmas PJs. 

And I documented some of the shenanigans he got himself into this year…

Minion Bananas

Xmas Craft Time.

Reminder to BRUSH your teeth. Mommy wasn’t happy about the toothpaste on the mirror…it was a b*tch to get off.

Undies on the “mantle”

Elfie brought the Christmas Captain Crunch cereal…

Elfie brought Xmas shirts to visit Santa in

Hide & Seek with the candy canes

Xmas Advent Calendars

Stinky Elfie

Ziplining Time.

Broke into the Chocolate.

Counting down the days until Xmas

Pretty garland for some decoration

Riding the sleigh AND played a prank on Daddy.  The first prank was painting his toe nails in his sleep..but Daddy took it off before I got a picture.  The 2nd prank was…well you can see here…

Snow Angels

And on Xmas Eve we get to send Elfie back to the North pole with a hug and a kiss.  Both the girls were too scared to touch him…but Owen braved a cuddle and kiss.

It was a good year for Elfie. He kept us on our toes but made the kids laugh and laugh!!  Oh I just can’t wait to see what he has up his sleeve for next year…

Christmas

Christmas morning is magical. Santa was very good to us!! Our kids were so excited and I loved watching them! Santa brought Owen an electric scooter, Ella a pink razor scooter and Maggie a cute double dolly stroller!!! 

The rest of the wrapped presents were from Mommy and Daddy!!  We spoil them…its very hard not to!!! We love buying for our kids, Yosh grew up being spoiled on xmas, I grew up being spoiled on xmas…so we now spoil ours!  And love it!!

In Yosh’s house growing up they opened one present at a time…like Yosh picks a present for someone, they open it while everyone watches, then that person picks for someone, they open and so on and so forth. It takes FFOOOORRREEVVVEERRRR. It usually drives me crazy because I’m SO impatient BUT…we did it and it worked pretty great…except for Maggie. We just had to keep her busy and then it worked.

The big kids were trying to be SO patient while Maggie opened a present. She was the slowest…and our kids were DYING watching her…it was hilarious!

But lots of presents…everyone was happy!

One of my favorite gifts…ohhh its amazing!!

Some of Ella’s favorite toys…her LoL collection!

Our present opening time took a few hours. Ate some breakfast. Got the turkey in the oven, showered and dressed…waited for our family to arrive!  Maggie was napping when Nana, Granda and Catherine came over. They were so excited to let the kids open their presents. It was so fun…again more spoiled children! haha

Few more hours later and more family…which means MORE presents. Holy Mother of God! haha

Trying to get the perfect Christmas Day family picture

And Nana and Granda and their only grandkids! They love them so much!

And then these 5. I love them!! My niece and nephew…with my 3. Papa and Mya’s 5 grandkids!! And trying to get a good pic was great. haha Ella cracks me up.

And look….

 

 

Then some quiet time…Maggie teaching granda how to use his iphone! She’s only 2 but totally a pro.

Xmas dinner. 3 tables full. Family is everything. Love having everyone together.

Christmas is a great time, a sad time, but I thank god everyday for my kids. They are THE BEST distractions anyone could ask for. How can we be sad when their little faces just light up ALL DAY LONG!

I wanna say I’m this great mom that makes my kids “know the real meaning of xmas” yeah blah blah blah…ummm for the record…I DID bring my big kids to Children’s Mass at Oscar Romero’s Catholic Church in Eastvale on Xmas eve!!! So I’m sorta doing ok!   Thats something else we’ll work on as they grow…just like our sugar cookie tradition.