With the approach of Fall, I start to get excited about the upcoming holiday season. I have been meaning for the last 9-ish months to get all of these pictures loaded onto my blog, per a request or two. So here it is!
Along with eleventy billion other families in the world, we had an addition to our family a couple of years ago; our Elf on a Shelf. The kids named him Hermie Elfis.
He's so cheeky. |
Hermie shows up while we are on our annual beach and NC Thanksgiving vacation. He usually is hanging from the kids' chalkboard with a "Welcome Home" message. Then the fun begins...
The first couple of years, he mainly just hid in different places in the house; dining room chandelier, bookshelf, peeking from behind the sofa... But last year, he stepped it up a bit.
He made a marshmallow snowman...
Edible markers...you can find them at craft stores |
Graffiti-ed up a couple of the boys' pictures...
That's a fifty dollar fine, pal. |
Had a poker night with some buddies...
Leonardo needs to work on perfecting his "poker face". |
Roasted some marshmallows...
Kumbaya, my Lord....kumbaya... |
Had some fun ziplining...
Yeehaw. |
Made himself a dandy bed from a Kleenex box...
Guess he actually did get a hippopatamus for Christmas. |
Borrowed Mom's readers and made himself a cup of tea...
Guess he's over 40, too. |
Had a "snowball" fight with the Puffin...
Booyah, Puffin. In yo face. (Or on your head...) |
Suited up in his bomber jacket and goggles for a little ride...
Flight ELF to control tower...over... |
Made some paper snowflakes...
Bet he consulted a tutorial online. Just a guess. |
Made himself some chocolate milk, sans milk...
His brother, Buddy, prefers straight syrup. |
Went on a skiing holiday...
The Bounty slopes ain't for sissies. |
Got into his engineer uniform and hopped aboard the Christmas train...
Don't all engineers wear this to work? |
Made a TP banner with a countdown to Christmas Day...
Lovely penmanship for an elf. |
Spent an evening playing dragon-slayer...
Tefchnically, that's no noble steed. Nice ass, Hermie. |
And he wrapped up his busy season of shenanigans with a well-deserved bubble bath...
Ahhhhhh.... |
So, now the pressure is ON. What will he do this year? I am excited to find out!