Brian had hiding duty for the Elf on the Shelf once again. Kudos for hiding him before bed ... because the 5:20 am hiding is the worst! He put Elf on the Shelf, Kingston, behind the new reposition recipe holder on the counter. Brian once again rearranged the counters in the … [Read more...]

After we cleaned up from Sophie's party, we thought about crawling in a hole but nope. It was time for my work party which meant getting ready for babysitters! YAY more cleaning ... OK not really. After we partied and Brian took the babysitter and her college buddy home, we did … [Read more...]

Have you noticed Elf on the Shelf was missing. Yeah I wasn't feeling great and I dropped this. Apparently, I wasn't feeling great mid-last week and no one noticed. Did you catch there is a Day 8 post and another Day 8 post? yeah. Classic, Beth!! I am just going to skip Day 10. … [Read more...]

Today is Sophie's 6th Birthday! Happy Birthday, Sophie! Last year, I gave up on a birthday Elf on the Shelf idea as I was in the middle of final projects for a graduate class and gave up. I knew I wanted a special Elf on the Shelf idea for her birthday but was stuck. I knew I … [Read more...]

Today Kingston ventured upstairs. We purposefully don't put Kingston in the kids room upstairs so I think this was his first visit upstairs. He was hanging out on the landing between the kids' rooms on the coat rack Brian put there. See ... cute Elf on the Shelf, … [Read more...]

As I said last night, the kids kept looking for our Elf on the Shelf in our room. We stole their idea and Brian put our dear elf, Kingston, in the first thing he saw in our room. My childhood lamp/nightlight that sites on my dresser not plugged in. I failed to show you the … [Read more...]

The kids insisted our dear Elf on the Shelf was in our room this morning. He wasn't ... so we stole the idea and moved him there for tomorrow. (YAY for not forgetting!) After running up and down the stairs, they finally found him tucked in one of Brian's hats behind the front … [Read more...]

As I said yesterday, we finally have up Christmas decorations! YAY!!! We even put the empty boxes away this morning ... double YAY!! YAY!! As it tends to go the first day the tree is up, our Elf on the Shelf ends up in the tree. I love this day. It is easy. The kids seem to … [Read more...]

You when you get to bed and THEN you remember you didn't move your Elf on the Shelf? Yeah that was last night at our house. So I looked at Brian and said, "hey, you wanted to move the elf. He should be moved now not in the morning." He got out of bed and moved our dear Elf on the … [Read more...]

OK I gave up on the real fruit after yesterday when I put our dear Elf on the Shelf, Kingston, in rotten fruit. You missed that? Yeah that was an "epic fail" as my sister put it. Hush it sis, you are the reason we deal we this Elf on the Shelf game! Oh and Kingston will not get a … [Read more...]

Yeah the title says it all but let me to get that. I wrote last night's awesome post on being lazy and went to bed. I didn't move Elf. Brian didn't move Elf on the Shelf, Kingston. My alarm went off at 5:30am in an attempt to get myself moving a bit better in the morning. What … [Read more...]

As I was posting last night's Elf on the Shelf status, I heard Brian say he moved Kingston to an easy spot. I was just thrilled the elf was moved at night time and not during breakfast time. Sure enough it was an easy spot ... the empty vase on the bar. It took Sophie about 30 … [Read more...]

YAY for the happiest ... most stressful part of our holiday season. Now that my sister is expecting her first kid, I can pay her back with an The Elf on the Shelf one day soon. The last two years (2011 and 2012), I have featured daily pictures of our Elf on the Shelf. It is time … [Read more...]