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This is the same spot Jonathan has talked about wanting to hide her. He's hasn't noticed her yet. We'll see how he reacts when he does.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
The Mavericks
Jonathan's traveling team is participating in their first tournament of the year this weekend. It is hosted by the Mandan Boys' Basketball Club. There are 4 4th grade boys' teams in the tournament: 3 Bismarck teams, and the lone Mandan team. Today they beat the Bismarck Storm by ~25 points. This evening they played the Bismarck Rough Justice team and won by 6! Don and I split our attendance at the games, since it's not all the fun for Megan and Eric to spend so much of their weekend in a basketball gym.
Tomorrow at 10 they play the Bismarck Fastenal Fire for the champoinship.
Tomorrow at 10 they play the Bismarck Fastenal Fire for the champoinship.
Karate Kid
Eric is now in Karate classes. He has talked about joining for awhile, and I have always said "yeah, we can maybe look in to that sometime." We were planning on waiting until after Christmas, but if we waited that long, he wouldn't be able to test for his belt until May. By starting now, we can test in February. He is having a lot of fun. On Wed, he was presented with his white belt, which is the color belt you begin with. He was all smiles.
ASAH!!!!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Day 3
Another boring, non-exciting, non-challenging hiding spot for Isabelf. It still took Jonathan forever to find her.
And yes, that is dust on the piano. It is normally hidden by a framed picture. Maybe I'll dust this weekend. Or maybe I'll just put the picture frame back to hide it again.
And yes, that is dust on the piano. It is normally hidden by a framed picture. Maybe I'll dust this weekend. Or maybe I'll just put the picture frame back to hide it again.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Day 2 with the Elf
This is where our elf was this morning:
It's location on top of the fridge is not indicative of lack of imagination on my behalf, but rather lack of time on my behalf.
I did learn that you don't need a special code to register your elf. You just create an account on the website, enter your name, your elf's name, and the date you adopted it. I learned this after I dug through the garbage to find the package, then realized there is no code anywhere in or on the box. When Megan woke up, I explained how Isabelf is now magic, and that we can't touch her. She seemed good with that. Then, just moments later, she was bickering with Jonathan. He told her the Elf was watching, to which she exclaimed "It's just a toy that Mom bought"! So much for magic.
It's location on top of the fridge is not indicative of lack of imagination on my behalf, but rather lack of time on my behalf.
I did learn that you don't need a special code to register your elf. You just create an account on the website, enter your name, your elf's name, and the date you adopted it. I learned this after I dug through the garbage to find the package, then realized there is no code anywhere in or on the box. When Megan woke up, I explained how Isabelf is now magic, and that we can't touch her. She seemed good with that. Then, just moments later, she was bickering with Jonathan. He told her the Elf was watching, to which she exclaimed "It's just a toy that Mom bought"! So much for magic.
Our Elf
Apparently there is this Christmas tradition of having a little Elf hide throughout your home to watch the kids for Santa. Since we aren't putting our tree up this year because of what we call Kacy's 'fiesty mode', and I haven't put up any Christmas decor yet, including our Advent calendar, and I haven't pulled out any of our Christmas story books yet, I thought perhaps the kids would like to have a new tradition to celebrate this year.
I purchased our Elf at Target yesterday. I could get the Elf alone for $12.99, or I could buy it in a gift pack with the book telling of the Elf on the Shelf legend for $29.99. I just got the Elf. I knew I could simply google what the exacts of this legend were all about later to share with the kids.
So, when the kids got home from school, I pulled our Elf out of the Target bag and showed it to the kids while the ate their afterschool snack and watched their afterschool tv. They were excited. They declared our Elf was a girl, since it had a skirt on (I did not realize they game gender specific....). They said we need to name her via Family vote (Isabelf beat Shelly and KayElf by a 3-2 vote), and they knew she would watch over the kids to report to Santa any naughty or nice behavior observed. Each kid played with the Elf a bit, cuddled with her, Megan introduced her to all of her dolls, etc.
This morning, I finally got around to learning more about this legend. It seems I have already commited some serious Elf on the Shelf mistakes.
#1. This Elf is magical, and no one is ever to touch it (meaning the children). If the Elf is touched by a child, it loses all of its magical powers, and cannot fly each night to the North Pole to report to Santa.
#2. The Children should not think/know that the Elf was purchased from Target for $12.99. They are to believe it just magically shows up one morning to watch them.
#3. The Children should not be told that Mom and Dad will hide the Elf each night, nor should the 10 year olds be told that they can take turns hiding it.
#4. Before throwing the box the Elf was packaged in when purchased from Target, be sure there is nothing in it that you need, such as a registration code to register the Elf on www.elfontheshelf.com
Thankfully, on Pinterest, I stumbled upon a link that teaches you how to restore the magic of your Elf if touched by a child. I just need to sprinkle some glitter on it ( and then run the roomba). And, since Megan is the only Santa believer amonst the kids, I think we are still safe letting the boys take turns hiding the Elf a few times.
Meet Isabelf (get it....Isabelle + Elf= Isabelf)
So, when the kids got home from school, I pulled our Elf out of the Target bag and showed it to the kids while the ate their afterschool snack and watched their afterschool tv. They were excited. They declared our Elf was a girl, since it had a skirt on (I did not realize they game gender specific....). They said we need to name her via Family vote (Isabelf beat Shelly and KayElf by a 3-2 vote), and they knew she would watch over the kids to report to Santa any naughty or nice behavior observed. Each kid played with the Elf a bit, cuddled with her, Megan introduced her to all of her dolls, etc.
This morning, I finally got around to learning more about this legend. It seems I have already commited some serious Elf on the Shelf mistakes.
#1. This Elf is magical, and no one is ever to touch it (meaning the children). If the Elf is touched by a child, it loses all of its magical powers, and cannot fly each night to the North Pole to report to Santa.
#2. The Children should not think/know that the Elf was purchased from Target for $12.99. They are to believe it just magically shows up one morning to watch them.
#3. The Children should not be told that Mom and Dad will hide the Elf each night, nor should the 10 year olds be told that they can take turns hiding it.
#4. Before throwing the box the Elf was packaged in when purchased from Target, be sure there is nothing in it that you need, such as a registration code to register the Elf on www.elfontheshelf.com
Thankfully, on Pinterest, I stumbled upon a link that teaches you how to restore the magic of your Elf if touched by a child. I just need to sprinkle some glitter on it ( and then run the roomba). And, since Megan is the only Santa believer amonst the kids, I think we are still safe letting the boys take turns hiding the Elf a few times.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Sewing stuff
Don's niece, Heather, had a baby boy right before Thanksgiving. Here is what we made for him. Megan picked out the fabric.
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