Jerry the Scout Elf

Posted By on December 25, 2018

I haven’t mentioned that we have a new visitor this year!

Yup! Our house is under elf surveillance. Jerry the Elf has come to make sure that Sam is being good and to report back to Santa. Every day he moves around and boy, does he show up in crazy places! Here are some of our favorites.

Jerry is a ladies’ man for sure. He found time to hang out with a lot of Sam’s dolls, including mermaid fairy and Barbie. He also hung out with a few other fairies (one of which kept falling off Sam’s bookshelf after he left her – we think she was brokenhearted). When Sam saw him with this fairy mermaid, she tried to explain to Jerry that the relationship might not work out for a number of reasons. One, the size difference. Two, she is a mermaid. Three, although he can move around, she is not real, but only a toy. I love it.

Jerry took some of Ken’s clothes, maybe to be more appealing?

He was chilling in Sam’s Barbie tent, but then got a furry visitor.


Poor Jerry is squished!

This is Jerry’s bedroom box.

He hung out a lot with all our snowmen.

We think he got a little twisted up while investigating the bell. Poor Jerry! Notice his new outfit? We woke up one day and he was wearing it so he must have brought it from the North Pole.

Hanging in Baby Ann’s beanbag chair. 🙂

Some close ups of Jerry’s new outfit. He thinks he is King of the World!

Sam decided to do her own elf impressions. 😉

I really hope he gave Santa a good report!

Merry Christmas!

Posted By on December 25, 2018

Merry Christmas from the Myers family!!

Christmas Eve with GG

Posted By on December 24, 2018

It’s Christmas Eve and it’s off to Grandmother’s house we go! Sam loves going to her GG’s house on Christmas Eve for so many reasons, but I think mostly because she knows she gets to open her stocking and one present of her choice. Sam is obsessed with stockings and barely let us sit down before she dove in.

Thank you, GG!

Sam picked a very big box which turned out to be a super fuzzy blanket with Christmas cats all over it.

Um….Sam? I don’t think that is what you are supposed to do with blankets.

When it was Mark’s turn to open his stocking, he made her crazy because instead of just unwrapping everything, he tried to guess what each item was first.

Eventually, Sam started unwrapping for him.

Merry Christmas from the girls!

No one gets to open their own stuff with Sam around. Poor GG got help whether she wanted it or not.

Sam was really only supposed to open one gift, but when she saw a gift to her from Bella, she said she had to open it while Bella was around, and not at our house. Ok, that does make sense. You win! I think Bella wants to play Parcheesi!

While we were there the fire engines came down the street making a racket so we had to see what was going on. THIS was going on!! Santa!

Sam and Mark played us some Christmas carols, which was a nice way to end the night.

As soon as we got home, Sam got the treats ready for Santa and the reindeer. Cranberry juice instead of milk. I love the note on the lollipop (save for ride home).

It’s off to bed so Santa can come! We can’t wait!!

She’s Got Some Talent

Posted By on December 22, 2018

On one of our many trips to AC Moore, we saw this craft idea on display. We couldn’t wait to go home and make it. It was super simple and it looks great!

It’s Party Time!

Posted By on December 19, 2018

Sam’s school party was today! It was so much fun! I love being homeroom mom and getting to see her enjoying her day with her classmates. As a craft, they made snowglobes! Sam made hers to look like our family, complete with cats!

I had brought along some photo props just as a lark, and they were the biggest hit! The kids spent so much time hamming it up. I have a million pictures, but here are the ones with Sam.

After their snacks and whatnot, I gave her teacher the class gift (a gift card), and this ornament that I found for her.

What a great party! I really hope I get to be homeroom mom next year. There are only so many years I can get that chance to be so involved and see what goes on in her world. I’ll take what I can get!