Whew....I'm tired!

Elf Mayhem

The last few days, Elfie has been flying by the seat of the pants shall we say! 

I was really excited about pulling off a good one on Saturday night and my plan was kind of 'popped'. The girls always bug us for balloons. So we took a nice trip to the Dollar Tree and they each got two balloons. Now...you had to know that there was a different motive behind the pain-in- my-butt balloons! I wanted Elfie to take a hot air balloon ride with the balloons. 

We didn't even get home before one of my monkeys had popped a mylar balloon on 'accident'. REALLY????!!!! I have never seen one of those pop accidentally. Turkey! 

I told Lance about the incident and he informed me that he brought home balloons last week and forgot they were in the car and they had all deflated. Needless to say, Elfie's hot air balloon ride is turning into Mission Impossible! 

I gave up on Elfie for the night and dad came up with a little fishing action. 

Yep, burlap string and all! The girls thought this was hilarious! Addi was really worried about how the 'fish' were going to get out of the toilet. 

Not quite sure what the purpose of the saran wrap was.....

The next night, dad was on Elf duty again. I did leave ideas, but he ventured off on his own. 

Elfie managed to write a mile long letter on toilet paper! 

I couldn't pawn Elfie off on dad for three days in a row....so I had to get my head back in the game. We all love some M&M's at the Burns house, so I had to break out the red and greens!

This happened to be the perfect fit since Sofie's teachers didn't put out any M's today. She was super excited to have a month long supply at home! 

So, the moral of this elf story is...... 

                  *give it a try, 

                              *have fun, 

                                            *laugh a whole lot, 

                                                           *be creative (or not...go borrow ideas), 

                                                                           *and enjoy the smile you put 
                                                                             on your kiddos face each day! 

Crafty Corner

I can't tell you how many scarves I have made/monogrammed/screwed up in the last 2 weeks. I don't care if I never see another one! I came straight home from work and made 9 today. I finished off the last of my new chevron material that came in the mail. (My hubby better really enjoy his awesome Christmas present from all this mess!) Thank heavens I had tons of ornament orders over the weekend to give me a break from scarf purgatory! 

A little twist on my red/green festive ornaments!

These ornaments make great teacher gifts...

I love this ornament! Too sweet!

Or gifts for those extra special little ones! 

My gold vinyl has finally found it's calling! I knew I could make it happen! I really like the frosted glass on this one as well. 

All packed up and ready for their new homes! I have a bazillion ideas for these cute little things! 

If you happen to need a quick, fun holiday craft.....the kids loved this! These initials are only $3-5 at Hobby Lobby. Throw some different colored polka dots on it, then grab a sharpie for the little details. Not too bad! I think it may look even better if we had of sharpied the whole thing or at least put a second coat on the dots. The kids didn't mind it at all. 

Have a fabulous night! See you tomorrow!