Pantry=Her Favorite Hiding Place...

So I am thinking that one of Maddie's favorite places to hide is in the Pantry! She was there two days in a row! Last night Alexa found her building marshmallow snowmen and the night before she found her sitting with her gingerbread house (that we still need to make!)

Building Marshmallow Snowmen :)

I think she is hinting that we need to do this soon! ;)

I have some catching up to do!

Looks like I am a little behind...we have been a little busy this last week, but Maddie still showed up everyday to check on lex!

Up in the window..and she saw her right away!



Maddie even showed up to Lexi's Christmas Program!



She was so excited to see her there!

Marshmallow fight between Maddie & Pop Pop! Who do you think won??

Lex said Pop was the winner :) and then she ate all of the marshmallows! haha

Lex had a slumber party with Granny and look who came to hang out!

Heading Back To The North Pole??

On Monday night Lexi found Maddie in our Freezer next to the ice cream!! I have a video of her reaction, but I can't figure out how to get it off my phone and onto this blog :( I told Lexi that maybe she was in the freezer because she thought it was the North Pole where Santa is! (and yes that is a Healthy Choice shoved to the back behind all the ice cream;) haha

Tonight Maddie was found playing on our banister in the garland! It almost looks like she was trying to FLY!

 

A hint of Hot Chocolate...

Tonight as we were watching the football game Maddie appeared on our mantle! We think she was trying to get warm from the fire that we had going. Lexi said, "She wants me to have hot chocolate! She brought some with her!!" So that is what we did...finished our Sunday night with football and some hot chocolate :)

Angry Birds & Mini Golf

This weekend Lexi found Maddie having lots of fun! She must have known it was the weekend ;) Friday night Lexi found Maddie in her bedroom playing Angry Birds on the iPad! Lexi even sat next to her (without touching her of course :)  and played some Angry Birds with her.

Hanging with Santa...

Tonight we found Maddie sitting on our Santa Claus advent calendar! What a perfect way to start off the month of December :)

Gone Fishin...

One of Lexi's favorites so far....Maddie fishing for "goldfishies" I had to send her in the kitchen about 5 times before she noticed maddie standing on the counter!

Day Five & Six...

Day 5:
Lexi LOVES to do her baby doll's hair and my hair. Maddie the Elf must have seen her doing this because yesterday when Lexi went into her bathroom she found Maddie and her baby doll, Olivia on the counter doing Olivia's hair! She had the brush, detangler and hair clips out!

That is Olivia (the doll that a TON of strangers mistake for a real baby while it is hanging half way over the grocery cart...haha) and there is Maddie doing her hair!

Morning Mischief

Sunday Morning Lex comes running up the stairs once again laughing hystarically yelling, "Dad! Mom! hurry come down stairs, but don't look in the kitchen yet!" So we go down stairs and she makes us close our eyes and walks us in to the kitchen and says, "SURPRISE! Maddie spilled the sugar!" hahaha Looks like she was trying to make a SNOW ANGEL!

Day Two & Three...

On Friday Lexi and I took out all the Christmas Decorations. We started going through boxes and low and behold look who we found hiding in one of the boxes...

Looks like she was trying to take a ride in Santa's sleigh back to the North Pole!

That Silly Little Elf!

Later on Thanksgiving Night Lexi went to the fridge to get me a bottle of water and this is what her little friend left her...

A Special Book left by the Elf in the Refrigerator!

Lex thought this was the funniest thing ever!! We read her the story and then it was time to name her little magical elf. She chose to name her MADDIE! So that is what we shall call her. After we named her we had to go to a special site to register her so that Santa knew she made it safe to her new home.

The Hunt For Santa's Elf... Day 1

After Lexi received Santa's letter it was time to start looking for this little Elf and the only clue he gave us was that he was some where around Capistrano Beach. Lexi started looking every where around the condo, but no luck. Then we decided to take her down to the tide pools to play and even when we got there she would not stop looking.

Lexi & Papa on the hunt...She went as far as she could go...which was pretty far out there since the tide was -1.5, but all she found was a cute little starfish and a couple crabs. Then Papa and her headed back and that is when she saw what Santa had left her...

Santa's Letter...November.24.2011

On Thanksgiving morning Alexa woke up to Pop Pop sun bathing on the balcony. With Pop Pop was a letter from Santa Claus. She was so SO excited to get a letter from him. In the letter Santa explains to her that he is very busy and needed some help making the naughty and nice list so he sent an Elf to watch her and report back to him. He told her that he is a magic elf and he is hiding somewhere at Capistrano Beach so she needed to go search for him and when she finds him that she can't touch the elf because she will lose her magic. Here is the beginning of a magical friendship between Lexi and her little Elf Friend...

Santa delivered the letter to the one and only Pop Pop while he was Sun bathing on the balcony at the beach!

Alexa with a letter from Santa telling her that he left one of his elves in Capistrano Beach

The Adventures of Maddie the Elf!

Maddie is our new little Elf friend that drops in daily to check on Lexi to see how she is doing and then he reports his findings to Santa. Each day Maddie likes to hide in a new place and can be seen doing many funny things. Although she likes to hide, she also likes to cause some mischief. Maddie's adventures will be documented and photographed here:)