Hide and Seek...

So mommy is REALLY bad with this whole elf thing this year. I have forgotten to send her back to the "North Pole" twice this week and had to come up with excuses of why Maddie was still sitting on the fireplace mantle. Then on Saturday I put her in the hall closet while I figured out what to do with her for the day and I forgot she was in there and I opened it while Lexi was standing right beside me and she was all "ohhhh look at the silly elf, she must really like that scentsy" (The elf is laying face down haha) Anyways, we went on with our day and I hid her somewhere else and put her back in the closet Saturday night. Please tell me why the first place Alexa looks on Sunday morning is in the hall closet!? So yet another excuse comes from my mouth, "Oh she must be playing hide and seek and this must be her favorite spot!" ughh I am running out of ideas and excuses. Hopefully I can get on my game this week...Lexi really loves looking for Maddie every single day! Here are our adventures from the last week :)

Maddie got caught sneaking a cookie...

We found a stow-away in Lillian's birthday present!

Yes this would be Alexa's little nano that we thought got flushed down the toilet! Maddie found it in our old couch and was caught listening to some music :)

She got to relax on the new couches before Lexi and I did!

Sprinkle snow angels = static mess!

a note requesting Alexa's Christmas Wish List for Santa 

She's Back...making her grand entrance

Our little Elf friend, Maddie decided to make her way back to our home this year and boy was Lexi excited! So excited that mommy wasn't paying attention to what she was doing and caught our DVD player on fire...Literally! I was taking a movie out of the DVD player and THOUGHT that I moved the candle far enough away, but apparently not. Just as I pushed open, Alexa screams with excitement "Oh my gosh she is back! Look she is watching me!!" I turned my body just for a second to look at her and turned back around and I screamed (insert inappropriate language) and saw that the tray for the DVD player was right over the candle on fire! This was also the first candle that I have bought it about two years because I always use my Scentsy.

Let me just add this to the list of electronics that I destroy :/ RIP smartDVD player that we had less than a year!

I sure hope Maddie enjoyed her grand entrance because Alexa sure did :) Here's to the next few weeks of fun and excitement with our little elf friend

Maddie, Cheap Candle, Not so Cheap burned DVD player :/

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!

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!

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