have i mentioned the elves? | Christmas Mischief

We have elves.  Four of them.  Molly, Bridget, Keira and Seamus.

Many friends of ours have elves.  “Elf on the Shelf.”  Unfortunately, our elves don’t just sit on shelves (wouldn’t that be nice?!).  NOOOOOooooo, our elves do mischief every.single.night.  They unwrap all our wax paper and aluminum foil.  They TP our rooms.  They take all the books out of our bookshelves and dump them on the floor (and we have ALOT of books).  They make cookies (good), but then throw flour everywhere (bad).

Thankfully though, sometimes the elves feel bad for me and all the cr*p I have to clean up every.single.morning and they do something nice.

They brought us a second Christmas tree and decorated the whole thing.  And then took a bunch of photos with my camera.  Darn elves.  Messed up all my settings.

And like they do every year, yesterday they left the children a partially assembled gingerbread house.  This is the morning the kids like best.  All the candy laid out all over the table, tubes of icing, and a lazy day.  This one was made all the better by the snow coming down and closing us in our own cozy world.  Here is the house, almost complete, with the little guy putting on the finishing touches.

The finished product.

The best thing about the elves though is the magic.  We sprinkle them with magic dust every night, and while we sleep they come to life.  They may do a lot of mischief, but in my eyes, the magic they bring to my children is worth every hassle.

{and there are a lot of hassles.}

Peace,

A