It's Party Time!! and our goodbye day :(

So... things got a little bit sad today, when my family learned that my sister's family would not be joining us for the big Elf party that had been planned :( There were some angry words and alot of sad tears flying around, when FINALLY, Micki said "the party must go on", she threw on some Christmas music and the kids ripped into their gifts that I'd brought, I have never seen such excitement, it's a shame that Santa is not around to see the joy that HE brings to all the girls and boys that he brings gifts to on Christmas!

They Loved the Christmas PJ's we made for them!

At bed time we said our goodbyes, and when the kids went to sleep I made them one last gift to always remember the year we spent together, Christmas bulb ornaments with our pictures on them to hang on the tree.  I am so glad that Santa gave me this opportunity to come celebrate the most magical time of the year with my awesome new family.  It was so hard to leave them tonight :(

Tootles --Skeeter

2008 Christmas Eve Elf Party

One of the BEST things about being at the Cabin is I'm only a few minutes from Penelope, it has been so awesome hanging out with her, all week we have been super busy working on projects for our elf party, we made all 6 of our kids Elf hats, little mini Christmas stockings, Christmas Pajama's, and some fun Christmas games, we also gathered up a few Christmas projects for them to do, made them a CD of our favorite Christmas songs, and brought them each a very special reindeer to leave with them when we have to return to the north pole tonight :(  I cannot wait for the kids to wake up and see all of our hard work when their cousins and Penelope arrive in the morning!

Deck the trees with...

Underwear... fa la la la la la la la la

Yep I did!  The kids sure thought it was funny, Uncle Ron was laughing all day!

Christmas at the Cabin

Over the river and through the woods to the cabin for Christmas we go....
Wow was that like the longest car ride EVER or what? I think my family needs to invest in a little faster mode of transportation because that trip was B*O*R*I*N*G!


However Being at the cabin is TOTALLY worth the LOOOOOOOOOONG drive! I absolutely LOVE these spinny things on the ceilings, I like to spin and spin and then fall and watch the rest of the room keep on moving around me.. or it sure feels like it anywas!

It looked like the boys had a blast playing in the snow, and Eliana did a great job of helping mommy today!

I also got to meet Uncle Ron, but he sure is a character, that one! I can't wait for the rest of our vacation. Having FUN is way better then sitting around worrying that Santa will be here in 4 days to bring me back to the north pole :(

Tonight, I couldn't resist trying some of the yummy cookies that they had been making...

I think I ate TOO many, becaues I really have a belly ache, I'm hoping it goes away while I sleep so I can have more fun tomorrow!

Tootles -- Skeeter

Charlie Brown Christmas

Can you believe it? only ten more days until CHRISTMAS!! I'm so excited that one of my favorite Christmas shows will be on TV tonight. boy this TV thing sure can get addicting, good thing we dont have them at the north pole or there would be a whole lot of nothing getting done.
I left the kids a note that said I left them something in the tree as a hint to my favorite show that will be on channel 5 tomorrow night at 7pm! I really hope they like the Charlie Brown ornaments I brought for them!


Tootles -- Skeeter

A Trip to Visit Great Grams

This weekend we took a trip down to St James, MN to stay with Great Grams, what a sweet old gal she is! I had so much fun there. The kids helped Grams make home made ice cream, and it was DELICIOUS, I had never seen it made before. It was also great to meet Nana, the kids sure miss her and Papa alot when they are gone on the road. I know I was sure sad when I heard that they were going to be leaving. It mad me so sad that I started missing my own family a little. I decided to write an email to my Best Bud, Emerald Dusty Flake, He's a traveling elf. I was SUPER excited when he told me that he was near by and would stop by for a quick visit. I had fun showing him around my new home. He asked why the children were so sad and I told him it was because their Nana and Papa were going to be leaving and they wouldnt get to see them for a longlong time, We came up with a brilliant plan, that since Nana and Papa travel all over, and so does Emerald that he should go hang out with them and ride along in their "Purple Beast" How exciting for him! and them too of course!

Tootles -- Skeeter

Mall Of America!

WHAT AN AWESOME DAY!!

After the children got out of school we took a drive up to "the cities" thats what they kept calling it anyhow, our destinatioin was the biggest Mall in the world! The Mall Of America! Oh Man would my sister Penelope LOVE that place, there are over 520 stores not to mention the resteraunts and sweet shops, and a HUGE amusement park with rides right in the middle. I saw the biggest Christmas trees I have ever seen in my WHOLE life, and I have seen a LOT of trees!

First up we headed to Build A Bear workshop, the boys really wanted to make a Christmas Moose, it was so much fun to watch them! And Eliana got to buy her baby doll Gracie a new red dress. We took alot of pictures and had some good food.

Then we had to go to the airport to pick up their dad from his hunting trip out west.

I really love my host family!



Tootles - Skeeter

The Kindness Box

I just finished making a "Kindness Box" for under our Christmas tree, I'm hoping it will help my family remember their manners, I sure wish I could enlist these kids in Miss Marla Mapleberry's Manners Management class.



I left the children a note that everytime I see one of them doing a good deed or if they see eachother, then to make a little note and put it in the Kindness Box, then on Christmas Eve we can read them and be reminded of how important it is to be kind to eachother.

I really hope they like it, I think it will be so much fun to read the happy moments on Christmas eve

Tootles --Skeeter

I'm Here!

I am posting this update from my host family's computer, it is ALOT of work to use these HUGE keyboards, HOLY BUCKETS!  I emailed Penelope and she said to use it like our Dance Dance Elf Game... BRILLIANT, now I just dance on the keys and I can type, she is so smart!

Let me tell you all about my new family!

First is Dad, his name is Dan, he likes to go hunting and fishing, I only saw him a short while before he headed off on his first ever plane ride. He left on Saturday morning for the State of Washington to go on an Elk Hunt... pretty sure the reindeer would NOT approve, BUT if it puts food on the table then I say OK! I am kind of hopping that he is the thread that pulls this crew together because they sure have been out of hand the last two days!

Mom, her name is Micki. Isn't that a cute name? I bet she gets lots of Mickey Mouse jokes thrown at her? She is a busy women, always up to something, today she worked really hard on pictures on the computer, I hid in the tree and watched until Zack found me. Zack is the big brother of the family... well I think Preston might be the BIGGEST, but Zack is the Oldest, I know ALL about being small. Maybe I never mentioned that Penelope and I are some of the smallest elves in our village. Most elves are much larger than we are for our age. Anyhow, Zack seems pretty cool, I can't quite figure him out tho, I think he is at that age in life that they were telling us about at Training camp where kids start to wonder if Santa is real, so far I think he is a believer but I'm not sure? He likes to be in his room, he was the first to find me this morning, I fell asleep working on my blog page, then I crawled into bed to snuggle with Eliana. She's the little sister, she has a real bad cough right now so she sleeps in the living room on a big reclinning chair, its right next to the Christmas tree where the kids put me to sleep in my sleigh, I like that she is near me, it reminds me of when we were elflings and would sneak out to sleep by the tree. Ellee is a real cutie, but I definetly have seen why her momma calls her Lucy.. as in a shortend version of Lucifer, that girl is definetly not scorring ANY points for the nice list since I have been here anyhow, don't worry she is NOT the only naughty one, her Partner in Crime, Mr Preston is right there with her in most of her misbehavings. I felt bad for the mom today because the kids just would NOT listen, it was really sad. Tonight when it was time to read to me from The Santa Claus Book, the kids got in a fight and were sent to bed, I didnt get my story until Mom read it to me, She's a good mom, but I think she could use a bit of a break?



Anyhow thats my info on my family so far, I think we need a little Christmas in our house!!



Tootles -- Skeeter