Our elf on the shelf (Elvie) came to visit again on the evening of Katelyn's birthday! He's been very mischievous this year. He's been flying around with birthday balloons, playing with the kids toys, hanging from block towers, and getting into the pantry. He's even made a mess with marshmallows and hung candy canes on our Christmas tree. Collin has been talking to the elf a lot more this year. He has also given him toys to take back to the North Pole for other children on 3 different nights (without any prompting by me!). I am so proud of him and his big heart :) Today he received a thank you letter from Santa in return. Here's one of the bags of toys he packed up for the elf.
Katelyn being silly (and probably munching on some of those marshmallows that elf left lying around).
We decided to put Christmas lights outside this year! Collin was a big help.
Katelyn and I were better off just watching.
Katelyn has grown enough now that she can reach all of the doorknobs. In the same week, she also learned how to lock and unlock the doors and manipulate the childproof knobs that were supposed to keep her in the bathroom with me while I take a shower. So needless to say, I haven't had much luck keeping her in there with me. She has a new found interest in just playing by herself in her room lately too. So basically, I'm taking 5 second showers and getting ready while walking back and forth from my room to hers to check on her about a gazillion times. She's really into "little girl stuff". This is how her room looked this morning before we left for school. (She does still love to make messes!)
But my favorite part was how all of her babies and stuffed animals were lying around with bibs on! So cute!
