Saturday, December 16, 2017

Holiday Fun and Snow!

Angela here!  I know I say it in almost in every post, but WOW have we been busy this past month.  Christmas activities have taken over our house, our schedule and our weekends.  But the kids adore it.  Damien, The Elf on the Shelf, returned the day after Thanksgiving and the kids are now obsessed.  They run downstairs every morning searching for where he landed.  Adley screams out his name while Hudson frantically opens every door trying to find the little guy.  Chris gets creative and puts the elf in funny spots; I just try to remember to move him (one time I forgot and convinced Hud that the elf just realllllly liked sitting in the tree.  And every few days, they will get a small gift from Damien.  The matching pjs have been the favorite so far.


One day Hudson was scrolling though my Instagram account and stumbled across a picture of himself when he was two and had touched Damien the Elf.  Now anyone who has bought into this marketing scam knows that if a kid touches their elf, he loses his powers.  And according to the movie, the elf has to go to the elf hospital and get an IV of peppermint medicine before he feels better.  Poor Hudson was beside himself when he found out he hurt his elf...just distraught...as deeply disappointed as a 4 year old could be.  We talked about it for about 20 minutes before I could convince him he was just little and didn't know any better at the time.  

"I shouldn't have done it mama.  Is Damien still upset with me?  Does daddy know what I did?  Please don't let daddy touch Damien!"

Chris always pretends he is about to touch the elf and the kids flip out and go ballistic.  Adley cries and Hudson tries to tackle Chris before he touches him.  For some reason, Chris finds humor in torturing these poor kids.  But after the picture incident, he's had to since stop.  Even the next day, Hudson came home after school and apologized again to Damien and us.  It was the sweetest thing ever.  Below is the evidence.  Chris and I can't stop laughing about the whole situation...


Now going to give a quick rundown of everything else we've been doing....

WinterFest - Kings Island



Woodland Lights - Washingtown Township


Brunch with Santa - Hilton Garden Inn
Adley was so excited to get dressed up and wear matching outfits with cousin Claire.  But as soon as she saw the big guy in red, she screamed so loud that windows should have shattered.




The four best cousins in the world!  They literally see each almost other everyday (between school, sports and weekends) and they still are always requesting to have play dates and sleepovers.  Love them so much!

First Snowfall
Adley continues to be scared of everything.  The latest being white socks.  Like, really?!?  Pink socks are OK, but white socks send her into hysteria.  Snow did the same thing.

Hudson loved the snow.  It was strange because he kept eating it.  His response: "Mom! You gotta try this stuff!  It tastes just like ice cream!"  Instead of fighting the weird comment of plain snow having a flavor, we instead brought some inside, poured it in cups and then covered it with fun dip, aka we made snow cones!  That scared Adley as well.  

Kids-R-Kids Holiday Program
We practiced for two weeks singing Must Be Santa and Santa Claus is Coming to Town.  Hudson kept saying he was scared people would laugh at him, but he overcame his fears and rocked out on stage with his best buds Sammy and Caleb.  Cousins Anderson and Claire also gave solid performances so it was a fun evening.  Their love for the holidays make this time of year so special for me.



Only 9 more days till Santa comes!  We are headed to Kentucky to see the Wilson's and extended family.  Then we'll be back to celebrate with the Ohio crew.  Hope everyone is having a fabulous holiday!



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