Elf on the Shelf

This is the first year that the Elf on the Shelf came to visit the Baird Family. He arrived on the Eve of December 1st with a DVD. The kids don't really have a name for him yet, except "Little Guy". They all sat down together to watch the DVD.

The "Little Guy" goes to the North Pole each night to report to Santa whether the kids were good or not. When he comes back, he is always doing something silly. Each day, he sits on the mantle to watch the kids.

Here are some of the silly things he has done.

He was hiding in the fridge.

Here he was having a Tea Party with a Princess and a Smurf.

Silly guy got into the jewerly.

He sure likes his sweets.

Hanging from the chandelier.

Playing with Doc McStuffins.

Christmas Eve Morning, we woke up to this!

Until next year....we will miss you Little Guy.

Presley's Party & Performance

This year, Mikey and I were both able to attend Presley's Happy Birthday Jesus Party at school.

The kids did a craft and then ate some yummy treats.

Presley gave her teacher her Christmas gift and she loved it.

After the party, the kids put on a Christmas Performance. They sang a couple of songs and Presley did great!

Decorating for Christmas....

As always, we had so much fun decorating for Christmas this year. Last year, I added the deco mesh to our tree and garland and this year I added burlap.

Mikey picked out a beautiful tree this year. It is a different kind than we usually get. It is very full and smells so good. The lights from last year didn't quite cover the tree.

I had very nicely expressed that I didn't love the colored lights on the tree last year, so since we needed more lights for the fuller tree, Mikey got white lights and I was very happy! I made a big deco mesh and burlap bow to match the garland.

As you can see, I had plenty of help putting the bow up.

I also made a new wreath for the door this year. Tis the Season!!

My little cuties and a couple of other pics!

I put the girls in some dresses that Marmee had bought them for church one Sunday so I wanted to send her a picture. Of course Bentley wanted in the picture and we took a few. None of which they are all looking and smiling, but all cute!

Grammy and Grampy took the girls to lunch after church and she sent me these pictures.

Bentley stayed home with Mom and Dad and played "Only Child" for a few hours.

Mikey had a "guys night" one weekend and I took this picture of the kids eating dinner. They must have been hungry because they rarely all sit down and eat at the same time.

We went to dinner at Grammy and Grampy's house one Sunday and the kids were enjoying their appetizers.

I attended my good friend, Courtney's baby shower one Saturday and had fun catching up with Kelli and Tamra.

Mom's assistant at work turned 50 and Mom collected 50 bottles of wine and surprised her on her birthday. I made the banner!

I was the only person in my TRX class one day, so my trainer got her camera out to take some pictures for her FB page.

One afternoon, Mikey got home from work early, so we decided to take the kids to the park.

Mikey and Bentley disappeared for quite a while. We finally found them and they had run into the Dude Perfect guys. They are Aggies!! They are popular on uTube and their headquarters are here in Frisco.

We watched them film for a while. It was really neat. You should look them up!

Finally, there is a HIIT class on Friday's at the gym that I absolutely love. The trainer is so great and I have a blast working out with my friends. Our trainer is graduating from college, so we all chipped in money and gave him $800. He was so surprised and so thankful. Not sure why we decided to do the picture after the workout. LOL.