The Elves Are Here Again!

We invited the elves back this year. They arrived the night we sprinkled the tree with glitter just like every other year. This year on the first night they brought an advent calendar and new advent candles. One night they left us a note to tell us our "normal" elves, Cheerful, Blissful, and Sunny, got promoted after Christmas last year, so we got a new set of elves. Their names are Jingle, Garland, Jolly, Evergreen, and Peppermint. I'm not sure the kids have noticed that their names start with the same letters, but it was the first thing I noticed!

We don't have the dolls, because quite frankly I find it a bit creepy that these dolls "come to life" when everyone is asleep. We never see our elves because they do not come out where we can see them when we are awake. We also do not tie our elves in with the whole naughty/nice thing. It's just a bit of magic :)

Some more of their antics for your enjoyment:

 Dyed the milk green

Played video games

Made themselves stockings and hung them

Played twister

Made a castle with wooden blocks

Hid the cowbells in the Christmas tree

Played with the kids' pop-beads and made ornaments

Played with the kids' pop-beads and made ornaments

Made random shapes out of sprinkles on the table