December 14th - Decorating the Tree!

So our trees have been up for a few weeks now. Lexi's tree has been well decorated since day one, but our big tree.... not so much! Basically has only had a couple flowers, and the lights.   We haven't been able to find our ornaments.  Well, Topher came to the rescue!!  He found our missing Christmas Box!!!

This morning, I snuck downstairs, and caught our little elf decorating the tree for us!!

He found our pretty red and silver bulbs!

And Placed them all over the tree!

He also found our silver bulbs and gifts, and also placed them all over the tree!

Wow! Our tree looks AMAZING!!!

He also found Lexi's Reindeer and brought them into the tree as well!

When Lexi woke up this morning, she was SO excited to see the tree all decorated!!!

And was also super excited to see Christopher in the tree as well!

All ready for Christmas now!!

December 13th - Elf of the Jungle!

Topher sure loves to explore Lexi's room.  Today, she found her Zoo!   He had lots of fun swinging in the trees, and sliding down the slides, and climbing to the very top!  Lexi enjoyed playing as well!

Santa's Magic! What happens when Lexi touches Topher.....

As with most parents with a 2 year old, they don't fully understand the reason why you can not touch something..... No matter how many times I tell Lexi "Sorry, you can't touch him.  He will loose his magic, and have to go back to the north pole!!"  She still tries again and again to give him a kiss, or a hug, or help him up when he has fallen out of his balloon (and then give him a bath...)

So I sent Santa an email, and asked him for help!! Seems like every day, Topher is losing his magic, and every day he has to go back to the North Pole, and every day we get the tears because Topher is Gone!

Santa was quick to respond!!!!  He sent his magic our way!!!

And his Magic Snow came with a special poem! 

Poem Reads:

Santa heard your Elf

is feeling blue

His magic is fading fast

St. Nick’s powers are 

strong and true

And Elf’s sadness will not last

With a wiggle of His nose

Santa will make it better

Your elf will be aglow

With more magic than ever

Sprinkle this snow on Elf

For the problem it will fix

He’ll be back on the Shelf

Thanks to one of

Kris Kringel’s tricks

Also came with instructions

1. Give your Elf a big hug!

2. Give him a Kiss

3. Tell him your sorry for touching him

4. Sprinkle snow over his head

5. Put him in a safe place for the night

If you want to make your own, Here are some templates! 

Print this, fold in half, and staple to the top of your bag of magic snow

Print this, Fold in Half, and stick inside your bag of Magic Snow

December 12th - More treats for Lexi!

Today, Topher told me that since Lexi loved his other cookies so much, He wanted to make another treat for her!  So he emailed Mrs. Claus and got the recipe for her famous Candy Cane Cookies!

Topher studied the recipe really hard!

He figured out how to use the mixer, and mixed all the ingredients together....

with the cookie dough all mixed, he rolled them into balls...

and rolled those balls in Sugar....

and neatly placed them on a cookie sheet!

Took a whole TEN minutes to cook, and Topher was very impatient!!!!

But while waiting, He took a bunch of the Candy Cane Kisses, and got them all ready to go!

And he even cleaned up after himself!

Finally! The cookies were all done!  He pressed the kisses into each cookie, and quickly placed them into the fridge so the cookies didn't melt the kisses all the way!

And after a few minutes, they were ALL DONE!!!  Dont they look delicious?!

Thanks Topher! I'm sure Lexi will LOVE them!

December 11th - Snowflakes!

I told Topher that while he is staying with us, he is welcome to anything in the home he wants.  Well.... I wasn't quite expecting his latest project.  Take a look...

I walked into Lexi's room to find that he had his arms full of Q-Tips.....

Without dropping a single one, He climbed up into Lexi's bed...

And dropped his pile of Q-Tips

And started making a pattern out of them...

What is he making today?

???

Awe Cute! It looks like a Snowflake!!!

Yep! Its a snowflake! How Neat!!!  Look at all the fun designs!

So much fun!!! Love having our little elf around!!

December 10th - He could have danced all night!

Topher had so much fun yesterday at the Princess Ball!  However, he seems like he looked kinda silly while dancing with them.   He told me that he wants to do some more practicing before he goes tot he ball again.   I told him to go talk to Ballerina Ariel!  She loves to dance, and can help him out!  Here are a couple shots I got with them :)

WOW!!! He looks incredible! So Proud of him!!!!   

At the end of the lesson, Topher gave Princess Ballerina Ariel a kiss on the cheek, and thanked her for his lessons.... I dont know about you, but it kinda looks like Topher is blushing....