Jeremy has been up to some good old fashioned Christmas mischief here lately.
The first picture is hard to make out since my counters are white.
Making snow angels in rice on the kitchen counter
Hanging from the lights in the den
Winning Yahtzee!
Jeremy packed Daniel’s lunch. Pudding, canned peas, syrup and dog treats. Yum. 
Toilet papering the Christmas tree!
Hanging the boys’ underwear from the ceiling fan.
{He might have gotten this idea from an elf relative }
Jeremy, Santa’s elf is back! The boys were beyond excited. I have never seen Luke so excited about something. He was jumping up and down and screaming. I didn’t get a pic of Jeremy that first night, but he brought some peppermint patties and a stocking holder for Luke. Santa sent a note reminding us of the elf rules and told Luke to be careful with his new stocking holder. J
So, Luke’s stocking is back where it belongs.
The next day the boys found Jeremy in our Christmas tree.
Daniel has written to Jeremy asking all sorts of questions like how old he is and if he is a ninja elf. So, Luke got paper and wrote to Jeremy. This is his first note ever!
He wrote Luke and We. The translation would be that Luke wanted him to play the Wii. So… the next night Jeremy played a little Mario Kart on the Wii.
Since his note seemed to work one night, Luke tried for another and added onto his note:
I helped him a little bit with his spelling of snow.
It turns out our little Curious George decided he would touch Jeremy with the pencil that he was writing his note with. Well, it’s a big no no to touch Jeremy~ he might lose his magic. So, this morning we found him resting on the bookshelf.
Maybe this will keep little nosey fingers away from him for a bit. J He was a little horrified at Jeremy having to rest, so I think he will leave him alone now.
Jeremy adds such a fun little addition to our Christmas season. Can’t wait to see what he does next!
First of all, the picture quality is terrible. I’m still trying to learn my new camera. J
I came home from work last week to find this lying all over the kitchen table:
Hmmm…. Then I looked a little further and saw poor Santa:
Awesomely enough, there is glue stick all over Santa’s arm (not that you can tell thanks to my camera skillz) trying to attach the little tree there to his side.
I walked into the Living Room to find this on the floor:
And the mantle looked like this:
So, with the evidence before you, can you guess what happened and who the culprit was behind our Christmas crime? J
We’ve had an interesting Christmas at our home this year. Some of it was very cool and some of it was not so cool.
Here’s my run-down of Christmas 2010.
Cool
My parents came to stay with us for Christmas and brought my Pawpaw. My Pawpaw is a bit of a reluctant traveler, so this was cool.
Not so cool
Dan had been fighting a cold for almost a week and was still feeling bad on Christmas Eve.
Cool
We all went to the Candle Light and Communion Christmas Eve service together. I love this service each year.
Not so cool
Dan felt terrible through the whole service {but still did a great job leading a beautiful service!} and his fever began to rise as the night went on.
Cool
The boys got up on Christmas morning and had a ball opening all of their gifts!
Not so cool
Dan was unable to get up Christmas morning because he had an almost 104 fever and we then guessed it was the flu. {it was}
Cool
I got an ipad! I’ve never had any sort of electronic thing for my own, so this is so cool! Now I have something to tinker on while everyone else is on their laptops!
Not so cool
Daniel and Luke both started acting puny. We really hoped it wasn’t the flu. {it was}
Cool/Not so cool
We had a great Christmas lunch that I ate way too much of!!
Cool
It snowed on Christmas day. It was everyone’s first White Christmas! Luke had been talking a lot about snowball fights and snow angels and eating snow lately. He did all three things in about 2.5 seconds of being outside.
Not so cool
My mom got the stomach flu on Christmas night.
Soooo….. our Christmas was a definite mix of a lot of cool and a lot of not so cool.
I’m still trying to figure out which outweighed which. 
We’re sad to send Jeremy back to the North Pole! He has brought so much fun to our house this year. Here are his last couple of days of mischief:
Day 16:
Jeremy won playing Dr. Mario on the Wii!
Day 17:
Daniel sent a note to Santa with Jeremy and Santa sent a reply
Day 18:
Jeremy toilet papered the bathroom
Day 19:
Jeremy said goodbye with post-its. He also left a little note saying that he had fun and would see them next year.
Jeremy elf and Santa Claus are such a fun part of Christmas when you have little kids, but that’s not what it’s all about. I think my second grade son put it nicely in his Christmas Essay at school. {Translated below, if you need it}
{These are the things that Christmas means to me:
Jesus, giving is more important than receiving and my family.
Jesus’ birthday is on Christmas. It all started back way back when Mary came into the inn where Elizabeth was. A baby boy jumped for joy and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Mary and Elizabeth traveled on a donkey to Nazareth to find Joseph. Then again Mary traveled on another donkey. They got to Bethlehem. Instead of an inn they ended up in a stable. Baby Jesus was born in a manger. A star appeared in the sky. Shepherds shouted praises to the Lord. Three wise men brought gold and other things to the baby king.
My father told me giving is more important than receiving. Because if you give the more you believe in God and Jesus.
I have 4 people in my family and 1 dog. On the 18 of December my whole family is coming over!
Now these are the things Christmas means to me: Jesus, Giving and my family.}
May you experience Jesus, giving, and family this Christmas.
Merry Christmas!!!
I have been married to my wonderful husband, Dan for 12 years. I couldn’t ask for a better husband or father for my children!
We have two wonderful little boys. D3 is a very smart, very sweet ten year old. L is very sweet, very spunky six year old. I’m blessed with a wonderful family!
