To Me, You Are Perfect

I fell in love with you the way I fall asleep - Slowly and then all at once. Not sure where it happen but probably somewhere between the way you made me laugh and the way you made me cry. My walls came down that I spent years building up. I crashed into you fully and never looked back. When I am with you, I feel like a kid again - seeing the world for the first time. Experiencing joy, happiness, being scared and being brave. We are complicated people, you and I. We are stubborn, strong headed and "want our way". We can make almost everything in our life 100x more complicated than it has to be. We argue often and at the most inappropriate times. But our frustration is only fueled by our passion and caring for one another. I always will confront you, I will push you and I will do my very best to keep you grounded and focused. I will not let you slack on your talents or your dreams. I crave the very most from you. I love you, all of you! I love all your edges, all your roughness. Your Imperfections Are Perfect To Me!!

This Elf Doesn't Even Sit On The Shelf...

So this Elf On The Shelf business is tough

Yes yes, I started late in the month and totally spaced the idea until 4 am on Sunday....

"And the Mother Of The Year award goes to... drum roll please... "

Day 1: 4 A.M. on Sunday

This cute little Elf took flour from the cupboard and made a snow angel (Thank you Pinterest) Flour got everywhere- in the wedges of the table, on the floor, all over me and all over the elf. HA-HA Good Freakin Mornin! Where's the Whiskey?

Tess has decided to name her elf Spirit. Cute, right?!

Day 2 - 

Welp Spirit decided to grab a Barbie from Tesslynn's room and all my nail polish and create a Nail Salon in the living room. It was great. The Elf titled it "Sprits Nail Salon" (Yep, you read that right, Sprits!) The Elf then had to go back to Elf school and learn to spell her own name right.

Day 3 - 

Tess was getting up in 5 minutes and Spirits silly little self just woke up too. Oops! I'm sure she was running around this morning trying to think of something extra fun for Tess but was left without many options considering she had five minutes. So to be such a sweet Elf, she got everything out for Tesslynn's cold lunch today. Tess was super stoked! Mom never lets her have cold lunch because I just dont have time.... Go Figure. Running out of time in the morning and the Elf does something that I say I DON'T have time for each day.

Day - I lost count

The elf brought Tesslynn a cute little ginger bread house village for us to do as a family.

These things never look like the box images.

(not my image)

Day - Almost Done

What does the elf do when its running out of Ideas and places to hide in a little 2 bedroom apartment? It gives Tesslynn $5 dollars and suggests she gets someone very special in her life a Christmas gift that she is sure will make them smile. She wants to pick me. CUTE!!

However, I did suggest she pick someone who has maybe had a tough year, someone who needs that extra smile and loving gesture.

She is thinking long and hard about this one... Stay tuned for who it is. I am anxious to know too.

Stay Tuned for more Elf On The Shelf Stories. I'm sure its going to get more entertaining

Open to suggestions as well