Christmas Happenings....So Far

We have not been doing a whole lot of Christmas activities around these parts. Sure the kids have watched a few Christmas movies, baked a few Christmas snacks, and done their Christmas wrapping, but crafting and field tripping have not happened it great abundance. I can't seem to find the time this year. But here is a re-cap of a bit of what we have been up to.

1. The kids decorated this gingerbread man given to us by a friend:

We have yet to decorate the gingerbread houses I bought.

2. We finally got an Elf on the Shelf! My poor children have been deprived of his presence until this year. I feel a bit of extreme guilt about it, because he has been massive amounts of fun! I didn't realize that the Elves did fun and/or somewhat naughty things at night, but luckily I was on Pinterest and discovered their shenanigans just in time. Our Elf is quite funny. His name is Max Elfis:

Sadie thinks he is beyond hilarious. He has replaced our stockings with underwear:

Toilet papered the Christmas tree:

He enjoys playing dress-up:

He turned our milk green:

Of course make snow angels out of rice:

And most recently drew mustaches on our pictures:

He even made himself a little stache:

I would love to hear about all of your elves also. I fear my elf might run out of fun things to do in the coming years.

3. My kids also participated in a live Nativity we did for the Young Women. Jackson practicing for his part as a Wise Man:

It was a "No room at the inn" object lesson activity, where the girls went to three different homes to carol, and were turned away from each one. We then went to a stable to see a live Nativity acted out by a few children. Sadie was a shepherd:

As previously mentioned, Jackson was a Wise Man:

And Megan was an angel. She was on top of a large hay shed, and had the spotlight shown on her when it was her turn. Sadly I have no pics of it because Eric was helping Jackson, and I was on top of the shed with Megan. But I saw some video, and it looked very cool:

Lastly, we have been eating. A lot.

That's about it. Are you ready for Christmas? Sadly I am not, and have not wrapped one single present yet!