Christmas Magic

Joanie the elf is back!  He arrived on December 1st and has been back in action like never before.  Each morning, we have found Joanie up to some "elfie" antics.  Tonight...it is Teenage Mutant Ninja Joanie!

Last night, it was "I Dream of Joanie" (aka...I Dream of Jeanie).  This is not actually my elf but rather my friends elf who I copied the idea from.  I forgot to take a picture of Joanie in his bottle!

The boys love Joanie and its the first thing they ask about every morning.  Will is into giving Joanie little gifts to bring back to Santa.  Last night, Will gave Joanie a rainbow loom bracelet to bring to Santa.  The next morning, Santa wrote Will this note.....

He was so excited when he found it this morning and said he was never going to lose the note.  Then had to bring it into school to show all his friends.  

Without knowing it, I actually set myself up for mom awesomeness with the above note.  After school today, we took our annual trip to see Santa at the Bass Pro Shops.  The boys were super excited to have a chance to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas.  Sara on the other hand wasn't too excited to see Santa.  

Note to self: don't give Sara a mouthful of Cheez-its right before throwing her into Santa's lap.

Before it was our turn, I slipped one of the elves the bracelet that Will had given Santa the night before.  When we walked up to Santa, he was wearing the bracelet and Will just about fell on the ground.  I have to say I was pretty happy with myself for successfully rocking this one!  

When Santa asked the boys what they wanted for Christmas, they both froze.  It was kind of like the scene out of a Christmas Story with Ralphie and the bee bee gun.  Will shouted out "Elf on the Shelf toy" (huh?) and Jack said something random that none of us understood.  When we were in the car, the boys were talking about it and Will got mad that he didn't say hockey sticks and Jack was still a little clueless.  Maybe the whole bracelet thing threw them off.  :-)