December 16

This morning we woke up to find Moxie created a line from the light to the tree and slid across. So silly. Here are the girls' Christmas tree drawings.

December 15

Moxie showed up hanging from the stairs this morning. Wrong spent the day shopping with friends. The girls took turns seeing how big they could make their bites. Later Scout showed off her fashion sense

December 14

Moxie behind bars

December 13

Moxie has another friend. Hello, Barbie!

December 12

Dylan left her slippers out and Moxie made a new friend

December 11

Looks like he made it... and he framed Santa pictures!

December 10

Well it looks like Moxie made some new friends last night. Woody and Bullseye helped him sneak some candy, I think.

We went and saw Santa after school and got a photo. Just precious, in my opinion. Scout and Dylan both said they wanted pink horses, a doll house, and an iPad. Really? Spoiled much?

Tonight  Dylan ran into the kitchen and told me that Scout had touched Moxie. This is a big no-no in elf world. We had to sprinkle cinnamon around him to help him get back to the north pole. Lets hope he makes it!

December 9

Moxie was proud of the work the girls did yesterday in the kitchen. He celebrated by hugging a cupcake.

December 7&8

On Friday we found Moxie in the tree again. This time he brought along some toilet paper to help decorate. The girls thought it was so funny. They couldn't stop laughing.
Saturday found him holding their Santa picture from last year. He found out that we were planning on going to see Santa today. Unfortunately there was a 3 hour wait to see Santa. Are you kidding me? Changed our plans and we will go see him Monday after school. We came home and baked cookies instead.

December 6 Caught ya!

Moxie got stuck in the candy jar. The girls made me take the lid off because they were worked he'd get stuck in there forever.

December 5 Moxie decorates

What is that crazy elf doing? He stole Dylan's boa and decided to hang around and wait for us to find him.

December 4 Moxie mischief

Oh, Moxie. You may have gone too far today. Those are NOT ornaments. The girls thought this was hilarious, but they wanted me to take down their undies right away. This morning I told them that Moxie told me that Santa was getting ready to put them both on the naughty list because they have been whining so much and not listening. He said he would bring rocks if they were put on the naughty list. No rocks yet. They were slightly better behaved today so I have a feeling there won't be rocks tomorrow but still see...

December 3 - Moxie is hot

Apparently Moxie has been hot. I can't blame him. Temps have hit 80 for 3 days in a row. It's December, right? I guess I can't blame him for jumping in the freezer! The girls have peeked in there at least half a dozen times since we got home from school today.

December 2 - Moxie's ride

Last night Moxie was tired. The girls kept him really busy and he had a lot to report to Santa. He asked me if he could have a ride to the North Pole. I told him I wasn't sure we had anything to get him there. We woke this morning to find that he discovered his own ride...

December 1 Moxie's snow angel

Friday night, Moxie told me that he missed the snow at the North Pole. I told him I was very sorry, but we didn't get much snow in Texas. We woke up on Saturday morning to find this

Oh, Moxie. A rice angel? Again, a hit with the girls!

November 30 - Moxie's first trip to the North Pole

If you aren't familiar with the elf on the shelf tradition, I'll sum it up for you. Santa sends elves to help keep an eye on kids. The elf watches all day and makes a trip to the North Pole every night to report to Santa. When the kids wake up, the elf is in a new place, showing that he must have been up to something. You can't touch the elf or he will lose his magic (although, if you read on their webpage, the magic can be restored with cinnamon)  On Moxie's first night he whispered to me that he was hungry. When the girls woke up, he had taken the raisin boxes from their lunchboxes! They thought this was the funniest thing ever and talked about it all day. Silly Moxie! 

Back to it

I'm not even going to try to play catch up. It's been 2 years. M and I now teach at the same school and S & D started preschool in the same district this year and they love it. Here they are in all their toothy glory.

So here we go again... blogging... Our latest fun is a scout elf that we named Moxie. 

The girls each have an elf on the shelf in their classroom, so I decided to get one for home, too. They think he's the funniest thing ever. I love seeing them so happy. Even if I do think Moxie could be Gilly's long-lost brother...