Cutesy 2016 Days 17 - 24

Cutesy the Elf was very busy during the weeks leading up to Christmas Eve.

Cutetsy brought a candy cane and a water color book. He did not show up at the hotel we stayed in on the way to visit family in Canada. Boogs was very happy when Cutesy showed up the next morning.

Cutesy was sitting on top of Grandpapa's lamp with a ping pong ball shooter game.

We had a lot of fun playing with the ping pong balls and shooter this week. Cutesy found the directions for making the shooter HERE.

Cutesy brought a game called Mad Gab. You have to try and guess what something is based on what it sounds like. Sounded like fun, but was not all that great of a game.

Cutesy was all tangled up in a slinky one morning.

Cutesy was caught trying to eat all of the cereal Grandmaman had bought for Boogs.

When we used to go camping with Grandpapa and Grandmaman, GP always made mountain pies over the campfire. Mountain pies are kind of like grilled cheese sandwiches cooked over an open fire with two shovels together. Cutesy had the mountain pie maker, wood, kindling, and a lighter.

Boogs said goodbye to Cutesy before he went to bed on Christmas Eve. He told Cutesy he hopes to see him back again next year.

Cutesy left on Christmas Eve to head back to the North Pole. He left a final package for Boogs, a book about The Fantastic Beasts.

We will miss all of Cutesy's Christmas antics. Did you have an elf visiting your house? Leave a comment with your link. I would love to see what Cutesy's elf cousins are doing at other people's houses. To see pictures of Cutesy's previous visits you can click HERE to go to his pinterest board.

Cutesy Elf 2016 Days 10 - 16

Cutesy has been a very busy little elf during the past week. On day 10, Cutesy and Elfy were playing tic-tac-toe with marshmallows. We could not tell who was winning. Boogs finished the game for them, making sure that Cutesy won. Then, Boogs ate the playing pieces after we decided the marks on them were made with edible marker.

Elfy was up to no good on Day 11. He trapped Cutesy under a cake dome. Cutesy made a special little cake for Boogs. Boogs thought the cake was tasty.

 

On day 12, Boogs woke up to discover that Cutesy had put balloons all over the Christmas tree. We had fun releasing the balloons and watching them fly around the living room.

Cutesy was sitting on the tree skirt with a bag of balloons and clothespins.

Cutesy brought a fun Christmas activity sheet on day 13. Boogs finished most of the activities before getting dressed for school that morning.

It took a long time to find Cutesy on Day 14. He was sitting in the fridge with a small pile of gift wrapped boxes. His note said, "I made you lunch. Enjoy!" Boogs was happy to take that lunch to school. He later told me that Cutesy makes better lunches than I do.

Boogs mentioned that Cutesy was being pretty tame and Elfy was not participating much. He wondered when the elves would get up to some mischief again. Purple Minion and Elfy decided to add some mischief to our morning on day 15. Cutesy brought a Fun Dip story book for Boogs.

Boogs noticed something weird when he picked up the Fun Dip story book. It felt really light. The front said there were 8 Fun Dip packages in the box. Boogs discovered that the box had been opened from the bottom. When he looked inside, he only found one package of Fun Dip. It did not take him long to check behind Purple Minion and Elfy to find the missing Fun Dip packages. Those two tried to sneak it away.

 

On Day 16, Cutesy and his friends were playing Skylander Monopoly by the fireplace.

When we looked closer, we noticed that Purple Minion was cheating. We are pretty sure he stole that money from the bank or from the other players.

Do you have an elf visiting your house? Leave a comment with your link. I would love to see what Cutesy's elf cousins are doing at other people's houses. To see pictures of Cutesy's previous visits you can click HERE to go to his pinterest board.

Cutesy Elf 2016 - Days 7, 8, 9

It is so much fun to wake up and see what Cutesy has been up to while we slept. He sure is an active little elf. We think Elfy is a bit of a troublemaker.

Day 7 - Cutesy and Elfy brought Boogs a little treat, a roll of Hubba Bubba gum tape. Unfortunately, it looks like they sampled the roll before they gave it to Boogs. I'm sure this was all Elfy's idea.

Boogs thought Elfy and Cutesy looked cute blowing bubbles. He was happy the elves brought him gum tape but then he noticed the bite they took out of the gum. Boogs said he was really annoyed by it.

Day 8 - Boogs woke up to find Cutesy asleep in his room. Cutesy had a little sign on top of his sleeping bag that said, "Was I snoring?"

Day 9 - Cutesy worked really hard to prepare this Nerf spinner activity. I am pretty sure he found the idea HERE. Cutesy must have found the bag of extra pvc pieces left over from Boogs' 10th birthday party when he and his guests made marshmallow shooters.

Cutesy left eight little circles with a note, "You can decorate these and put them on targets."

Boogs and I had a fun battle before school that almost made us late.

Do you have an elf visiting your house? Leave a comment with your link. I would love to see what Cutesy's elf cousins are doing at other people's houses. To see pictures of Cutesy's previous visits you can click HERE to go to his pinterest board.

Cutesy the Elf 2016 Days 4, 5, 6

Boogs is enjoying Cutesy's visit this year. He keeps offering me suggestions for things Cutesy can do during this visit. I have a feeling this will most likely be Cutesy's last year with us. So, Cutesy better make it a good one.

On Sunday, Boogs awoke to find that Cutesy had set up a couple of chain reactions.

 Boogs thought they were pretty neat. He started each of the reactions and then played with the materials for at least an hour. We had fun video taping them in slow motion.

Cutesy also left a little packet of pictures and instructions for Boogs to use. It looks like he used ideas from Frugal Fun For Boys & Girls.

 Fun!

Oh no! Elfy came back on Monday. Elfy is a little elf that Cutesy tried to mentor a couple of years ago. Elfy likes to cause loads of mischief. It looked like Cutesy worked hard to decorate Boogs' bathroom. He left a little note, "I hope you like my decorations."

Elfy had a note and a black marker in his hand. Elfy's note said, "I hope you like my decorations too. Hee Hee." Elfy drew a big black spider on the toilet paper roll. Scary!

Elfy also Saran Wrapped the toilet and put a bug in it. Boogs said he jumped a little when he saw that bug. Boogs liked Cutesy's decorations but was "annoyed" with Elfy.

 On Tuesday morning, it looked like Cutesy gathered some friends to play Pin the Nose on Rudolph.

Cutesy had an interesting group with him. There was the Kirby balloon from Boogs' 9th birthday in 2015, the robot from his 3rd birthday, and he was wearing the Lego pinata mask from Boogs' 6th birthday. (I think I might secretly be a hoarder.)

We are excited every morning to see what nonsense and smiles Cutesy will bring. Do you have an elf visiting your house? Leave a comment with your link. I would love to see what Cutesy's elf cousins are doing at other people's houses. To see pictures of Cutesy's previous visits you can click HERE to go to his pinterest board.

Cutesy The Elf Is Back!

We love Cutesy the Elf! About a week before Thanksgiving, Boogs started reminding me of all the nonsense and mischief Cutesy gets up to each year at our house. He repeatedly told me that Cutesy always comes on December 1st. I think he still really enjoys the elf's visit. I am a little sad that this is the year Boogs decided not to go see Santa at the mall. Sigh, he is growing up.

This will be the sixth Christmas Cutesy has visited us. Here is a picture of the letter he came with when he first arrived. Unlike the Elf on the Shelf, Cutesy is fun to play with, can be touched, and only tells Santa about his visit on Christmas Eve when Santa stops by the house. Boogs is happy that Cutesy is not a spy and does not lose his magic when he is touched.

Here is a picture of the first day Boogs met Cutesy. Boogs was so little then.

Cutesy came back this year on December 1st. He wrote a message with mint flavored M&Ms, had a letter, and made sure there was a joke tucked into his pocket. Cutesy brings jokes every day during his stay with us. This year, I think he found his jokes HERE and HERE.

Cutesy's letter said, "I am so excited to be back with you again. Elfy tried to take my place but I beat him at a game of Ice Crystal-Sun-Cloud. Ho Ho Ho Christmas is coming. Love, Cutesy"

Boogs decided that the game Cutesy won was a different version of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Sun beats Ice Crystal, Ice Crystal beats Cloud, and Cloud can cover the sun. Boogs was thrilled to see Cutesy back. Boogs had a little trouble remembering Elfy. Maybe Elfy will sneak by for a quick visit soon. Elfy was very mischievous. One year, Elfy came to be mentored by Cutesy. Elfy ended up opening and playing with one of Boogs' Christmas presents. Boogs was not happy with him at all!

On December 2nd, Cutesy brought back the tree he delivers to Boogs' playroom each year. Cutesy also brought a few new candy cane ornaments for Boogs to add to the tree. Of course Cutesy had a joke with him.

Day three with Cutesy brought a little nonsense to the house. Cutesy made this gingerbread house for Boogs.

 Boogs thought it was great. He laughed about it.

 

Then he had to get down and take a closer look. Boogs thought it was pretty clever. Cutesy delivers a gingerbread house for Boogs to decorate each year he visits.

 There was another message on the back of the note. It said, "Search high, search low, to the snowman gathering you must go." Boogs immediately knew he had to go to the snowman village to see if anything was there.

 Cutesy had put a gingerbread house and our Gingerbread Baby book under the coffee table.

It took a little bit of maneuvering to get it out of there. I was afraid we were going to have to lift up the entire table.

Boogs is very happy to have Cutesy in the house. He is super excited to wake up each morning and see Cutesy's latest antics. Do you have an elf visiting your house? Leave a comment with your link. I would love to see what Cutesy's elf cousins are doing at other people's houses. To see pictures of Cutesy's previous visits you can click HERE to go to his pinterest board.

It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas

2016 is almost over. We are ready for the last few weeks of school to pass by so we can enjoy our Christmas break.

Boogs helped me pick out twelve treats to include in his teacher's 12 Days Until Christmas Break gift basket.

We put together one of these basket each year for his homeroom teacher. This year's basket has some fun things in it. Boogs' teacher has a pet ferret for the classroom, so we included a toy for the ferret. His teacher likes pickles. I found some dill pickle flavored icee pops. (Eww!) The gift basket comes with a note that says:

There is an envelope in the basket that says, "Open me last." When that envelope is opened, it is revealed that the gift basket came from Boogs.

I found these printable reindeer cards and directions for making these HERE. I am going to give them to the ladies on my team at work.

I think they are adorable. I really like the EOS lip balm. I used the Summer Fruit scent because it was the best red color for Rudolph's nose.

 

The day after Thanksgiving, Boogs and I dragged all of our Christmas decorations out of the attic.

Boogs loves looking through all of the ornaments. Every year he gets to pick out a new ornament that he will eventually take with him when he is grown up and leaves our house. (Sniff!)

We had to wait a day or two to place the topper on the tree. Daddy always lifts Boogs up to put it on.

 Boogs is so big, they had to try a couple of times to get it.

December 25th will be here before we know it.