Christmas, Christmas, Christmas

It has been Christmas, Christmas, Christmas here for quite some time.  We talk Santa, Kevin (our name for our Elf on the Shelf), presents and Christmas movies  pretty much every moment of every day.

We received a wonderful email from Santa too.  Amelia was mesmerized.  Portable North Pole  is Santa's digital site :)  Who knew??!

Kevin made his appearance at our house. Amelia named our Elf on the shelf, Kevin.  Why?  Have no idea.  Many of her horses and toys are Kevin as well...or Kelly.   

She has asked me to move him several times.  She loves Kevin, but only from a distance...his eyes are a bit too shifty for her. This is as close as she would go when she first saw him.  I moved him to a shelf.

Our Advent Calendar went up too.  She has already opened 2 of the goodies and now heads right to it in the morning.

Lots more crafts too.

Our pinecone elf was made from an idea on Pinterest.  Amelia picked out the bell, but I glued everything else.  

Our twig stars and tree were made from sticks we collected on our "adventure walks" in our yard.  I asked her what she thought we could make and she said "a tree!" ...so we did.  She lost interest in the actual creating quickly and wanted to make a butterfly for Dad...so we did that too.

In case you can't see it...this is the "butterfly" she made with scissors (LOVES scissors) and she explained how you are suppose to do it as she was cutting away.