A Naughty Little Elf

Our Elf on the Shelf Phillip has been very naughty! He made a zip line one night while we were sleeping.

The night before surgery Phillip landed in the boys bedroom and wrote EE a good luck sign for his surgery.

And the lil brat toliet paper'd our Christmas tree!

Today when we woke up he had put underwear over top of our Christmas Stockings that we hung last night! I spared you guys the picture though :+)

I have been off of work for 6 days, and while it hasn't been an easy 6 days, helping my lil guy recover from surgery and getting lots of extra gray hairs from worrying about him, I was glad to be off and be with my family. It was a great reminder that we have alot to be thankful for this week and always. I will return to work this week with a Thankful Heart, full of blessings.

Say a prayer for Poc tomorrow he has his CT scan and will tell us more as to why the antibiotics aren't helping, and see what direction we are headed to next!

I have taken a few weeks too long off of the diet, so back on it tomorrow, no excuses! I made weight watchers soup for this week, I have my carrots ready to go, and my lunch tomorrow- black beans, corn, and lettuce on top. I have a wedding to attend in Dec. and I want to be rocking out the cute red dress I bought! :)

House of Trees

We went to House of Trees today, it was so much fun. The boys got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus. We had a small photo op with them :-)
The boys also got to write letters to Santa to be mailed at Santa's Workshop and Santa will respond to them within 10 days, how cool? They didn't have this stuff when I was little!

There were some really nice trees this year, and some were already sold when we got there an hour and fifteen mins after it opened. It's a bidding process, however if you bid 2.5 times the minimum bid the tree, wreath, or centerpiece is yours! So nice to see so many people in our community coming out to support House of Trees and Relay for Life. Here are a few shots of trees and our centerpiece, we already have a bid on ours, and I'm thrilled, so glad the money goes to a good cause, and it was fun to pick out! Someone had the Santa bucket last year and I looked everywhere for them, and couldn't find them, this year I spotted them at Michael's and I was thrilled, so I bought one for our home and one for House of Trees.

We had a great time, and both boys were really good! EE felt well enough to go, so that made me happy!

Our little Elf has been up to no good. I'm hoping to do a post tomorrow on that lil turkey!!!

EE Surgery

Surgery went better then I expected, recovery hasn't been as good as I had expected. All that to say we are on the uphill slide of things. He has had a super hard time getting down the fluids that he is suppose to take. We've tried everything, from warm, to cold, room temperature and all. He hasn't ate much, but is slowly trying things. He was able to go to both families Thanksgiving Dinners so that was nice, he was very tired when we got home! He only got up the first night for pain meds, but has been up at 6 am for his first dose in the mornings.

I love, love, love the Surgery Central, they are the best. They called after we got home to check on him, and again the next day. It might be protocol to call and check on their patients, but it wasn't a quick, hello, you ok, good bye type of call. They asked questions and listened and were truly concerned about our boy!

The playhouse in the lobby was a huge help to take his mind of things, he had been a bit nervous about the surgery so I was a lil worried the morning of, but he did well. He wanted to pray on the way to the hospital, so we did and it seemed to calm him, and he was at peace with surgery!

The nurse was great at explaining everything to him, and once she started talking about fireman, he tuned right in! She was great! I had to have the hubs snap one picture of me and my big boy before surgery and in his cute lil gown.

EE wondered if he would get a sticker or 2, look how many he racked up? They loved him. He would agree no amount of stickers is worth surgery :)

When he came out of surgery the nurse said he was the best patient she had ever had, I expected him to be crying and screaming, and very upset from the anesthesia and such, but he wasn't, he just wanted to sleep it off, we had to keep waking him up for sips of water, he'd get a sip, and go right back to sleep.

Things went well and the Dr. said surgery was the best idea, he said the tonsils and adenoids were blocking 80% of his air, that is super scary!

Thanks to everyone for the prayers, they were much needed! Thanks to all the calls, text, and visits too! We appreciate all of you for loving on us and checking on us during the Holidays.

Tomorrow is the House of Trees, and I will be sure to post about it tomorrow, I've always gone, but have never donated anything, but this year, me and my crafty MIL decided to donate a centerpiece to be bid on. More on that tomorrow. Our centerpiece is in my dad's honor and her dad's memory. Two men that are very much loved and had/have to battle cancer.

Prayers for EE & a lil bragging

EE goes into surgery this week for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy, so we will be home all week resting and recovering! This momma will get lots and lots of snuggles. We really like our surgeon and fully trust him. He has done surgery on Bre, twice before, so we are very familiar with him. That still doesn't make it stress free or worry free! Of all the surgeries we have been thru the boys have been under 3, and with EE 6 1/2, I'm just not sure how well he will do, and they put the mom's in a geri-chair, (recliner type) for recovery to hold their child, so since he is older I'm not sure if he will get a stretcher or not, but both of us fitting in those super small chairs will be interesting.

I've been meaning to post and brag a lil about EE's spelling test. The child blows me away with his intelligence. He loves spelling words. And we work on them at home alot, we do the match game and get on the spelling website his teacher offers. So check out these spelling test scores, all are 110%. He has only missed one word all year!



His school had their Thanksgiving Day luncheon last week, and I was able to break away from work and come have lunch with him! Nini, Papaw and Poc all got to come too! EE had lots of visitors that day!



Celebrating Alison

Today we had a Bridal Shower for Alison, it was alot of fun! We played a game, get to know Alison, and I actually learned a few things about her and we have been friends for over ten years now! :) We had a great time, with good friends and good food!
Her Wedding is fast approaching, and I'm so excited for her, also excited she asked my two little guys to be ring bearers, so much fun for sure! I'm bummed the hubs works that day, but Nini said she would be my date, so that is a huge help! THANKS NINI!
Check out our fun shower.

Elf Phillip has arrived........

Our Elf on a Shelf Phillip flew in from the North Pole last night, he decided to surprise in our dirty refridgerator. Look how cute he is!

Don't judge the nasty fridge, we have just been crazy busy! Phillip doesn't spell or write very good, some of his letters are backwards. This is the surprise on my boys faces when they spotted Phillip.

They love their Elf, Phillip. This morning we found him in a Santa Bucket, guess he was missing Santa already! We read the book this morning, and ofcourse my oldest asked tons of questions about Santa and the elves. The lil tot replied, he lives up in Heaven with God. Oh my, not to confuse Santa with Heaven at all, but so glad that the 3 yr old knows all about Heaven and God for sure! Love these lil faces.

I'll leave you with some decor, and yes I've done a few Christmas decorating, nothing big, but a few touches, I decorated one of my countertops in the kitchen, and put up a small tree in the boys bathroom.

The tree is the one that I won from EE school fall festival that had all of my gift cards on it! The snowman came from the MIL and he lights up and is so cute, and I love the countdown to Christmas. That printable came from the blog www.lifesweetlifeblog.com so nice of her to share with her readers. And I love it! I know I need to change the date!

I won't be able to post again until Wed night or Thurs, as we are getting new flooring in our bedroom and the computer will be down for a few days. I'll post pics as soon as I can as this is the last room to be done!

Happy Veteran's Day to all! Thanks to all the Service Men and Women past, present, and future!

Fall Festival

I love, love, love Fall Festivals, so much fun.

Tonight EE's school had their Fall Festival, it was alot of fun, good food, friends, family, and a mommy's helper!

We ate, and participated in the gift basket drawings, there were several this year I really liked! There was a Candleberry Candles basket (if you have never had Hot Maple Toady, you are totally missing out, the best candle ever made) there was a small UK basket and I was crossing my fingers for that one for POC, we also bid on the Christmas Wrap container full of goodies (loved), a gift card tree, and the boys basket that EE school put together :)

AND this is what we won.......................

I was thrilled, over $150.00 worth of gift cards/certificates! Here is a peak at what all we got:

And just because these 2 are so handsome! BC decided to spend some of his tickets on hair dye! Cousin Ryan came out and had fun with us too! He will be a big Kindergartner next year at that school!

Black Cat Chase 5K

Absolutely loved every minute of the Black Cat Chase! It was my 2nd 5K, and I'm sad I waited a whole year to do it again. There are several opportunities for 5K's in our area.

My time was 2 mins better then last year, which I know isn't saying much, LOL...........I wasn't participating to break any records, just to have fun, get some exercise, and prove to myself that I won't die in the process. So speaking of time.............................I completed the 5K in 44 mins and 50 something seconds, so we might as well say 45 mins. now that's a little less then a 15 min mile. I'll take it.

That being said, I hope to be around 39 mins. next year, but we shall see. Lot's of training in my future!

A big thanks to Shannon, Alison, and Jeremy for doing it with me. It was Shannon's first 5K, and she did great!

It rained nearly the entire time, not a pour down rain, but light drizzle, and I truly didn't care! I was just so excited to be there! Oh and lets mention the temperature, it was in the 50's, so very chilly!

Next year I will be either in the runners line up or the very front of the walkers, we were at the end this year, and you better believe that affects your time atleast by 2 mins. which was a bum, I know it's just a number but I'm a competitor and I like for my time to be accurate.

Here is a post race picture, we camped that weekend, so we were in the camper, due to the rain and cold temperatures. My boys were going to come and cheer me on with the hubs, but the weather kept them away in the camper, nice, warm and cozy! Those sweet boys were waiting on their momma when I got back.

I have more pictures to post, so be looking for Black Cat Chase Part 2, ha!

New Post coming: hardwood floors, spelling test, surgery, and much more.