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Elf on the Shelf – Frisbee Rides a Reindeer

Posted on December 18, 2011 by danaedwards| Leave a comment

Frisbee has rearranged some house decorations and decided to ride a reindeer. He continues to do whatever he wants to do in our house.

Crazy elf …

- Dana

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Elf on the Shelf – Frisbee Wants His Own Silverware

Posted on December 3, 2011 by danaedwards| Leave a comment

Frisbee is really making himself at home over the past few days. Now our elf on the shelf is requesting we get new silverware which is his size. I guess it would be ok if he ate all our food if he just cleaned up after himself. Is that too much to ask?

- Dana

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Elf on the Shelf – Frisbee Has The Munchies

Posted on December 3, 2011 by danaedwards| Leave a comment

Geez. Frisbee is getting a little comfortable around the house. When we invited the Elf on the Shelf, we had no idea that he would be helping himself. I guess it makes sense that with all the travel and magic that he would need some extra energy.

- Dana

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Elf on the Shelf – The Beginning

Posted on December 3, 2011 by danaedwards| Leave a comment

Our Elf on The Shelf has returned again this year. Frisbee is a year older and getting more adventurous around the house. For his first day we caught him dipping into the holiday cheer. This should be an interesting holiday.

-Dana

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One For You, One For Me

Posted on December 18, 2010 by danaedwards| Leave a comment

There are 12 cookies missing from the pack and 6 dipped in chocolate!

Haha.

- Dana

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Num Nums, Chunk, Mr. Squiggles & Jilly Go to the Movies

Posted on December 27, 2009 by danaedwards| Leave a comment

Well, it’s now a few days after Christmas and the kids have switched toys again. The first big hit was the Splatball, then it was the board game Trouble, and now, we’ve moved on to our Zhu Zhu Pets.

Santa brought 4 total – two for our son and two for our daughter. Our daughter calls both of hers “mousy” even though their given names are Chunk (white) and Jilly (pink). Please note that Jilly is no relation to Jill. :) Our son is fine with respecting the manufacturer’s wishes and call his Num Nums (grey) and Mr. Squiggles (brown).

The toys don’t do too much but they do more than you would think. They have sounds indicating they are moving like roosters or boings. They zip forward, spin around, and shoot off in another direction.

The kids love them and treat them like they are their kids. In the picture shown, the Zhu Zhu pets are at the movies but tomorrow they have hamster school. Very fun.

- Dana

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Where did all the Egg Nog go?

Posted on December 25, 2009 by danaedwards| 1 Comment

I was in the kitchen to see this and then hear someone ask “Where did all the egg nog go?”

- Dana

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Splatball – Christmas 2009′s Instant Hit Toy

Posted on December 25, 2009 by danaedwards| 1 Comment

Every year, we buy our kids toys based on what they request, what the “hot” toys are, what looks educational, and what we think looks fun. In addition to those items, we’ll randomly pick up a couple of things. Regardless of how much thought we put into it, the toy that the kids like best is typically one of the random toys.

This year, the instant hit toy was Splatball. As usual, it is a super simple toy. It looks like a tomato and is a liquid filled thing. All you do is throw it and when it lands it looks like a tomato that splattered on the floor. After about 2-5 seconds, it reforms into a little tomato. It costs about $2.99 and the kids’ grandma bought it at Harris Teeter.

It was very cool. Be careful because if you use excessive force, it will indeed break.

- Dana

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Four of our Six Christmas Trees

Posted on December 24, 2009 by danaedwards| Leave a comment

We have six Christmas Trees at our house. When I say “Christmas Tree”, I am talking about trees that required assembly and putting lights / ornaments on it. There are multiple Christmas tree shaped things or decorations that somehow resemble Christmas Trees but I am not counting those. My neighbor was proud that he had two and I was impressed also until I started walking around the house counting ours. I will need to follow up with him tomorrow to understand if he meant two was a good small number or it was a big number. If he somehow worked his house down to two, I am now more impressed – I think but still not sure.

The first tree you see coming to our house is the white one, which is outside. In the kid’s playroom, we have one with a bumble next to it. I love the Bumble. We have a traditional one. At the top of the stairs, we have a small one with a Santa doll thing next to it and this is newly decorated in ornaments from Rudolph, including a Bumble. Finally, Brennan and Claire each have one in their rooms – these are not pictured because they are sleeping and I couldn’t get photos right now.

Is it normal to have this many? Keep in mind this excludes any other Christmas Tree looking things that may or may not have lights which are all over the house.

- Dana

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Oh, Christmas Tree!

Posted on December 22, 2009 by danaedwards| Leave a comment

I’m pretty late with this update – oh well. The family had a blast hanging ornaments on our tree. Jill had to go buy extra lights before we could start because the tree is about a foot taller than we normally get – 9ft this year. Mom and I enjoyed egg nog as usual. Anyways, here are the tree pictures and thanks for reading.

- Dana

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